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Handbook of business data communication : a managerial perspective
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San Diego : Academic Press, 2000
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9780120959761

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This is a one-volume lesson about business applications of the Internet and other computer-based hardware and software. It provides coverage of the Internet and data communication basics, popular types of networks, design, implementation, and management issues in a network environment, and data communication and Internet applications. It also looks briefly at the majore corporations working in each category, in addition to practical examples, short case studies, and summaries of emerging issues in data communications.


Table of Contents

The Internet and Data Communications Basics: Getting Started with Data Communications
The Internet and Information Superhighway
Transmission Media
Standards and Protocols
Hardware for Data Communications
Popular Types of Networks: Local Area Networks
Metropolitan and Wide Area Networks
Mobile and Wireless Networks
Design, Implementation, and Management Issues in a Network Environment: Security Issues and Measures
Network Development and Management: A Life Cycle Approach
Personal, Social, Organizational, and Legal Issues
Data Communications and the Internet Applications: Intranets and Extranets
Global Information Systems
Business Applications
Acronym Glossary
Index