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FACCTs is a widely-used, web-based IT and communications reports library that serves the information needs of professional service and manufacturing firms, technology providers, research libraries, and government agencies around the world.

Continually updated and fully searchable, FACCTs contains more than 1250 reports that are clearly written, consistent in format, timely and relevant. FACCTs reports examine the critical issues, trends, market conditions, products, services, and vendors driving the IT and communications industries.

FACCTs reports provide expert coverage in these14 key areas: IT asset management, wireless communications, application development, electronic commerce, enterprise data networking, business intelligence, converging communications, e-government, mobile business, broadband, information security, telecom & global network services, internet strategies, and web site management. Each of these areas are complimented by a comprehensive database of expert reports including technology tutorials, marketplace overviews, implementation, comparison, and selection guides, product face-off previews, and corporation timelines. Plus hundreds of company, product, and service profiles. Directories and glossaries, too.

IT asset management wireless communications application development electronic commerce enterprise data networking business intelligence converging communications e-government mobile business information security broadband telecom & global network services internet strategies web-site management

FACCTs reports are written by a dedicated team of professionals –researchers, analysts, and technology specialists who continually monitor and interpret important IT and communications industry developments.

FACCTs reports are most commonly used for tracking technology advancements, strategic planning and competitive analysis, market awareness, implementation support, product and service evaluation, vendor review and comparison, and educating technical staffers and technology end-users.

In addition to the more than 1200 reports that make up the FACCTs web library, the service also includes these Faulkner-exclusive components:

Cyberscape Digest – a weekly compilation of the top internet related stories

Telecom Weekly – news and events sweeping the telecom marketplace

Faulkner Flash – bi-weekly alert service bringing you all of the hot IT and communications news in convenient summary style.

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Enterprise Data Networking

• Directory Enabled Networks Technology
• Intranet Architecture
• Network Management Outsourcing Alternatives
• Setting Up a Network Operations Center
• Web-Based Network Management
• Meta-Directory Market Trends
• Developing Site to Site VPNs
• LDAP Standards Development
• Simple Network Management Protocol
• MANY MORE!

Broadband

• Broadband Wireless – MMDS/LMDS
• Cable Network Infrastructure in the US
• Digital Subscriber Line Technology
• Next Generation Networks
• Wireless Internet Access
• VoDSL Market Trends
• Deploying Broadband Wireless
• Broadband Wireless vs. Cable Modems
• Wireless Application Protocol
• MANY MORE!

Security Strategies

• Alternatives for Secure Online Transactions
• Preparing a Business Continuity Plan
• IP-Based Virtual Private Networks
• Conducting a Gap Analysis
• Balancing Public Privacy and the Need for Security
• Securing Government Information
• Advanced Encryption Standard
• Biometrics Technology
• Managing Security in a Multiplatform Environment
• Outsourcing Security Management
• MANY MORE!

Electronic Government

• The Business Case for E-Government
• Wireless Access to e-Government Gateways
• Governance in the Digital Environment
• Building and Retaining the e-Government Workforce
• Supply Chain Management for e-Government
• e-Procurement Market Trends
• Advances in Analytical Querying
• Combining e-Transformation and Knowledge Management
• Partner Relationship Management
• MANY MORE!

Electronic Business Strategies

• CRM Comes to the Call Center
• E-Commerce Fulfillment Strategies
• The Developing Market for Global Call Centers
• Enterprise Portal Strategies
• Negotiating a "Hot Site" Agreement
• Comparing HTML and XML
• E-Commerce Best Practices
• Smart Cards
• Virtual Computing with FPGAs
• MANY MORE!

Internet Strategies

• Caching Technologies
• Implementation and Management of Enterprise DSL
• Internet2
• Streaming Media Monitoring Tools
• Web-Based Videoconferencing
• Delivering IP Over Optical Networks
• Establishing a Mirror Site
• Teleports and the Internet
• Voice Over IP (VoIP) Technology
• MANY MORE!

Business Intelligence/Content Management

• Constructing a Data Warehouse
• Data Mining Applications and Strategies
• Best Practices for Website Content Management
• Knowledge Management Solutions
• Designing a Knowledge Management Framework
• Business Intelligence Applications
• Enterprise Application Integration for B2B
• IT Staff Recruiting Methods
• Calculating IT Return on Investment
• MANY MORE!

IT Asset Management

• Calculating ROI on Web Site Projects
• Distributed DBMS Technologies
• Internal Enterprise Privacy Issues
• Remote Access Technology
• Learning Management Systems
• Outsourcing Alternatives for Web Hosting
• The Impact of ASP Offerings on Government IT Departments
• Trends in Marketing IT/Telecom Services to the Government
• ERP vs. Best-of-Breed Applications
• MORE!

Application Development

• 4GL Development Languages
• Linux Application Development
• Outsourcing the Enterprise Development Project
• Implementing an EAI Solution
• Implementing an XML Migration Strategy
• Jato API
• Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language
• Upperware Alternatives
• Java Development Tools
• MANY MORE!

Web Site Management

• Alternative Exchange Points: Colocation Facilities
• Using XML for Document Management
• Wireless Internet Appliances
• Implementing IPv6
• Public Key Encryption
• V-Commerce Alliance Initiative
• Web Access to Legacy Databases
• Consumer Privacy Issues
• MANY MORE!

Converging Communications

• BLEC Services
• Cable Telephony Business Applications
• Free-Space Optical Networking
• Carrier-Based WAN Restoral Solutions
• SONET Technology
• Carrier Managed VPN Services
• Introduction to Fibre Channel
• Telemanagement Systems
• Unified Messaging in the Enterprise
• MANY MORE!

Telecom & Global Network Services

• Evolution of US Phone Service
• Peer-to-Peer Networking Comes to the Intranet
• Petabit Routing Developments
• Advanced Intelligent Network (AIN)
• CO Equipment for CLEC Provisioning
• Wireless Enhanced 911 Services
• Telecom Platform Services
• Global Telecommunications Alliances
• Telecom Country Profiles
• MANY MORE!

Mobile Business Strategies

• Mobile Commerce
• Remote Access Servers vs. VPNs
• Global Positioning System Overview
• Wireless PBX Systems
• US Wireless Telecommunications Market Trends
• Wireless LAN Market Trends
• 2.5G Wireless Standards
• CDMA3x vs. WCDMA
• Issues in Integration of Handhelds in the Enterprise
• Implementing a Telecommuting Program
• MANY MORE!

Wireless Communications

• Wireless Access to e-Government Gateways
• Bluetooth: State of the Marketplace
• PDA and Handhelds Market Trends
• Migrating from 2G to 3G
• Third Generation Wireless Networks
• Telemetry Applications
• Wireless Security
• Home Networking Market Trends
• Wireless Infrastructure Technologies
• MANY MORE!