Introduction
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Acknowledgments
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information, details, photographs, artwork, and
software.
Aimee Leclerc, American Power Conversion
Ana M. Bakas, PCTEL, Maxrad Product
Group
Beverly Summers, Fluke Corporation
Ed Woodward, Hewlett Packard Company
Irene Bammer, Liza Meyers, Ortronics
Sheri N ajafi , WildPackets Inc.
Tamara Borg, GFI Software, LTD
Vivian Lien, SOYO Group, Inc.
I would also like to thank the following
companies for supplying information, details,
photographs, artwork, and software.
3Com Corporation
American Power Conversion
Cisco S ystems
Fluke Corporation
Gemplus
GFI Software, LTD
Hewlett-Packard Company
Ortronics
PCTEL, Maxrad Product Group
Precise B iometrics
Siecor Corporation, Hickory, NC
SOYO Group, Inc.
WildPackets, Inc.
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