KOSEN 한인과학기술자네트워크

A book that truly details our vision of AT&T Solutions' mission: Agile Networking. Messrs. Metes, Gundry, and Bradish have provided a thoughtful treatise on concrete design practices for building those agile virtual private networks, Intranets, and the Internet. The book defines the areas in which AT&T Solutions can help companies become agile through their own networks. [Structure of this Book] - Part 1 is dedicated to an exposition of agility. We introduce the concept and describe where it came from and why it is of value. We then describe the key principles of agility and the component strategies, capabilities, and processes. We comment particularly on agile methodologies to capture the effects of change. Throughout, we indicate how the networking dimension, discussed later, contributesss to agility. - Part 2 is principally about the networking capabilities-or processes0of the agile enterprise. We commence with a discussion of the congruence between networking and agility. In succeeding chapters we describe, in the agile context, group communication, intranet publishing and knowledge management. - Part 3 is about agile operations: essentially, the ways in which and organization's functions are transformed in the agile networking environment. We focus on a few particular functions in detail: training, teaming, legal, and management. From these detailed descriptions, we set the pattern for transforming other organizational functions through agile networking. - Part 4 addresses agile networking at the enterprise level. It shows how whole businesses are being transformed through agilie networking. We discuss virtual organizations and alliances, then the rapidly growing electronic commerce sector, and finally education.