PORTABILITY AND CONNECTIVITY

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PORTABILITY AND CONNECTIVITY

• EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES COMMITTEEDECEMBER 7,
  2001Irwin Winsten, CPA, Frank DeCandido,
  CPA,Steve Davis, Aether Systems

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Table of Contents
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• Content Page
• History of Communications 3 - 7
• Connectivity
• What is meant by Connectivity? 4
• Wireless 9 - 11
• Heritage Wired 12
• Varieties of DSL 13
• DSL Speeds 14
• Other Variety of Broadband 15
• Wired Broadband 16
• Bandwidth Speeds 17
• Portability 18 - 24
• Software Portability Products 25
• Security Issues 26-30
• Future of Communications 31

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History of Communications
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• In the beginning, the caveman communicated by
  grunting and waving his spear.Sound and Light

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History of Communications
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• Early Methods of Communications
• Development of symbols
• Writing
• Stone Paper
• Paper
• Electric Wire

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History of Communications(cont)
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History of Communications(cont)
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History of Communications(cont)Modern
Communications
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Connectivity
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What is meant by Connectivity? The means by
which people communicate with each other and with
electronic files.

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Connectivity
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Wireless   Technology Short distance Beaming
(between 2 PDAs) Blue Tooth (33 Feet) PC Mag
9/25/01 Page Speeds up to 720 Kps Cellular "Ban
dwidth" problem causes fadeouts. Some proposals
to broaden radio frequency assignments Satell
ite 50-200/mo 300Kps-1Mps downstream
60-500KPS upstream Estimated subscribers 2000
144K 2004 1,5 mil WLL (Wireless Local Loop)
60-70/mo 300-900Mps downstream 50-150KPS
upstream Estimated subscribers 2000 75K 2004
2.4 mil

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Connectivity
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Wireless (cont)  Three Network standards 2G
(second generation) Time Division Multiple
Access (TDMA) ATT Wireless Global System for
Mobile Communications (GSM) Pacific Bell Code
Division Multiple Access (CDMA) Sprint PC
Verizon Wireless These standards were designed
for voice communications best rate is 19.2
Kps   A new faster standard 3G planned for
144Kps to 2Mps and always on. Not expected until
2003  

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Connectivity
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Wireless (cont) Internet Services provided by
wireless (PC Mag 4/24/01 Page 112) Note that
coverage is variable in different locations
Email 69 Shopping 21 Research 32 Sports
Scores 20 Games 26 Travel 19 News
25 Stock Quotes 19 General Entertainment
24 Paying Bills 8

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Connectivity
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Heritage Wired POTS Plain Old Telephone -
Modem 56Kps downstream, 33Kps upstream ISDN
Telephone digital symmetric 128Kps Dedicated
service can do complex switching of digital
voice calls for PBXs

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Connectivity
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Varieties of DSL Telephone lines ADSL
(dedicated phone line to Central Office (CO
Asymmetric 40-80/month. Distance from CO
limits 144Kps-2.2 Mps downstream 90-640KPS
upstream Estimated subscribers 2,000 1.97 mil,
2004 12.2 mil SDSL (dedicated phone line to
Central Office (CO Symmetric 170 - 50/mo
640 Kps to 1.5Mps. HDSL 1.54 Mps up to 12,000
feet from CO Speed varies with distance from CO
and number of shared users  

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Connectivity-DSL Speeds


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Connectivity
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Other Varieties of Broadband Cable (Hybrid Optic
Coaxial HFC to a local CMTS, then fibre-optic
to provider Asymetric 40-50/month Shared
bandwidth. 200Kps-1.2Mps downstream 100-200Kps
upstream. Estimated subscribers 2000-3.4 mil,
2004-13.7 mil In some cases speeds can be
improved by changing settings in the Windows
Registry (PC Mag 9/25/01 Pg 70 T1 Symmetric
1.5Mps 500 - 1500/mo Fractions or multiples of
a T1 line are available T3 (also called DS3)
Symmetric 45 Mps 18000 - 30000/mo  

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Connectivity
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Wired Broadband Examples of Applications
requiring Broadband (PC Mag 4/18/00) Real-time
language translation Video conferencing Remote
storage of files Easier to work at
home Integrated Communications (Multiple phone
access)

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Bandwidth Speeds
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Portability
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• Portability adj.
• Carried or moved with ease a portable
  typewriter a portable generator.
• Capable of being transferred from one employer to
  another. Used of an employee benefit.
• Computer Science. Relating to or being software
  that can run on two or more kinds of computers or
  with two or more kinds of operating systems.
• Obsolete. Bearable endurable.
• n.
• 1. Something, such as a light or small
  typewriter, that can be carried or moved with
  ease.

