How Intranets Work (How It Works (Ziff-Davis/Que)) [Paperback]

Preston Gralla (Author), Mina Reimer (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1996 | Series: How It Works (Ziff-Davis/Que)

The explosive growth of Intranet use has created growing individual demand on how to access and use intranet systems. This book provides an overview of the new standard in modern communications, the intranet The graphical format makes an intimidating topic easy to understand.
-- Shows how intranets are just as valuable in a corporation as the Internet is to an individual
-- Appeals to computer and non-computer users

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From the Publisher

The explosive growth of Intranet use has created growing individual demand on how to access and use intranet systems. This book provides an overview of the new standard in modern communications, the intranet. The graphical format makes an intimidating topic easy to understand. - Shows how intranets are just as valuable in a corporation as the Internet is to an individual

- Appeals to computer and non-computer users

- Covers issues in security, new technologies, and multimedia

Product Details

• Paperback: 6 pages
• Publisher: Ziff-Davis Press; 1st edition (January 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1562764411
• ISBN-13: 978-1562764418
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 8.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,625,372 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An excellent primer on how a LAN or WAN *really* works., March 12, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: How Intranets Work (How It Works (Ziff-Davis/Que)) (Paperback)

It's easy to understand a LAN ... when there's an administrator to explain. It's easy to understand a WAN ... when there's a network support desk to fix problems for you. It's easy to get onto the Internet ... when your ISP has a tech support line with plenty of patience.

But how does it all happen? What's TCP/IP mean? How come I get a "Forbidden!" message when I browse certain pages?

This book is an excellent primer for the computer neophyte, or someone who's boning up on networking in the 90s. Simple text and easy to follow illustrations take you by the hand and gently explain things like "how a web page gets back to you?" and "what's the OSI Network Model?" Think networking is only for geeky techie types? Think again. Preston Gralla makes it all as clear as mom's chicken broth.

David Spalding

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Must Read for Internet/New Media Job Seekers, December 29, 1999

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Patti Wilson (Silicon Valley) - See all my reviews

This review is from: How Intranets Work (How It Works (Ziff-Davis/Que)) (Paperback)

The perfect guide for the technically clueless on how everything Internet works from the macro to the micro levels in easy to understand discriptions and pictures. As a career counselor, I suggest this book for every client looking to work in the Internet or for a dot com company as the appropriate introduction to high tech for low tech types. It gives you the big and small pictures, literally, with accompanying technical jargon explained. I have not found a comparable book to use in this catagory that works as well.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not quite a primer, May 7, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: How Intranets Work (How It Works (Ziff-Davis/Que)) (Paperback)

This was a very helpful book for refamiliarizing myself with the concepts behind LANs and WANs. If you are truly just getting started with understanding intranets, you would be better served if you also got a copy of "How Networks Work" and read that book first.