Gaynor Network Services Investment Guide

Maximizing ROI in Uncertain Times
1. Auflage 2003
ISBN: 978-0-471-45651-3
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 320 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Wiley Networking Council Series

* This first-ever valuation guide shows how to select and managenetwork-based services to ensure maximum return on investment
* Explains how to manage the costs and tradeoffs betweendistributed and centralized management structures
* Shows how to avoid risking too much for too little return dueto unpredictable overall market conditions
* Covers network-based services such as Internet access,application management, hosting, voice and data services, and thenew breed of SOAP/XML Web services

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gaynor, Mark

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Books in Series.
Foreword: Networking Council Foreword.
Chapter 1. Introduction.
PART ONE: BACKGROUND, FRAMEWORK, AND THEORY.
Chapter 2. Network-Based Services.
Chapter 3. Internet End-2-End Argument.
Chapter 4. Management Structure of Network-Based Services.
Chapter 5. Intuitive View of Options Theory.
Chapter 6. Market Uncertainty.
Chapter 7. Theories about How to Manage Network-BasedServices.
PART TWO: THE CASE STUDIES.
Chapter 8. Email Case Study.
Chapter 9. Basic Voice Services.
PART THREE: APPLYING THIS NEW THEORY.
Chapter 10. Voice over IP: SIP and Megaco.
Chapter 11. Coexistence of 802.11 and 3G Cellular: Leaping theGarden Wall.
Chapter 12. Web Applications and Services.
Chapter 13. Conclusion and Advice to Readers.
Appendix: A Formal Theory and eal Options-Based Model.
References.
Index.

Über Autor(innen)

MARK GAYNOR is Assistant Professor of Information Science at BostonUniversity. He recently received his PhD from Harvard incomputing
science (networking group) and spent the last two years workingwith worldwide technology experts on network service valuationstrategies. Gaynor is the author of several articles on ATMnetworks, standards, and computer aided education. He is a memberof ACM and IEEE.
Networking Council Books put technology into perspective fordecision-makers who need an implementation strategy, a vendor andout- sourcing strategy, and a product and design strategy. Theseries advisors are three of the most influential leaders of thenetworking community:
LYMAN CHAPIN-Founding Trustee of the Internet Society and formerChief Scientist for NextHop Technologies and Chief Scientist at BBNTechnologies
SCOTT BRADNER-Senior Consultant for Harvard University, TransportArea Director IETF, trustee of the Internet Society, and ISOC VP ofStandards
VINTON CERF-Senior Vice President for Internet Architecture andTechnology at WorldCom, founding President of the Internet Society,and co-inventor of TCP/IP