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July 01 2006 Issue <<Contents>>

Cover Story Overturn common ideas in thin clients - It is already history that IP telephony and applications cannot be used in thin clients It is still hard for user companies to go for introducing thin clients.  Behind this background, there are some wrong common ideas such as "IP telephony cannot be used in thin clients."  Once we start to question or look at them from a different viewpoint, however, we can see through the advantages of thin clients. LAN/WAN Unexpected comments from companies: We do not need a gigabit environment for LAN IP telephony It is a past legend that IP telephony cannot be used in a thin client Introduction cost A user's candid opinion: Cost advantage is very great Applications A user testifies that virtually all applications can work Information leakage prevention Just introducing thin clients may increase the risk of information leakage!? What this coverage reveals - pioneer companies' own know-how that takes a step forward

Special report

Nothing can stop it - Next virus is spear type

Attacks that aim at a limited number of users with pinpoint accuracy are coming to the surface.  They are an unknown virus that slips through virus preventive software and steals every bit of confidential information.  Security vendors are throwing their hands up.

Strategic network study

The 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany
Gigantic infrastructure that supports exciting games among 32 countries is processing traffic of a maximum total of 20 terabytes

TAIHO Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
The company renovates its complicated network by migrating it from error-prone ADSL to FTTH

Kintetsu Hotel Systems
The company adopts Vodafone Mobile Office for its new extension telephony network with an achievement of flat-rate calls between fixed and cell phones

Report

A regulation value for power line communication drastically is reviewed; product performance may be slightly lowered

CATV carriers start to offer WiMAX services with an expectation of becoming powerhouse in 2.5GHz band

As illegal data holders can be identified, Winny users are expected to drastically decrease

The treatment of IP multicast broadcasting under copyright law is settled

Asterisk will change IP telephony market as 10,000-yen level telephones that support it gets very popular

"Skype and IP telephony services can co-exist" - Mr. Tony Bates, Senior Vice President, Cisco Systems, Inc.


Eye-catcher/new service

NTTPC Communications, Inc., a late comer, provides a centralized control service for network devices with improved flexibility

Editor-in-Chief's Interview

"Carriers should follow the examples of manufacturing industries."

Mr. Chikatomo Hodo, President, Accenture Japan Ltd.

The present and future of hit product

Wireless LAN
New standards such as QoS are being implemented so that the sound quality of VoIP can be comparable to that of PHS

Latest technology that has stimulated enterprises

Intra-company search system
The system retrieves data from various types of servers by searching them in conjunction with access right