- SONET and SDH: Advanced Topics
- Oct 31, 2003
- Learn the advanced features of SONET and SDH; specifically, the different ways of concatenating SONET and SDH signals, different techniques for mapping packet data onto SONET and SDH connections, transparency services for carrier's carrier applications, and fault management and performance monitoring capabilities.
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- Storage Networking Building Blocks
- Mar 8, 2002
- This sample chapter discusses the major building blocks of storage networks and highlights the technical aspects that differentiate them.
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- Structuring and Modularizing the Network with Cisco Enterprise Architecture
- Jun 12, 2008
- This chapter introduces a modular hierarchical approach to network design, the Cisco Enterprise Architecture.
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- Systems Architecture
- Feb 20, 2004
- The authors of A Practical Guide to Enterprise Architecture explain the three important aspects of systems architecture, and list systems architecture best practices.
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- Telecommunications Technology Fundamentals
- Dec 28, 2001
- Ready for the broadband era? Start by learning the basics of telecommunication networks, and gain an understanding of how the various standards bodies have shaped their evolution.
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- Telecommunications: In War and Peace
- Dec 28, 2001
- The world is at war against a network of terrorists. Lillian Goleniewski examines the role of telecommunications in that context and tells why understanding its role and potential is paramount to national, business, and personal survival.
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- The Art of Network Architecture: Applying Modularity
- May 12, 2014
- This chapter focuses on why we use specific design patterns to implement modularity, discussing specifically why we should use hierarchical design to create a modular network design, why we should use overlay networks to create virtualization, and the results of virtualization as a mechanism to provide modularity.
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- The Fundamentals of Network Architecture
- May 4, 2001
- "Anything, anywhere, anytime," has become the mantra of today's businesses, and author J.F. DiMarzio shows how systems designers need to think about and confront network issues that no other generation of engineers has faced.
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- The Importance of Green IT
- Apr 17, 2009
- John Lamb explains the basic environmental impact of IT and lays the foundation for solutions to those problems.
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- The Wireless Network Evolution
- Apr 12, 2002
- Wireless networks include local, metropolitan, wide, and global areas. This excerpt explains the evolution of such networks, their basic principles of operation, and their architectures.
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- Troubleshooting Unicast Flooding Due to Topology
- Sep 10, 2004
- Unicast flooding occurs for many reasons in a switched network. This article addresses how to detect and troubleshoot unicast flooding issues due to spanning tree topology changes.
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- Understanding Protocol Analysis
- Mar 1, 2003
- Let author and columnist Ed Tittel explain the whys and wherefores of seeking certification in protocol analysis. From network security to advanced troubleshooting, nothing beats this kind of networking credential.
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- Understanding the Telecommunications Revolution
- Dec 28, 2001
- The new multimedia realm is allowing us to include vital physical cues in the information stream, introducing a physical reality into the world of electronic communications, goods, and services.
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- Using Multicast Domains
- Jun 27, 2003
- Learn how multicast domains allow service providers to offer mVPN services to their customers by using native multicasting techniques in the core. You will see the many advantages of these multicasting techniques and how they can relate to you and your customers.
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- Using Static IP Addresses on Your Network
- Sep 14, 2009
- Eric Geier helps you discover ways to convert from dynamic to static addresses on your network.
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- WDM Network Design
- Feb 7, 2003
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- Web Services and Contemporary SOA (Part II: Advanced Messaging, Metadata, and Security)
- Aug 5, 2005
- This chapter examines the relationships between the SOAP messaging framework and the various WS-* extensions in service-oriented architecture and the features that SOAP enables.
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- WebLogic Application Performance Metrics Collection Using JMX and OpenView Performance Manager/Performance Insight
- Oct 1, 2004
- Anand Ganesan and Rajal Shah provide an overview of this business-critical Java Management Extensions technology in this timely article.
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