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Mel Beckman

Mel Beckman is a senior technical editor for System iNEWS. He has built two regional Internet service providers and is currently president of Beckman Software Engineering, a technical consultancy specializing in large-scale, high-bandwidth networks. His past clients include Apple Computer, the City and County of Santa Barbara, DuPont Displays, IBM, Loral Federal Systems, United Airlines, the US Department of Agriculture, and the US Department of Energy. Mel has presented seminars on computer programming and network technology throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia.

Mel's hundreds of articles about networks and software development have appeared in e-Pro, InfoWorld, System iNEWS, Macworld, PC World, and Windows IT Pro magazines. He writes email newsletters about networking and web development that are read weekly by tens of thousands of subscribers.

Mel has received numerous writing awards, including the Excellence and Distinguished Technical Communication awards from the Society for Technical Communication. He co-authored, with Gartner research director John Enck, the book LAN to WAN Communications, which has been translated into more than six languages, including Chinese.

Mel's personal interests include playing the classical guitar, flying helicopters, and marine biology, but not all at the same time.
Email: mbeckman@penton.com

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SSL VPN 101

By Mel Beckman, 08/24/2010

SSL VPN products let users securely access your network from anywhere with nothing more than a web browser and a public terminal. Here's the state of the industry.

Review: Automation Anywhere Enterprise

By Mel Beckman, 03/25/2010

Automation Anywhere does just what its name suggests, offering IT pros the ability to automate a wide range of chores—but what it really delivers is the ability to simplify your ...

Blade File Transfer System 2.1

By Mel Beckman, 02/17/2010

This file transfer solution effectively mitigates the problems of unreliable networks by restarting interrupted file transfers where they left off. However, it has a major ...

Hands-On IPv6 Lab Setup

By Mel Beckman, 12/28/2009

Build your own IPv6 lab and start preparing for the big move now.

The Connected Aquarium

By Mel Beckman, 05/06/2002

Not willing to risk months of ecosystem setup—-and possibly the lives of its inhabitants-—Mel Beckman uses a tiny, self-contained Web server to monitor and manipulate his ...

ISDN and Windows NT

By Mel Beckman, 01/01/1996

Mel Beckman tells you everything you ever wanted to know about ISDN, the best high-speed communications available today.

The Truth About High-Speed Modems

By Mel Beckman, 01/01/1996

The modem wasn't such a good place to put compression after all.

ISDN Hardware Solutions

By Mel Beckman, 01/01/1996

A list of vendors, and contact information, that offer RAS-compatible ISDN terminal adapter and routers.

How ISDN Does It

By Mel Beckman, 01/01/1996

The evolution of the telephone network.

The Last Mile

By Mel Beckman, 01/01/1996

ISDN can serve users until fiber is ready for prime time.



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