By Andrew Anker
You bought your pager and it was good. Then you got a cellular phone and it was better. Now you hear acronyms like SMR and PCS, companies like RAM and ARDIS, and buzzwords galore. What do you do?
Grab a copy of Using Wireless Communications in Business by Andrew M. Seybold. An engineer by training, Seybold skips the consultant-speak and provides helpful advice to individuals and companies looking to go wireless. He discusses the differences between local- and wide-area networks, what hardware and software are necessary, what's available and what's coming Real Soon Now. Seybold, a wireless road warrior himself, says wireless is not just another transport, it's a way of life.
The last two chapters, "Recapping the Services" and "A Guide to Implementation," are worth the price of the book by themselves. And although Using Wireless Communications in Business was written for nontechnical types, an overly complete glossary (it even defines "proprietary" and "mailbox") helps to guide you through.
Now what's needed is a book to explain how to carry all of this stuff.
Using Wireless Communications in Business, by Andrew M. Seybold, US$34.95. Van Nostrand Reinhold: (800) 544 0550, +1 (212) 254 3232.
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