Contents : 1. LAN management - the scope of the problem; 2. LAN administration; 3. LAN software control; 4. LAN management software : a user survey; 5. Software auditing; 6. LAN security; 7. Software distribution in the LAN environment; 8. PC software distribution - a user survey; 9. Software change management; 10. Getting application software changes to the desktop; 11. LAN software management at Coopers & Lybrand - a case of study; 12. LAN storage strategies in the large systems environment; 13. Distributed data management and workstation integration tools; 14. Managing distributed data; 15. LAN back up, distribution, takeover - a case study; 16. Increasing bandwidth to the desktop - evaluating the alternatives; 17. The battle for the LAN - is Token Ring being counted out?