Wireless Web: A Managers Guide (Addison-Wesley Information Technology) (Paperback)

Coyle has embraced full management-book style, with lots of skimmable margin notes, bulleted lists, conceptual diagrams and flow charts. That said, he's included plenty of technical information, particularly the kind that has to do with transmission speeds, range, reliability and subscriber capacity. He's also done a great job of providing his readers with enough knowledge of key terms to make sense of industry news articles and of explaining how related technologies--such as Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) and Wireless Markup Language (WML)--fit together to form working applications. The history lessons he provides, which are stories of the factors that led to the acceptance or rejection of wireless technologies in various markets, are invaluable to businesspeople eager to learn from the experiences of others. --David Wall

Topics covered: Technologies, products, and services related to the delivery of digital data to users without the use of transmission wires, with emphasis on end-user devices like pagers, mobile phones, and wireless local-area network (LAN) equipment. Bluetooth, the IEEE wireless LAN standards, third-generation (3G) mobile phone technologies (including GSM, TDMA, and CDMA), Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) and its related specifications, and Extensible Markup Language (XML) and Java as used in wireless applications are all covered, as are (to a limited extent) the security questions wireless poses.

Product Description

Concise and accessible, Wireless Web brings the big picture of wireless technology into sharp focus for today's business and technical managers. In plain language, the book details how the growth in wireless services affects every corner of the business environment for customers, suppliers, and today's increasingly mobile workforce.

Moving beyond the buzzwords, this book illustrates the exciting new opportunities that "anyplace, anytime" connectivity brings. The book begins with an overview of the wireless web and its advantages, followed by an introduction to the devices, technologies, and emerging standards that are changing the scope of wireless communication. The final section highlights security, which is fundamental to the economic viability of the wireless web.

Wireless Web's highlights include a close look at:

• Wireless applications for the business-to-consumer (B2C), business-to-business (B2B), and business-to-employee (B2E) markets
• How new developments in synchronization and voice are leading to the next generation wireless "killer app"
• How Bluetooth™ networking technology will increase productivity through cross-device communication
• How wireless local area networks (WLANs) are augmenting and replacing traditional local area networks
• The technical and political forces behind the new third generation (3G) high speed networks
• How the WAP™, XML, and J2ME standards are fueling the growth of the wireless web
• Wireless security frameworks, including VPNs, PKI, and digital certificates

Complete with detailed illustrations and a handy glossary of wireless terminology, Wireless Web documents how "no wires" technology is ushering in a world of exciting new possibilities.

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