4.1 Business IT Networks and Components
High-speed data and voice networks determine (or restrict) how commerce is conducted and business gets done. Innovative uses of network capabilities create opportunities for more efficient operations and new business strategies, as the cases in this
chapter illustrate. For example, machines increasingly communicate and interact
directly with other machines over a variety of wireless and wired networks. These
machine-to-machine (M2M) communications use sensors to relay signals or data
through the network to an application, which initiates an action such issuing a traffic
alert or closing a valve