Network: Definition and additional resources from BNET
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Business Definition for: Network

  • a group of computers that are able to communicate with each other. There are two types of computer networks: LAN (a local area network) and WAN (a wide area network). LANs are typically used by organizations that have a large number of computers based in one location and connected to a single computer server. They are often used as the basis for private networks such as intranets. WANs are slower than LANs because they use telephone cables as well as computer servers. The Internet is the main WAN in existence.
  • to build up and maintain relationships with people whose interests are similar or whose friendship could bring advantages such as job or business opportunities.

    It is important to network for the good of the organization and the professional field in which the networker operates. The networker should know what they hope to accomplish by networking, and what they have to offer other people: it is a two-way process, as the more someone has to offer other people, the more those people will want to do things for them.

    In order to network effectively, it is useful to make a list of organizations and events for networking, a contact list, and an action plan with a schedule. The organizations and events list helps the networker identify and target places and situations where they are likely to meet with people who may be of assistance to them in their career or with a particular project. The contact list allows the networker to keep track of the people they have met, or want to meet. It is a good idea to prioritize this list according to who is most likely to be helpful. Using these two lists, the networker can then put together a schedule for making or maintaining connections.

Wiktionary Definition for: Network

  • To interact socially for the purpose of getting connections or personal advancement
  • Ex:''Many people find it worthwhile to '''network''' for jobs and information.''
  • To connect two or more computers or other computerized devices
  • Ex:''If we '''network''' his machine to the server, he will be able to see all the files.''
  • To interconnect a group or system
  • Any interconnected group or system
  • Ex:''A '''network''' of roads crisscrossed the country.''
  • A directory of people maintained for their advancement
  • Ex:''To get a job in today's economy, it is important to have a strong '''network'''.''
  • Multiple computers and other devices connected together to share information
  • Ex:''The copy machine is connected to the '''network''' so it can now serve as a printer.''

