Daniel Minoli Books

An expert guide to the high-speed switching and routing options of today and tomorrow.Network Layer Switched Services provides advanced network planners with vital information on switched data services for all of the turn-of-the-century networks. This comprehensive, practical guide reveals what network planners should know about all of the current switching services in order to plan and implement successful transitions of enterprise, intranets, and inter-enterprise networks. It also presents a complete insider's overview of the advantages and costs of IP switching, as well as its impact on existing networks.Network Layer Switched Services covers the basic architectures and operations for six major emerging * LAN/Ethernet Switching (LANE) (at 100 Mbps or higher)* ATM and ATM Switching* LAN Emulation and Classical IP over ATM* Multiprotocol over ATM (MPOA)* Network Layer Switching (including IP and Tag Switching)* Fibre Channel.Network Layer Switched Services helps communications planners give their organizations' ever-increasing connectivity options, productivity gains, and support for a total transition to information-based economies and electronic commerce.Visit our website at www.wiley.com/compbooks/

Focusing on ATM-based LANs, including LAM emulation, this survey examines many LAN developments at the technical level. It presents recent technologies, how they work and why they may (or may not) represent cost-effective solutions for an enterprise. The book covers the pros and cons of LAN switching, virtual LANs, 100 Mbps LANs, routing, ATM LAN emulation, IP/multiple protocols over ATM, and more.

Discusses all types of corporate risks and practical means of defending against them. Security is currently identified as a critical area of Information Technology management by a majority of government, commercial, and industrial organizations. Offers an effective risk management program, which is the most critical function of an information security program.