A Corporate Management Introduction for LANS, WANS and the INTERNET

13th September 1996


This new one day course run by Dr Colin Smythe, Head of the Department of Computer Science at Sheffield University is designed to give an uptodate overview of LANS, WANS and the Internet.

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES

To introduce the ideas, concepts, terminology and approaches used in creating a modern data service infrastructure. The objectives are to introduce:


FEES

PRICE per person which includes coffee, lunch, tea and printed course notes:

PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME

Morning Session

THE ENTERPRISE NETWORK
The Intranet:
Internal data communication, WWW (Mosaic and Netscape) and server infrastructures, electronic mail, bulletin boards and news servers
The Internet:
Interfaces to the external world. The Internet and other networks, videoconferencing. The future of the PC.
Making it all work for the business:
IT trends, efficiency and invest- ment, problems to avoid (security and viruses)

LUNCH

Afternoon Session

NETWORK TECHNOLOGY
Established Technologies:
Ethernet, Token Ring, FDDI, X.25, Internetworking, Digital and IBM interconnectivity. Migration from old to new.
New Technologies:
High speed networking, ATM, LAN Emulation, 100VG AnyLAN, Isochronous Ethernet, CATV networking, integrated voice and data, wireless networking.
MAKING THE RIGHT CHOICE



Registration

To Register please contact:
Patricia Yehia
Tel: 01483 259837               Fax: 01483 34139
e-mail: P.Yehia@ee.surrey.ac.uk

Small Print

The University reserves the right to cancel any course on the grounds of insufficient numbers or other reasons outside our control. In the event of cancellation by the University, a full refund will be given.
In the event of cancellation by a delegate, a refund of 75% will be given provided written notice is received two weeks prior to the event. If less than this notice is received, a refund of 50% will be given.


P.Yehia@ee.surrey.ac.uk
Last Update: 25 June 1996