The may company california network a case study

Abstract

The concept of “NETWORKING” has traditionally been equated to the technical task of connecting equipment via some communications facility to provide the User with access to Data Processing files and equipment. Although this task has always required advanced technical skills, many companies do not realize that the designer of Telecommunications networks needs to also have strong managerial and systems design skills. For the past fifteen years, Data Communications Networks have been considered by most data processing technicians as nothing more than additional equipment (controllers, modems, terminals, communications lines, etc.) to be installed to allow the Users some means to remotely access data files located at the main computer site. These same technicians have failed to realize the needs of the User community, and failed even worse to take into account the large economic investments and possible returns associated with the installation of communications hardware.