This is the first book to focus on the networked aspects and requirements of multimedia. Industry experts take you from today's desktop to tomorrow's client-server applications and remotely distributed systems. Specifically written to address the business opportunities and challenges that exist for today's corporate manager.
The Multimedia Environment. TechnologyUNIX Workstations, Local Networking, and Wide Area. Compression Standards and Communication Implications. ApplicationsDesktop and Traditional Videoconferencing, and Computer Supported Cooperative Work. Applications Examples and Reliance on Communications.
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Robert Keinath
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Daniel Minoli
Daniel Minoli recently played a key role in the foundation of two networking companies: Global Nautical Networks, a provider of mobile Internet and data services to marinas, and InfoPort Communications Group, an optical and Gigabit Ethernet metropolitan carrier. An author of best-selling books on telecommunications and data communications, he has written columns for ComputerWorld, NetworkWorld, and Network Computing. He has also taught at New York University, Stevens Institute of Technology, Carnegie-Mellon University, and Monmounth University.