Net Banking Unveiled The world of banking and financial services is in the midst of dramatic change. Driven by deregulation, consolidation and information technology, the financial services industry is busy reshaping itself - moving away from traditional "brick-and-mortar" branches to focus on new delivery channels, improved customer service and 24-hour-a-day access to information and transactions. According to IBM Consulting Group, within 10 years, Internet will become the dominant delivery channel for financial services, even if currently Internet banking operations represent approximately...

Inspiration for the wireless revolution The big Geneva Telecom 99 exhibition will probably go down in history as the moment when Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) made its debut in the world. A slew of vendors launched their first WAP phones and carriers announced their first WAP services. And this time it's Europe that's the frontrunner. 'For once I'm not proud to be an American', said Larry Ellison, the CEO of softwaremaker Oracie, in a speech delivered at Telecom 99. Europe is at least 18 months ahead of the United States in deploying WAP. The Telecom 99 show could mark the beginning of...

Dieses Buch beschreibt detailliert die Planung, den Aufbau und die Administration eines eigenen Wireless LANs. Es erlautert die Auswahl der richtigen Hard- und Software. Die Integration von PCs, Notebooks und PDAs in ein drahtloses Netzwerk werden praxisnah dargestellt. Eine wichtige Angelegenheit ist auch das Thema Sicherheit. Der Autor erklart, wie der Administrator sein Netzwerk gegen Angriffe von aussen schutzen kann. Immer mehr private und offentliche Einrichtungen bieten dem Benutzer ohne Kabel Anschluss an das Internet. WLAN-Roaming und Hotspots, auch diese Aspekte der mobilen...