Business data communications: Basic concepts, security, and design (Wiley series in computers and information processing systems for business)

Revised and updated, this bestselling text provides a comprehensive survey of the field of data communications in business. Organized according to three sections - Basic Concepts, Management, and Design - this new edition includes thorough coverage of such timely and crucial topics as microcomputers, Local Area Networks, and computerized network design. Hardware, network configurations, and protocols and software are covered and the text discusses controls for management, recovery, and manual and computerized network design. Appendices include data communication control matrix, and vertical and horizontal coordinates.