Internet & Intranet Engineering - Softcover

Minoli, Daniel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0070429774 ISBN 13: 9780070429772

Publisher: Computing McGraw-Hill, 1997

Synopsis

An authoritative primer on Internet technolgoy, protocols, and applications, this unique guide is the first to baseline the Internet engineering effort and to define the parameters of the technical environment. It explains the contributing technologies of today's Internet in relatively brief and accessible terms, outlining new directions already emerging, and surveying the imminent technologies which will shortly create an environment quite different from today's "best effort" paradigm.

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From the Back Cover:

Finally, an authoritative book that takes you inside the Internet technologies of today and tomorrow to assist with critical business decisions Other books on Internet-related technologies focus on a single aspect or protocol Internet and Intranet engineering is the first to examine the complete environment, aloowing corporate planners, developers, and network managers to see the "big picture" and plan for the future of their businesses with foresight. This pragmatic guide explains the growing array of contributing technologies succinctly and accessibly, putting both current and emerging technologies in the context of real-world uses. Covering performance issues for Internet communications, Minoli opens with a discussion of Internet structure, protocols, and access. He then provides an overview of router technology and examines Web server technology, including URL, HTTP, and HTML. Additional chapters cover: HTML technology, applications and examples; Future trends in Intranet and Internet technology; Netscape and other browsers; Building a corporate Web site; Security and management issues; Commercial online services; Broadband communications; Virtual reality Internet Applications; and much more. Finally, Internet and intranet engineering examines technologies being developed today-and their probable impact on tomorrow's Internet environment-helping companies to forge business strategies that will take full advantage of cutting-edge technologies and future developments.

Review:

"A "big picture" look at the growing array of Internet and intranet technolgies; Internet structure a, protocols, and access, router and Web servers; HTML; browsers; security; broadband; and virtual reality. Written fro corporate planners, developers, and network managers." -- COMPUTER, 3/97

About this edition

• Publisher: Computing McGraw-Hill
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0070429774
• ISBN 13: 9780070429772
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 424