Business Data Communications and Networking

Jerry FitzGerald, Alan Dennis

John Wiley & Sons, Jan 9, 2009 - Computers - 608 pages

Over the past few years, many fundamental changes have occurred in data communications and networking that will shape the future for decades to come.

Updated with the latest advances in the field, Jerry FitzGerald and Alan Dennis' 10th Edition of Business Data Communications and Networking continues to provide the fundamental concepts and cutting-edge coverage applications that students need to succeed in this fast-moving field. 

Authors FitzGerald and Dennis have developed a foundation and balanced presentation from which new technologies and applications can be easily understood, evaluated, and compared.

Contents

• PARTONE INTRODUCTION: 1
• CHAPTER: 10
• DATA COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS: 11
• NETWORK STANDARDS: 22
• IMPLICATIONS FOR MANAGEMENT: 30
• PART TWO FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS: 37
• WORLD WIDE WEB: 49
• OTHER APPLICATIONS: 60
• SUMMARY: 66
• Physical Layer: 75
• COMMUNICATION MEDIA: 87
• DIGITAL TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL DATA: 95
• IMPLICATIONS FOR MANAGEMENT: 109
• Data Link Layer: 117
• DATA LINK PROTOCOLS: 130
• IMPLICATIONS FOR MANAGEMENT: 139
• Network and Transport Layers: 146
• PARTTHREE NETWORK TECHNOLOGIES: 197
• LAN COMPONENTS: 203
• TRADITIONAL ETHERNET IEEE 802 3: 209
• Performance Benefits: 216
• SUMMARY: 222
• Wireless Local Area Networks: 229
• WIFI: 236
• BLUETOOTH: 242
• IMPROVING WLAN PERFORMANCE: 249
• Backbone Networks: 260
• Metropolitan and Wide Area Networks: 293
• DEDICATEDCIRCUIT NETWORKS: 299
• PACKETSWITCHED NETWORKS: 305
• VIRTUAL PRIVATE NETWORKS: 312
• THE BEST PRACTICE MANWAN: 318
• SUMMARY: 324
• The Internet: 336
• INTERNET ACCESS TECHNOLOGIES: 343
• INTERNET GOVERNANCE: 352
• PART FOUR NETWORK MANAGEMENT: 365
• RISK ASSESSMENT: 373
• ENSURING BUSINESS CONTINUITY: 379
• INTRUSION PREVENTION: 389
• Network Design: 434
• TECHNOLOGY DESIGN: 444
• IMPLICATIONS FOR MANAGEMENT: 463
• Network Management: 471
• CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT: 477
• Documenting the Configuration: 478
• END USER SUPPORT 489 GLOSSARY 549: 489
• IMPLICATIONS FOR MANAGEMENT: 496
• PART FIVE APPENDICES: 505
• APPENDIX A CONNECTOR: 506
• Appendix B Spanning Tree Protocol: 517
• Cellular Technologies: 524
• Appendix F Windows Server: 537
• Glossary: 549
• Index: 579

About the author

Dr. Jerry FitzGerald is the principal in Jerry FitzGerald & Associates, which he started in 1977. He received his Ph.D. in business economics and master's degree in business economics from the Claremont Graduate School, an MBA from the University of Santa Clara, and a B.A. in industrial engineering from Michigan State University.

Alan R. Dennis is currently a professor at the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University, where he holds the John T. Chambers Chair of Internet Systems, which honors John Chambers, the founder of Cisco Systems and a groundbreaking developer in networking technology. He has written numerous books on data communication, system design, and networking, and he is the publisher of MIS Quarterly, a scholarly quarterly lodged in the Information Systems department at Indiana University.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Business Data Communications and Networking; Business Data Communications and Networking, Jerry FitzGerald
• Authors: Jerry FitzGerald, Alan Dennis
• Edition: 10
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 2009
• ISBN: 0470055758, 9780470055755
• Length: 608 pages
• Subjects: Computers / Networking / General