Additional Resources

Network Monitor: Ensure Maximum Network Performance And Eliminate Downtime
The network is the lifeline of the business. Keeping the network up and running is one of the biggest challenges facing IT Managers. When the network is down, business comes to a halt. That's where Numara Network Monitor can help. Numara Network Monitor continuously monitors the health and performance of...
Tags: Numara Software Inc., Monitor, Network, Downtime, Numara Network Monitor, Networking
White papers 2005-12-09
Network General Extends Its Leadership to the Network Edge with Sniffer InfiniStream i120
MIAMI -- Innovative Compact Storage Platform Allows Network Professionals to Apply Retrospective Analysis to Network Edge and Small Network Deployments
Tags: leadership, network, Network General Corp.
Research articles 2005-11-07
AlterPoint 'Open Network Initiative' to Advance Network Management Software; Key Step is Aligning with Open Management Consortium to Forward Open Standards for Network Management
AUSTIN, Texas -- AlterPoint, the leading provider of intelligent network change and configuration management NCCM solutions, announced today the Open Network Initiative, a strategy to bridge the gap between the network infrastructure and the network services that are crucial for business. The Open Network Initiative strives to elevate network management...
Tags: AlterPoint Inc., network, network management, open standard, software
Research articles 2006-09-11
On Network Externalities And Productivity Gains
This paper establishes links between network externalities and productivity gains. These links are obtained by constructing a model of production with network externalities. It will be shown that, given the network externalities, the supply function of the industry will have the shape of increasing returns to the size of the...
Tags: Network, Network Externality, Networking
White papers 2005-03-07
Huawei Technologies and Micromuse Deliver Seamless Interoperability of Network Solutions
SAN FRANCISCO -- Cooperative Relationship Enriches Management of Data Communications Network, Fixed Network, and Optical Transmission Network for Service Providers Worldwide
Tags: Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., Micromuse Inc., Network Solutions Inc.
Research articles 2005-08-24
Leveraging Technology and the Market to Bring Telecommunications Business Into the Next Decade
This article summarizes the keynote address given at the ISSC '04 in Alexandria in June 2004. The main points made are: we are in a transition time from the established world of telecommunications services where value is in the network, to a new world of distributed actors; at the same...
Tags: Networking, Network, Telephony, Telecommunications
White papers 2005-02-01
Are Network Deploys Redline's RedMAX™ WiMAX Network in Sweden
Are Network and DataEquipment Roll out First Licensed, Certified 802.16-2004 Network Using Redline's Advanced WiMAX Products
Tags: network, WiMAX
Research articles 2007-02-08
DISH Network Launches Oxygen Network; Oxygen, the Only Television Network Owned and Operated by Women, and DISH Network Satellite TV Enter into Long-Term Carriage Agreement
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. & NEW YORK -- EchoStar Communications Corporation (NASDAQ:DISH) announced today that Oxygen Media, the nation's only woman-owned and -operated TV network, is now available to DISH Network satellite TV customers. Oxygen and DISH Network entered into a multi-year agreement and will provide 12 million DISH Network viewers with...
Tags: Dish Network, network, Oxygen, satellite television, TV, women
Research articles 2006-01-16
Leverage Your Network For Greater Productivity
Network infrastructure can do more - much more - than transfer voice and data from point A to point B. Whether the network is brand new or several years old, there are a number of ways to leverage the network to perform additional tasks that can positively and profitably impact...
Tags: Network Infrastructure, Network, Networking
White papers 2007-07-11
Network General Delivers Network Visibility Solution Set: Comprehensive Product Suite for Distributed Fault and Performance Management; Solution Components Provide Insight into the Performance Relationship Between the Network and its Applications, Databa
MENLO PARK, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--July 1, 1996--Network General Corporation (NASDAQ: NETG), a leading network fault and performance management solutions provider, today announced the Network Visibility Solution Set, a complementary set of UNIX-based network fault and performance management tools designed to deliver enhanced network performance, reliability and quality of service. Based on...
Tags: network, Network General Corp., performance, performance management
Research articles 1996-07-01
NCDs slim down - Network Computing Devices' Explora 400 and 700 network computers - Product Announcement - Brief Article
Mountain View, Calif.--When Bob Gilbertson, president of Network Computing Devices NCD, saw the sleek, vertical design of IBM's network computer, the Network Station, he ordered marketing to come up with a more "swoopy" design for the next generation of NCD's network computers. "Our design is too boxy," Mr. Gilbertson had...
Tags: computer, network, network computer
Research articles 1997-09-29
TippingPoint Integrates Network Access Control into Its IPS-Secured Network Solution
Access Control Plus Attack Control Cost-Effectively Enables Comprehensive Network Security without Requiring Network Infrastructure Upgrade
Tags: network
Research articles 2007-02-05
Migrating to Converged MPLS Data Networks Without Compromise
The ultimate goal of network evolution is to maximize operating profits by allowing ubiquitous reach of services over a unified network infrastructure. This paper gives an overview of how Alcatel products are providing the industry's leading network migration solution, and how this enables network migration to a converged MPLS network,...
Tags: Alcatel, Network, MPLS, Networking
White papers 2004-04-19
Network Instruments® and NetQoS® Announce Strategic Alliance to Deliver Network Performance Monitoring and Retrospective Network Analysis
New Solution Speeds Time to Resolution by Quickly Identifying Network Degradations Enterprise-Wide and Drilling Down to Root Causes Through Historical Analysis
Tags: monitoring, performance monitoring, strategic alliance
Research articles 2006-12-13
Easynet Accelerates Time to Revenue and Ensures Technical Excellence of Its Global Network Solutions with Ixia Extreme Scalability Solution
International Managed Network and Hosting Company Uses Ixia Solution to Unify and Upgrade Its Portfolio of Network Services and Enhance Network Performance
Tags: scalability
Research articles 2007-10-04
Foundry Networks Enhances Network Control, Bolsters Network Availability, and Hardens Network Security
Business Editors/High-Tech Writers
Tags: network, network availability, network security, security
Research articles 2002-09-10
PAETEC Announces Nationwide Launch of Network Firewall
FAIRPORT, N.Y. -- PAETEC Holding Corp. today announced the nationwide availability of its Network Firewall service. With regulatory requirements requiring businesses to place additional emphasis on security, PAETEC's Network Firewall solution keeps corporate assets and customer information secure by protecting the customer's network from hacker intrusions, thereby reducing network vulnerability.
Tags: firewall, network
Research articles 2007-04-10
Network General Selected for Interop Las Vegas 2007 Network Operation Center
Network Intelligence Suite to Provide Performance Analysis of InteropNet
Tags: Network General Corp.
Research articles 2007-05-16
Dynamic Pricing Control in Cellular Networks
This paper presents dynamic pricing control for network Quality of Service QoS in cellular networks. Dynamic pricing policies allow the network service providers to charge a cost per time unit depending on the availability of network resources; hence it regulates the arrival rate of calls of service to the network....
Tags: Networking, Pricing Strategy, Cellular Network, Network Service, Network
White papers 2006-06-09
Clustering Under the Line Graph Transformation: Application to Reaction Network
This paper presents the case of metabolic networks where the first network has chemical compounds as nodes and the second one has nodes as reactions. In general, the second network may be related to the first one by a technique called line graph transformation (i.e., edges in an initial network...
Tags: Networking, Clustering, Network
White papers 2004-12-24
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