For undergraduate and graduate business data communications and networking courses. Panko teaches students about the technologies that are being used in the marketplace.

Business Data Networks and Telecommunications guides readers through the details of networking with its clear writing style, job-ready detail, and focus on the technologies that are used in today's marketplace. The eighth edition provides readers with the methods of preparation for dealing with specific network standards.

Basic Concepts and Principles
- Networking: How We Got Here
- Hands-On Windows Networking
- Network Standards
- Hands-On: Wireshark Packet Capture
- Network Security
, etc.

Applying Concepts and Principles: Up Through the Layers
- Physical Layer Propagation
- Hands-On: Cutting and Connectorizing UTP
- Switched Wired Networks
- Hands-On: Ethernet Switching
- Wireless Networks I
, etc.