Nathan J. Muller

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.

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.

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