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By now every man, woman, and child on the globe is probably aware of the Internet and its over-hyped theoretical potential to provide access to just about any type of information, from medical records concerning the Ebola virus to video clips of Gerry Garcia and audio clips of that famous entertainer who twirled his hips. Along with the commercial hype, corporate officials at just about every level in the organization are beginning to become afflicted by the Internet. Over the past few months I could have retired if I received a dollar for every query from corporate officers wanting to know why we still have a private network and didn't move all our transmission to the Internet. After all, it's free, isn't it? If your corporate officers are like mine, they probably forgot that old adagethere's no free lunch. While anybody can obtain Internet access for under $20 a month via dozens of Internet Access Providers (IAPs), and AT&T and MCI now offer customers five hours of free access per month, the use of the Internet for business is not only not free, but is a risky proposition. This risk not only involves security, but, in addition, must include network performance issues. Although ha

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Author

Gilbert Held

Publisher

John Wiley and Sons; Wiley (John Wiley & Sons); John Wiley & Sons Inc.; Wiley (ISSN 1055-7148)

Published

1997

Language

EN

Field

Computer Science (Physical Sciences)