Overview

As a manager of the ’90s, you know that IT departments like your own must continue to meet increasingly sophisticated end-user needs despite highly limited resources. Learn when it’s best to farm out work to consultants, when to reserve internal resources for other tasks, and how best to use your in-house staff. Coverage unlike any other in the marketplace. Written by 41 experts – all practitioners in the networking and IS management fields – this guidebook provides unique depth and scope. In this Third Edition, you’ll find all new material that clearly outlines today’s hottest issues. Prepares you to quickly respond to management requirements Are you aware of the latest on strategic planning, systems planning, and points-of-failure planning? Have you linked your IT architecture and business plans? Have you updated senior management as to how IT can help achieve corporate goals? Do you have a corporate technology plan? Turn to the Handbook for all this and more. Now you can get up to speed on the latest in client/server, on how to give your end users faster and greater access to corporate data at a lower cost, and on how to quantify the amount of network support that this improvement will require? The Handbook was written with you in mind. The perfect resource for today’s successful communications systems manager. This comprehensive, highly authoritative reference is designed to help you select, maintain, and manage your communications systems. It provides all the tools you need to evaluate, formulate, and implement effective communications network strategies to keep pace with today’s rapidly changing technology. You get illustrations, tables, and diagrams to clearly outline and guide you the entire way. Be aware of the latest technologies and their impact on you. Keep costs down by aiding your thinking through all the systems and network elements from concept through implementation and day-to-day operation. Stay competitive with explanations of industry trends and their effect on your job and your business.

Full Product Details

Author:   Gilbert Held (4-Degree Consulting, Macon, Georgia, USA)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Auerbach
Edition:   99th New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 5.50cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   1.133kg
ISBN:  

9780849399657

ISBN 10:   0849399653
Pages:   1088
Publication Date:   25 November 1998
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Awaiting stock  

Table of Contents

Section 1: Planning for Communications Systems Information Technology Trends and Business Issues, Louis Fried The Economics of a Strategy for Applying Information Technology, A. Perry Schwartz Security in Value-Added Networks, Steven J. Ross Improving Communication Between End Users and System Developers, Jack T. Marchewka Network Disaster Recovery Planning, Nathan J. Muller Section 2: Business Management Issues Business Trends on the Internet, Harvey Golomb Strategies for Developing and Testing Business Continuity Plans, Kenneth Smith Corporate Lessons for the Communications Systems Manager, Robert E. Umbaugh Hiring and Retaining Valued Employees, Donald D. DeCamp Cost Allocation for Communications Networks, Keith A. Jones Managing Morale When Downsizing, Donald R. Fowler Section 3: Networking Technology Inverse Multiplexing: Technical Foundations and Applications, Steven E. Turner The Benefits of Implementing Frame Relay, Edward Bursk Global Frame Relay, Andres Llana, Jr. Traffic Control Functions in ATM Networks, Byung G. Kim A Guide to Conferencing Technologies, Nathan J. Muller Choosing a Remote Access Strategy, Scott McLeod, Mark Monday and Bill Heerman Considerations for Implementing Corporate Intranets, Nathan Muller Section 4: Interoperability and Standards Issues Worldwide Activities in Standards Conformance Testing, Keith G. Knightson Open Network Addressing, Howard Berkowitz The HSSI Standard for High-Speed Networking, Nathan J. Muller RMON: The SNMP Remote Monitoring Standard, Nathan J. Muller Section 5: Communications Services An Overview of Switched Digital Services, Steven E. Turner High-Speed Services for LAN Interconnection, Nathan J. Muller A Management Briefing on Virtual Private Networks, Nathan J. Muller A Guide to Network Access and Pricing Options, Nathan J. Muller Auditing Telecommunications Costs for Data and Video Communications, William A. Yarberry, Jr. The Telecommunications Deregulation Act, Keith G. Knightson Section 6: The Internet and Internetworking The Essentials of Enterprise Networking, by Keith G. Knightson UPDATED Data Compression in Routed Internetworks, Sunil Dhar Accessing and Using the Internet, Gilbert Held Internet Security Using Firewalls, Vincent Jones Managing Coexisting SNA and LAN Internetworks, Anura Guruge SNA Over Frame Relay, Dick Thunen The New Internet Protocol: IPv6, William Stallings Section 7: Mobile Communications Systems Wireless Communications for Voice and Data, Andres Llana, Jr. The Technical Challenges of Cellular Data Transmission, Steven E. Turner Developing a Cost-Effective Strategy for Wireless Communications, Sami Jajeh Mobile User Security, Ralph R. Stahl, Jr. Managing a Telecommuting Program, Sheila M. Jacobs and Mary Van Sell Section 8: Implementation and Case Studies Acquiring Systems for Multivendor Environments, Thomas Fleishman Evaluating Vendor Support Policies, James A. Papola WAN Network Integration: A Case Study, Charles Breakfield Frame Relay in an IBM Environment, Glenn Brown Network Controls, Frederick Gallegos and Steven Powell Remote LAN/WAN Connections: A Case Study, Charles Breakfield and Roxanne Burkey Section 9: Network Operations and Management Managing Distributed Computing, Richard Ross An Overview of Network Management Systems, Gilbert Held An Introduction to LAN Efficiency, William A. Yarberry. Jr. Protecting Against Hacker Attacks, Ed Norris Documenting a Communications Recovery Plan, Leo Wrobel Points-of-Failure Planning, John P. Murray Section 10: Directions in Communications Systems Remote Computing: Technologies and Trends, Randall Kennedy Information Security and New Technology, Louis Fried Voice Recognition Interfaces for Multimedia Applications, Louis Fried Securing New Information Technology, Louis Fried

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