Business Data Communications and Networking

Key differences between 12th and 11th editions

• Period between current and previous editions: 3 years (2014 vs 2011).
• The new 12th Ed. of FitzGerald's Business Data Communications and Networking book is 192 pages thinner because Part Five (appendices) has been moved online.
• Many new hands-on activities and questions.
• Chapter 1:
• Section "Future Trends" discusses wireless LAN and BYOD.
• Chapter 2:
• New discussion of cloud computing architectures.
• Chapter 6 (corresponds to Chapter 11 in the 11th Edition):
• New topics Network Architecture Components
• Chapter 7 (corresponds to Chapter 6 in the 11th Edition) presents new material on:
• Designing the Data Center
• Designing the e-Commerce Edge
• Chapter 9 (corresponds to Chapter 8 in the 11th Edition):
• New material on IP Services
• Chapter 11 (corresponds to Chapter 10 in the 11th Edition):
• Expanded and updated section on Risk Assessment.
• APPENDICES are now available online.