There is no such thing as a virtual customer. Nor is there a virtual purchase order. I will endeavor to have this column add to the general flow of information on virtual corporations as such. But before I begin, I'd like to remind you--and myself--that we are not in the think-ta nk business. As network managers, we are in the pleasing-the-customer business. CMP Network Computing
ReadMIS manager: "I want an integrated voice and data network." Network manager: "We are designing a network based on the best practices available. We are using dedicated leased T1lines from each location to carry both voice and data to the network. Channels on each T1 are dedicated to either voice or data. From there, the voice is split off to our long-distance carrier. By the way, did I mention what a great rate we're getting on long distance? And the data is routed to a frame relay network." CMP Network Computing
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