ITM 102 Chapter 7: ITM102 - Chapter 7 (Textbook Notes)

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Information Technology Management
• Course: ITM 102
• Professor: Robert Hudyma

Document Summary

Firms in the past used two fundamentally different types of networks: o. Handled voice communication, and computer networks handled data traffic. Telephone networks were built by telephone companies throughout the twentieth century using voice transmission technologies (hardware and software) o. Originally built by computer companies seeking to transmit data between computers in different locations. Thanks to continuing telecommunications deregulation and information technology innovation, telephone and computer networks are converging into a single digital network using shared. Both voice and data communication networks have also become more powerful (faster), more portable (smaller and mobile), and less expensive o. Increasingly, voice and data communication, as well as internet access, are taking place over broadband wireless platforms, such as cell phones, mobile handheld devices, and pcs in wireless networks. In its simplest form, a network consists of two or more connected computers o. Each computer on the network contains a network interface device to link the computer to the network.