Publisher's Synopsis
This text covers data communications and telecommunications from a business perspective. It offers the technical fundamentals of data communications, networking, distributed applications and network management and security.;A thorough treament of OSI provides a foundation and context for understanding protocols and standards. The emphasis is on real-world business concerns, with numerous case studies included. It features current information on multimedia technology and services for ISDN and Broadband ISDN. A new section describes the TCP/IP protocol suite and discusses its relevance to OSI. The material on network management has been updated and there are new chapters on client-server architecture and applications and the technology for high-speed wide-area networks.
