TY - BOOK AU - Goldman, James E. TI - Applied data communications: a business-oriented approach SN - 047159217X AV - HF 5548.33 .G65 1995 PY - 1995/// CY - New York PB - John Wiley & Son, Inc. KW - ELECTRONIC DATA INTERCHANGE N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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 N2 - 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 ER -