Goldman, James E. <br/><br/>
Applied data communications :  a business-oriented approach / 
James E. Goldman 
 - New York :  John Wiley & Son, Inc.,  c1995 
 - xxiii, 643 pages :  illustrations ;  26 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>The Current State of the Data Communications Industry -- Introductory Concepts -- Personal Computer Connectivity; Local Area Networks (LANs) and LAN Look-Alikes -- Local Area Networking Technology -- Connecting LANs: Inter-Networking -- Basic Principles of Wide Area Networking -- Emerging Wide Area Networking Services and Technology -- Enterprise Networking and Client/Server Architectures -- Voice Communications and Voice/Data Integration -- Networking Aspects of Videoconferencing, Imaging, and Multimedia -- The Network Development Life Cycle -- Where Do We Go from Here? -- Trends to Watch. 
<br/><br/> Intended for undergraduate and MBA courses in data communications for business managers, this study offers an emphasis on business problem-solving. Multimedia network software is available to accompany the text. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>047159217X 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>ELECTRONIC DATA INTERCHANGE
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HF 5548.33 .G65 1995