Business Data Communications (6th Edition)

Description

Features

• Flexible organization. The ordering of topics is presented with a top–down approach, with the early part of the book dealing with applications and upper–level protocols. However, the book is designed to support a bottom–up approach as well.
• Detailed examination of client/server computing and service oriented architecture. Provides students with information about how these vital topics for corporate data communication work, allowing them to understand their functions and the approach for organizing enterprise systems.

• Detailed discussion of all networking technologies, including LANs and WANs. Students can compare and evaluate competing approaches and thus understand each better. Wireless networks and quality of service are especially important topics.
• Solid coverage of the TCP/IP set of protocols. Students are given the foundation and context for understanding the protocols and standards that form the foundation for all data networking.

• Extensive use of real–world case studies. Shows students how companies have dealt with the real issues, problems, and opportunities presented by communications and network technology.

• Numerous questions, homework problems, and worked–out examples. Offers students a chance to apply and test their knowledge.

• Tables and figures. Helps students clarify concepts to aid in comprehension.

• Suggested readings, key word lists, and recommended Web Sites conclude each chapter, and encourage students to further explore topics of interest. Seven online appendices provide supplemental material for students.

• Companion Website Access textbook–related resources and support materials for students and instructors maintained by the author.

• Student Resource Site Access a wealth of computer science–related information including mathematics reviews, how–to documents, research resources, and career explorations maintained by the author.

• Instructor Resource Center: This password–protected web site includes:
• Solutions Manual: Solutions to end–of–chapter Review Questions and Problems.
• Projects Manual: Suggested project assignments for 6 different types of assignment, written especially for this book.
• Animation Assignments
• Practical Exercises
• Ethereal Projects
• Research Projects
• Reading/Report Assignments
• Writing Assignments
• PowerPoint Slides: A set of slides covering all chapters, suitable for use in lecturing.
• PDF files: Reproductions of all figures and tables from the book

New To This Edition

• New incorporation of interactive, online animations. A total of 12 Web–based animations are used to illustrate key functions.  These animations are a tremendous help in visualizing the complex mechanisms of network protocols. They can be used in a passive or active mode for self–study, or an assignment.
• New coverage of IP performance metrics and service level agreements (SLAs). Information systems managers need these increasingly important tools to properly manage enterprise networks and ensure that quality of service (QoS) meets requirements.
• New unified communications concepts. New treatment of concepts representing the leading edge of business network design, including unified communications, convergence, and service oriented architecture (SOA).
• Security material has been expanded to two stand–alone chapters and interspersed throughout the text.  
  • Part six of the prior edition, Security, has been completely rewritten and expanded to two chapters, reflecting the growing importance Security holds to information systems managers.
  • Unique to this text, additional security material is also embedded throughout relevant chapters.
• All of the material has been updated for the latest technologies and developments in the field. Updated coverage includes specifications of WiFi/IEEE 802.11 wireless LANs, including 802.11n. New details of Gigabit Ethernet and 10–Gbps Ethernet standards are provided.
• New homework problems and additional text and figures have been added.

This book offers more in–depth coverage that other business data communications texts by integrating numerous real world case studies and comprehensive charts and graphics.

FEATURES and BENEFITS:

• Comprehensive coverage of the Internet and World Wide Web
• Students learn the mechanisms and capabilities of these integral technologies.
• Detailed examination of intranets, extranets, and client/server computing
• Coverage of the newest and most important technology for corporate data communications.
• In depth discussion of all networking technologies, including LANs and WANs
• Enables students to compare and evaluate competing approaches to make sound business decisions.
• Complete survey of network security and network management
• Students learn the requirements and design issues involved in managing and safeguarding distributed systems.
• Solid coverage of TCP/IP
TCP/IP set of protocols form the foundation for all data networking.
––This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.


About the Author:






Author Bios

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.

 

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