author - "Brendan P. Kehoe"
Network Basics
We are truly in an information society. Now more than ever, movingvast amounts of information quickly across great distances is one ofour most pressing needs. From small one-person entrepreneurialefforts, to the largest of corporations, more and more professionalpeople are discovering that the only way to be successful in the '90sand beyond is to realize that technology is advancing at a break-neckpace---and they must somehow keep up. Likewise, researchers from allcorners of the earth are finding that their work thrives in anetworked environment. Immediate access to the work of colleaguesand a ``virtual'' library of millions of volumes and thousands ofpapers affords them the ability to encorporate a body of knowledgeheretofore unthinkable. Work groups can now conduct interactiveconferences with each other, paying no heed to physicallocation---the possibilities are endless.
You have at your fingertips the ability to talk in ``real-time'' w
Network Basics
We are truly in an information society. Now more than ever, movingvast amounts of information quickly across great distances is one ofour most pressing needs. From small one-person entrepreneurialefforts, to the largest of corporations, more and more professionalpeople are discovering that the only way to be successful in the '90sand beyond is to realize that technology is advancing at a break-neckpace---and they must somehow keep up. Likewise, researchers from allcorners of the earth are finding that their work thrives in anetworked environment. Immediate access to the work of colleaguesand a ``virtual'' library of millions of volumes and thousands ofpapers affords them the ability to encorporate a body of knowledgeheretofore unthinkable. Work groups can now conduct interactiveconferences with each other, paying no heed to physicallocation---the possibilities are endless.
You have at your fingertips the ability to talk in ``real-time'' w