ITM 305- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 197 pages long!)

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Information Technology Management
• Course: ITM 305
• Professor: Franklyn Prescod

Document Summary

Networks: the resources a network makes available to users. Includes data and application provided by these applications. Types: client server, file and print server, communication server. Client computer request data or service form second computer (called server) Ftp services telnet remote desktop and application. File services a servers ability to share data files and storage space (disk) File server a computer that provides file services. Print services ability to share printers across a network. 1 printer = less maintenance and management. Convergence- using the same network to deliver multiple types of communication services. Unified communication (uc) refers to the centralized management of multiple network based communication. 3 types: conversational voice (voip), streaming live audio and video, streaming stored a&v. Voice and video transmission are delay sensitive (no break in transmission) loss tolerant. Admins must pay attention to qos (quality of services) provided for both a&v. Bandwidth the amount of traffic or data transmission, on network.