Designed for information systems professionals, including IS, DP, MIS, LAN, and systems managers, this text provides a source of introductory information for those involved with decision-making processes related to information systems. Suitable as a University course text in MIS programs, the book also covers the subject in sufficient detail for the more technically orientated. This text describes how to reap the benefits of improved efficiency and productivity through the use of document imaging systems that reduce access time and enhance document integrity.

Easier to install and reconfigure than cabled networks, the advantages of wireless are increasingly obvious as installation costs continue to decrease. This is a single-source reference on the practical aspects of wireless messaging and data networking and provides a no-nonsense, easy to use approach by an industry expert. In addition to the latest detailed survey on wireless technologies, the book describes standards and practical implementation issues, vendors, benchmarks useful for making product and service decisions, interchange and regional cellular providers, and cellular digital packet data networks.

Delivers the hard information the reader needs to assess network options for the 1990s. It describes how networks are configured, what your options are in the multivendor environment, and how you can get the most efficient and effective network solutions with limited communications budgets.

A technical tutorial and a systematic strategy for corporate managers responsible for approving, recommending, or specifying the purchase of an elaborate, expensive communications network system. Does not compare the merits of available products, but introduces an approach for evaluating their stren

IF A NETWORK MANAGER COULD HAVE ONLY ONE BOOK, THIS WOULD BE IT

Here are all the essential, nuts-and-bolts details network managers need to know, but won’t find in any textbook.

REAL PLATFORMS • REAL PRODUCTS • REAL BUDGETS • REAL-WORLD SOLUTIONS

No other book covers life on the line with all the daily operations involved in running a business-scale network – and being a corporate officer at the same time -- like Network Manager’s Handbook.

While many other books talk about networking technologies, author Nathan Muller tackles the real make-or-break operations and procedures such as strategic planning, documentation, retrofitting, “managing up,” and much more. This unique survival guide delves into everything you didn’t learn in school but need to know, such as:
* Minimizing risk during procurements
* Calculating the “true cost”
* Downsizing
* Operating the Help Desk
* Asset identification
* Systems integration
* Network security
* Outsourcing
* Contingency planning

Muller provides the insights that only a veteran with real-world experience can offer, including:
* Why design is one-half the battle and implementation is the other
* Secrets of successful financial planning
* How to effectively negotiate service agreements
* The role of the communications department
* The most effective way to manage, evaluate, and schedule technical staff

Network Manager’s Handbook may well be the best career investment any IT professional can make.

PUT WiFi TO WORK

With his potent gift for clearly explaining technology, networking guru/author Nathan J. Muller presents a powerful set of tools for making the right decisions, the best moves, and extracting maximum benefits from WiFi in the workplace. In WiFi for the Enterprise, he shares his expertise on equipment, configurations, and features for business environments.

WiFi—WHAT, WHY, AND HOW

If you’re among the 44% of businesses planning on integrating WiFi, you’ve found the best source for solutions. WiFi for the Enterprise helps network managers, integrators, and other interested parties drill down to—

* Authoritative and readable answers, without wading through “engineeringese”

* Business-boosting potentials of different flavors of WiFi

* Choices in product classes that yield performance, security, and scalability

* Coping strategies for a market that features more than 300 certified WiFi products

* Interoperability solutions for WiFi integration with technology you already run

* Design, configuration, and security answers for your WiFi network

* WiFi network troubleshooting, monitoring, and management strategies

* Selecting a WiFi service provider for Internet access

DYNAMIC, WORKING ANSWERS ON THE MOST EXCITING DEVELOPMENT IN NETWORKING

*An invaluable confusion-lifting tutorial on Bluetooth, the personal area wireless networking standard that enables seamless communication of voice, e-mail, internet access, etc., between mobile phone, desktop PCs, and PDAs.
*Details the pros and cons of the Bluetooth approach, taking readers through what kinds of services are ideally suited to Bluetooth.
*A must for telecom engineers, managers, technicians, ISPs, and employees of the 1000+ Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) companies, this guide also features sweeping coverage of applications and forthcoming products.