Communications systems management handbook

Sect. I. Planning for Communications Systems

1. New Enterprise Network / Lisa M. Lindgren

Sect. II. Enterprise Network Architecture

2. Gracefully Transitioning from SNA to IP: Why, How, and When? / Anura Guruge

3. One Corporate Network - Dream or Nightmare? / Donna Kidder

4. IPv6: The Next-Generation Internet Protocol / Gary C. Kessler

5. Moving toward One Network: Practitioner's Steps to Consolidation of Data and Voice / Lisa Bobbitt

6. Integrating Data Centers with Intranets / Anura Guruge

7. Guide to Internet Telephony / Nathan J. Muller

8. Implementing and Supporting Extranets / Phillip Q. Maier

9. Internet Site Development in a Bandwidth-Hungry World: An Enterprise Dilemma / Daniel Gonneau

Sect. III. LAN and Campus Networking

10. High-Speed Token Ring / Martin Taylor

11. Should You Migrate Your Token Ring Network to Ethernet? / Randall Campbell

12. Introduction to 100Base-T: (Fast and Faster) Ethernet / Colin Mick

13. Understanding Gigabit Ethernet Performance / Gilbert Held

14. Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) Implementation / John R. Vacca

15. Virtual LANs / Gilbert Held

16. Multicast Networking / C. Kenneth Miller

17. Voice and Video on the LAN / Martin Taylor

18. Voice and Data Network Integration / Larry Schessel

19. Securing Your Router / Gilbert Held

Sect. IV. Remote Access

20. Modem Technology Update / Gilbert Held

21. Choosing Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Lines / Gilbert Held

22. Preparing for Cable Modems / Gilbert Held

23. Virtual Private Networks: Secure Remote Access over the Internet / John R. Vacca

24. ATM Access: The Genesis of a New Network / William R. Koss

25. Portable Network Access / Gilbert Held

26. Cellular Digital Packet Data: An Emerging Mobile Network Service / Nathan J. Muller

Sect. V. Wide Area Network

27. Overview of the Telecommunications Policy Process / Leo A. Wrobel

28. Future of Wireless Communications / Robert Rosenbaum

29. Frame Relay Testing and Training / Steve Greer, Peter Luff and Sean Yarborough

30. Transporting Legacy SNA Traffic over Frame Relay / Andres Llana, Jr.

31. Maximizing Mainframe-Based WAN Resources / Gale Persil

32. SONET for the Future: Satisfying Today's Users with Tomorrow's Technology / Leo A. Wrobel

Sect. VI. Data Center

33. Data Center Security: Useful Intranet Security Methods and Tools / John R. Vacca

34. Why Parallel Sysplex is a Must for Today's IBM Data Centers / Anura Guruge

35. Web-to-Host with VM/ESA: A Viable Platform for the Internet / Jim Foxworthy

36. Java on the Mainframe / Anura Guruge

37. LAN-to-Mainframe Connectivity Choices / Lisa M. Lindgren

38. Storage Area Networks / Jim Morin

39. Fibre Channel Architecture, Layers, and Services / Ed Frymoyer

40. Mainframe Shops Falling Behind on E-Commerce Due to Y2K / Anura Guruge

Sect. VII. Clients and Servers

41. TN3270 and TN5250 Internet Standards / Ed Bailey

42. Y2K on the Desktop: Where the Enterprise Meets Its Waterloo / Ron Angerame

43. Network Computers: Promises and Reality / Nathan J. Muller

44. Handheld Network Devices to Access Intranets and Enterprise Networks / John R. Vacca

45. Networking Features of the Java Programming Language / John P. Slone

46. JavaBeans and Java Enterprise Server Platform / David Wadsworth

47. Quick Overview of Linux / Raj Rajagopal

48. Evaluating the Performance of NT-Based Systems / Gilbert Held

Sect. VIII. Security

49. Secure Access to Mission-Critical Applications / David Johnson

50. Applets and Network Security: A Management Overview / Al Berg

51. Intranet Security / John R. Vacca

52. Look at Java Security / Ben Rothke

53. Creating Firewall Policy Following a Functional Model / John P. Ceraolo

54. Assessing and Eliminating Virus Threats in Distributed Networks / Frank Horwitz

55. Mobile User Security / Ralph R. Stahl, Jr.

56. Introduction to IPSec / Bill Stackpole

Sect. IX. Network Management

57. Network Baselining as a Planning Tool / Gilbert Held

58. Working with TCP/IP Utilities / Gilbert Held

59. Using RMON to Manage Remote Networks / Gilbert Held

60. Proactive Performance Management / Tim Clark

61. Using Intelligent Agents to Manage Multivendor Environments / Nathan J. Muller.