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PortabilityEquipment
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Portability
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Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) Top Brands
Palm, Compaq, Sony, Handspring,
Hewlett-Packard Hot Products Palm Vx, Palm m505,
Compaq iPAQ H3670, Palm IIIc, Sony CLIE PEG-S320

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Portability
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Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs)Calculator,
Notes, Voice Recorder, Asset Viewer, Calendar,
Contacts, File Explorer, Inbox, Microsoft Reader
for ebooks and audio books, Picture Viewer,
QMenu, QStart, QUtilites, Solitaire, Tasks,
ActiveSync 3.1, Internet Explorer 5.0, Reference
Guide, Pocket Asset Manager, Virtual Tour,
Microsoft Outlook 2000, Microsoft Transcriber,
Windows Media Manager, Microsoft Pocket Streets,
Microsoft Pocket Excel, Microsoft Pocket Word,
Microsoft Pocket Internet Explorer,
AudiblePlayer, AudibleManager, Illium eWallet,
Microsoft Money Places to go for advice
Active Buyers Guide www12.pdas.activebuyersguid
e.com PDA Street.com www.pdastreet.com InfoSync.
com www.infosync.com PDABuzz.com
www.pdabuzz.com

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Portability
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SmartPads SmartPad is a zippered notepad
portfolio, which captures handwritten notes on an
ordinary pad of paper and instantly sends them to
your Palm Organizer via its infrared port. Using
the enhanced SmartPad Palm applications, save
your notes, drawings, and maps in any of the four
major Palm applications. Using an optional modem
and third party software, you can email your
notes directly from your Palm. Top Brands
Seiko, PalmHot Products SP580, SP582

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Portability
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Satellite Radio Top Brands Sony XM, Pioneer
XM, Alpine XM Hot ProductsAlpine CDA-7876,
Alpine CVA-1003, Pioneer DEH-P3300 Places
to go for advice XM Radio www.xmradio.com

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Wireless Access Portability
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For wireless access many of the following devices
require sites to be coded with HDML (Handheld
Device Markup Language) or WML (Wireless Markup
Language)   Wireless Telephones Cellular
Telephones Cellular more popular in Europe
because wider radio bands are allocated Remote
Controls Laptops   PDA Pocket PC Palm OS holds
60 of market. PC Mag lists 5 companies offering
wireless add-ons Pocket PC (Microsoft) (3
wireless add-on providers) Smart phones
Wireless add-ons from many phone
companies Wireless Services Smart Pagers (2
wireless add-on providers)  

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Software Portability Products
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• Software Portability An application is portable
  across a class of environments to the degree that
  the effort required to transport and adapt it to
  a new environment in the class is less than the
  effort of redevelopmentSee the following
  website http//www.cs.wvu.edu/jdm/research/port
  ability/home.htmlTools for portable
  specifications, design, implementation, testing
  and debugging, documentation, porting and
  maintenance
• Virtual Private Network (VPN)-VPN is a cost
  effective, wide area network (WAN) solution for
  businesses of all sizes. It allows you to
  configure high-performance, site-to-site remote
  access and intranet/extranet solutions to a
  secure, standards-based environment. A VPN allows
  remote employees to access corporate resources
  through intermediate firewalls, proxies, NAT
  devices, and the Internet
• Private Line Services give you peace of mind
  because your internal data, voice, and video
  traffic is transmitted securely and quickly on a
  private connection. If you need to protect your
  business's domestic business communication
  traffic, Domestic Private Line services and
  network capabilities will meet your needs.

