The World of Consumption or Enterprise Networking

The World of Consumption (Economics as Social Theory Series): The Material and Cultural Revisited

Author: Ben Fin

Consumption has become one of the leading topics across the social sciences and vocational disciplines such as marketing and business studies. In this comprehensively updated and revised new edition, traditional approaches as well as the most recent literature are fully addressed and incorporated, with wide reference to theoretical and empirical work. Fine's refreshing and authoritative text includes a critical examination of such themes as:
*economic imperialism and globalization
*the world of commodities
*systems of provision and culture
*the consumer society
*public consumption.
This book presents an updated analysis of the cluttered landscape of studies of consumption that will make it required reading for students from a wide range of backgrounds including political economy, history and social science courses generally.

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Enterprise Networking

Author: James Martin

This book looks at enterprise networking from the perspective of network users and application developers, describing the application services the network provides and the technologies employed to implement end-to-end communication between users. Covers networking technologies such as TCP/IP, Novell Netware, NetBIOS, AppleTalk, SNA, and DECnet. For information systems managers, communications managers, technical staff members who support networking hardware and software, and users of network services.

Booknews

Provides a thorough discussion of networking technology in six parts, covering the fundamentals; enterprise network services; the transport network; data link subnetworks; network interconnection; and appendices including standards organizations, the OSI reference model, the IEEE/ISO/ANSI LAN architecture, and a glossary. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Table of Contents:

	Preface
	List of Acronyms
1	Enterprise Networks	1
2	Network Architectures	13
3	An Enterprise Network Model	25
4	Application Services	33
5	Directory Services	63
6	Network Management Services	91
7	OSF Distributed Computing Environment	117
8	The Transport Network	141
9	TCP/IP Transport	155
10	NetWare IPX/SPX Transport	179
11	NetBIOS Transport	195
12	AppleTalk Transport	203
13	SNA Subarea Network Transport	239
14	SNA APPN Transport	273
15	DECnet Transport	285
16	Transport Interfaces	315
17	Data Link Subnetworks	341
18	Network Driver Software	349
19	Network Interconnection Strategies	363
20	Bridges	373
21	Routers, Gateways, and Tunnels	385
22	Multiple-Protocol Networking Strategies	399
	App. A Standards Organizations	423
	App. B The OSI Reference Model	433
	App. C The IEEE/ISO/ANSI LAN Architecture	445
	App. D Glossary	451
	Index	479