The "Blinky Light" award (Jeremy Award) for the show goes to Locate by eTelemetry at the web site http://www.etelemetry.com Behind a chrome front panel a series of red LED lights silently scan back and forth (Remember Cylons or Knight Rider). Upon further discussion with the guy at the booth the scanning LED currently server no real purpose. In a future version there was some discussion to change the speed of the lights moving back and forth to the amount of traffic going through the box! The box itself is pretty nifty though. It can link IP addresses to a user on the network. The box is able to identify a user running a Peer to peer program and identify the user by name, simplifying locating systems on the network.
IMail will be getting the ability to support Outlook clients with a complete shared calendar system. It looks like what IpSwitch is adding will emulate an exchange server. It will have true shared calendar so an assistant could have access to an administrators calendar. The update is scheduled for summer release. Fluke has a new tone generator/tracer. Unlike the Inductive amplifier that everyone else uses this unit is digital. A few of the tricks this unit can do that other can not include the ability to find cables 10 feet or more away. It also doubles as a cable map tool that can detect shorts and opens in a cable even when the cable is plugged into a hub/switch. Priced under $200 dollars for the deluxe system it is well worth the cost. It even says "Fluke Networks" when the probe is powered on, no mistaking who built the system. We have been very concerned that Spam/Virus gateways have been noticeably absent from the show. At the end of the day we made a quick walk through of the remaining vendors to visit tomorrow. We found a pavilion full of all the appliances in one area. We should have more info on these products tomorrow. _____________________________________________________________________ Scott Fosseen - Systems Engineer -Prairie Lakes AEA http://fosseen.us/scott _____________________________________________________________________ "The wireless music box has no imaginable commercial value. Who would pay for a message sent to nobody in particular?" - David Sarnoff's associates in response to his urgings for investment in the radio in the 1920s. _____________________________________________________________________ --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus on the server aea8.k12.ia.us] --------------------------------------------------------- Archived messages from this list can be found at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ---------------------------------------------------------
