International Journal of Network Management
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From the Publisher:The Handbook of International Connectivity Standards is an essential reference for IS and telecommunications professionals. It is a source for understanding how the major connectivity standards are designed, what specific needs they address, and where standards can contribute in the reader's own computing strategy. The major proprietary standards are included, as well as those developed by international committees. The overall focus of The Handbook of International Connectivity Standards is on the practical day-to-day issues and problems that the standards are designed to solve. Among the topics included are: the emergence of worldwide standards; including open distributed computing; major enterprise-wide communications standards: SNA, DECnet, TCP/IP, XNS; open systems interconnection and related standards: the OSI model, X.25, X.400, X.500, HDLC, GOSIP; Local Area Network/Personal Computer Standards: Ethernet, Token Ring, Token Bus, NETBIOS; Wide Area Networks: ISDN, FDDI; other standards: Document Interchange, Electronic Data Interchange, T1-T3. Chapters are liberally illustrated and written with a practical, real-world approach by contributors who are leaders in their respective fields. The Handbook of International Connectivity Standards is an indispensable reference for any computer professional's library.