Business Data Communications and Networking

by Jerry FitzGerald, Alan Dennis

Over the past few years, many fundamental changes have occurred in data communications and networking that will shape the future for decades to come. Updated with the latest advances in the field, Jerry FitzGerald and Alan Dennis' 10 Edition of Business Data Communications and Networking continues to provide the fundamental concepts and cutting-edge coverage applications that students need to succeed in this fast-moving field.  Authors FitzGerald and Dennis have developed a foundation and balanced presentation from which new technologies and applications can be easily understood, evaluated, and compared.

Genres: Nonfiction, School, Textbooks, Technical, Reference

608 pages, Hardcover

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 The book like many do not age well, and some of the information here is rather outdated.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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