Business Data Communications

by Stallings, William

• ISBN13: 9780136067412
• ISBN10: 0136067417
• Edition: 6th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-10-03
• Publisher: Prentice Hall

Summary

Business Data Communications, 6/e,covers the fundamentals of data communications, networking, distributed applications, and network management and security. Stallings presents these concepts in a way that relates specifically to the business environment and the concerns of business management and staff, structuring his text around requirements, ingredients, and applications.All of the material has been updated for the latest technologies and developments in the field, including: specifications of WiFi/IEEE 802.11 wireless LANs, including 802.11n. IP; performance metrics and service level agreements (SLAs); Gigabit Ethernet and 10-Gbps Ethernet standards; New unified communications concepts; expanded, enhanced security material; New online animations illustrate key functions and algorithms in OS design.Appropriate for professionals interested in business data communications.

Author Biography

Dr. William Stallings has authored 17 titles, and counting revised editions, over 41 books on computer security, computer networking, and computer architecture. In over 20 years in the field, he has been a technical contributor, technical manager, and an executive with several high-technology firms. Currently he is an independent consultant whose clients have included computer and networking manufacturers and customers, software development firms, and leading-edge government research institutions. He has received the award for the Best Computer Science textbook of the year from the Text and Academic Authors Association 10 times - most recently in 2008 for his text, Computer Security: Principles and Practice.

 

Dr. Stallings is a member of the editorial board of Cryptologia, a scholarly journal devoted to all aspects of cryptology. He is a frequent lecturer and author of numerous technical papers. Dr. Stallings created and maintains the Computer Science Student Resource Site, which provides documents and links on subjects of interest to computer science students and professionals. He holds a PhD from M.I.T. in Computer Science and a B.S. from Notre Dame in electrical engineering.

Table of Contents

Preface

Introduction

Outline of This Book

Topic Ordering

Internet and Web Resources

Useful Publications

Introduction

Information and Communication

Data Communications and Networking for Today's Enterprise

Convergence and Unified Communications

The Nature of Business Information Requirements

Distributed Data Processing

The Internet and Distributed Applications

Networks

The Transmission of Information

Management Issues

Standards

Recommended Web Sites

Key Terms and Review Questions

Prefixes for Numerical Units

Requirements

Business Information

Audio

Data

Image

Video

Performance Measures

Application Note: File Sizes

Summary

Recommended Reading and Web Sites

Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems

Distributed Data Processing

Centralized Versus Distributed Processing

Forms of Distributed Data Processing

Distributed Data

Networking Implications of DDP

Application Note: Distributed Computing Support

Summary

Recommended Reading

Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems

Case Study I

Table of Contents provided by Publisher. All Rights Reserved.