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Security Issues
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• VPN Security--VPNs are now the method of choice
  for most corporations when it comes to remote
  access. Unfortunately, many enterprises believe
  their VPN will completely secure remote access to
  sensitive corporate data from would be crackers.
  The fact is, however, that users accessing a VPN
  through an Internet connection often overlook the
  exposure that they create for the enterprise.
  There has been a substantial increase in the
  number and types of internet based attacks to
  subvert end user machines. In the past such
  attacks were carried out by a select group of
  highly skilled crackers. Now with the advent of
  easy to use cracking scripts there is a new type
  of threat, the Script Kiddies. With a few scripts
  and little knowledge the teenager next door could
  be trying to crack your machine
• Wireless LAN Security--Wireless Access Points
  (APs) are quickly becoming a convenient and
  popular method of enabling wireless connectivity
  in enterprises. Office workers can easily take
  their laptops or wireless devices with them to
  meetings or anywhere else within range and
  maintain a network connection without the cables.
  Unfortunately, many enterprises don't take in to
  account the security ramifications of putting up
  or allowing indiscriminate placement of APs.
  Currently wireless APs offer very little in terms
  of security and are prone to several types of
  attacks. They are difficult to securely implement
  and offer an easy backdoor into your enterprise
  network.

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Security Issues(cont)
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• Server Security--Your servers store and control
  critical services and data. Servers operate as
  data repositories, email servers, printing
  platforms, web servers, databases, directory
  services, and much, much more. Unfortunately,
  deployed security measures to protect servers
  today are inadequate against the latest attacks
  and exploits. Currently, out of the box Operating
  Systems for servers offer very little in the way
  of default security settings, and are thus prone
  to unwelcome intrusions and data corruption,
  weaknesses that can disrupt business operations
  for hours, even days. Furthermore, keeping track
  of the latest exploits and patches needed to
  maintain server security can sap IT resources and
  time. An unprotected server is the ideal window
  of opportunity for a hacker or disgruntled
  employee- steal corporate data and shut down a
  network, all in a few, simple steps.
• Internal Security--Independent analysts estimate
  that sixty to seventy percent of the risk to
  enterprise information comes from internal
  sources. The risk is high because internal users
  (including contractors) often have broad access
  to, and extensive knowledge of, valuable
  corporate information. Consequently, accidental
  or malicious behavior initiated from the
  workstation of an internal user can cause severe
  damage.

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Security Issues(cont)
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• Healthcare Security--the global access and
  sharing of healthcare information in a secure
  private manner, anywhere, anytime. Finding and
  implementing a security solution that that fits
  with your companies needs should be a first
  priority. By focusing on the HIPAA security
  requirements for information being accessed,
  transmitted and/or stored in electronic format, a
  basic solution for all HIPAA-related security
  questions needs to be addressed. Products that
  cover the features that your enterprise must
  implement to fulfill the HIPAA security
  requirements need to be identified. Addition
  needs for security solutions that allow you to
  add other optional features to build a security
  solution that fits your organizational needs,
  without overspending on other security
  technologies that may not actually be required is
  another must for any corporation.

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Security Issues(cont)
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• Personal Firewalls--an advanced, user-friendly
  personal firewall -- it is a bi-directional
  intrusion defense system. Your personal computer
  should be completely protected from malicious
  hackers and other intruders while preventing
  unauthorized access from your computer to a
  network. In essence, Personal Firewalls make your
  protected machines invisible to the outside
  world. That makes Personal Firewalls a must-have
  security measure for any PC that connects to a
  private network or the public Internet. Once
  you've been compromised, every other network you
  connect to is at risk including your home,
  business and online bank accounts. No matter
  where you use your computer, whether remote or
  behind a corporate firewall, whether dial-up or
  an always-on broadband Internet connection,
  Personal Firewalls gives you complete confidence
  that your precious business, personal, financial
  and other data is safe and secure. If that isn't
  enough, Personal Firewalls includes advanced
  active-scan vulnerability assessment to pinpoint
  your weaknesses and fine-tune your security
  policy.

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Security Issues(cont)
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• Secure Access-- develop secure networking
  products for computers in varying home and work
  environments. The Internet access product-lines
  deliver not only best-of-breed networking
  solutions for the home, home-office and
  enterprise branch office, but also
  enterprise-class security. When combined with the
  ease-of-use, configurability and durability of
  other security technologies, the product-line is
  the perfect networking solution for environments
  of all shapes and sizes.

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Who Knows What The Future Holds
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