Business Data Communications and Networking

by Jerry FitzGerald, Alan Dennis (Contributor), Alexandra Durcikova (Contributor)

As the world grows increasingly interconnected, data communications has become a critical aspect of business operations. Wireless and mobile technology allows us to seamlessly transition from work to play and back again, and the Internet of things has brought our appliances, vehicles, and homes into the network; as life increasingly takes place online, businesses recognize the opportunity for a competitive advantage. Today’s networking professionals have become central to nearly every aspect of business, and this book provides the essential foundation needed to build and manage the scalable, mobile, secure networks these businesses require. Although the technologies evolve rapidly, the underlying concepts are more constant.

This book combines the foundational concepts with practical exercises to provide a well-grounded approach to networking in business today. Key management and technical issues are highlighted and discussed in the context of real-world applications, and hands-on exercises reinforce critical concepts while providing insight into day-to-day operations. Detailed technical descriptions reveal the tradeoffs not presented in product summaries, building the analytical capacity needed to understand, evaluate, and compare current and future technologies.

Genres: Nonfiction, School, Textbooks, Technical, Reference

400 pages, Paperback

First published December 8, 1995

Reviews

[Christian Oleson · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read this for my masters of IT general networking credit. The book like many do not age well, and some of the information here is rather outdated. It’s not a terrible introduction to networking, and in general is geared towards a more managerial type. I would suggest though that anybody seeking to become more network savvy pair this with the Network+ exam at the very least. Otherwise, you’ll have the general info and none of the details or abilities to implement and work with networks.

[PRJ Greenwell · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a textbook I needed for uni. It's an eye opener in a lot of ways. It explains in fairly lucid detail many concepts I knew of but practically knew little about, like IP addressing, multiplexing and so on. I'd argue it'd be a good resource for someone interested in these things, regardless of whether they're a student or not.

Good book, good investment really.

[Wamidh Jawad · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting book, the one I read was the 12th edition for my MIS589 class, it deals with a lot of networks design, security and managements topics and I recommend it for IT managers or any other half technical half managerial IT roles, chap. 6,7&12 were the best!!

[Sonia · Rating 3 out of 5]

Course book for my Masters program - did not love it

[Matt · Rating 4 out of 5]

this book helped me grasp the OSI model which is fundemental in IT.

[Justine · Rating 3 out of 5]

3 1/2 stars (For class)
Tried to walk the line between general enough that business majors will read it and technical enough that it actually provides helpful information. Didn't quite do that successfully, at least for a few of the chapters

[Tom Armstrong · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great intro to Data Communications and Networking. Easy to read and written in layman's terms. I read the book without a professor's guidance and had very few problems picking up the concepts.

[Peterwilliam]

grad class text - no rating or review

[Alexi Parizeau · Rating 5 out of 5]

Clearly written with lots of war stories to give context. Not too long either (only 500 pages). I'm looking forward to multiple readings.

[Carly · Rating 4 out of 5]

Well-written, organized, and succinct, this was a great overview/introduction to computer networking.

[Akash]

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