Title: Wikiworld
Authors: Juha Suoranta
Tere Vaden
Description
“Wikiworld” explores a revolution in the world of education. The way we learn is changing: institutionalised learning is transforming into new forms of critical learning and open collaboration. This book offers a historical and political framework to think about the future of learning and educational media.The authors provide an overview of the use of new technologies and learning practices, and assess how the changing nature of education can lead to a more socially just future. At the same time, they place their
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Network
Title: Optical Networks: A Practical Perspective, 3rd Edition
Authors: Rajiv Ramaswami
Kumar Sivarajan
Galen Sasaki
Description
The third edition of Optical Networks continues to be the authoritative source for information on optical networking technologies and techniques. Componentry and transmission are discussed in detail with emphasis on practical networking issues that affect organizations as they evaluate, deploy, or develop optical networks. New updates in this rapidly changing technology are introduced. These updates include sections on pluggable optical transceivers, ROADM (reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexer), and electronic Read more…
Network
Title: Network Mergers and Migrations: Junos Design and Implementation (Wiley Series on Communications Networking & Distributed Systems)
Authors: Gonzalo Gómez Herrero
Jan Antón Bernal van der Ven
Description
This book provides a complete reference to network mergers and migrations using the Junos operating system
Network Mergers and Migrations provides readers with a comprehensive guide for network migration activities by detailing a variety of internetworking case studies. Both enterprise and service provider scenarios are examined based on the experience and expertise of two senior Juniper Networks engineers. From MPLS Layer 3 VPN migration approaches to comprehensive network protocol consolidation and integration, each case study covers planning, design and implementation, as well as discussing alternatives and leveraging additional specific services and Junos resources, to ensure successful completion at each migration phase. These case studies are complemented with solid state-of-the-art Read more…
Network
Title: Break Free with DB2 9.7: A tour of Cost-Slashing New Features
Authors: Paul Zikopoulos
Chris Eaton
Belal Tassi
George Baklarz
Description
The DB2 9.7 server (herein referred to as DB2 9.7) release is a significant
one, though that shouldn’t come as any surprise to anyone. In fact, all the
releases since DB2 8.2 have propelled DB2 as an industry leader in ease
of use, storage optimization, scalability, and more. DB2 9.7 is packed Read more…
Network, Programming Language, Web Development
Review
“The book is well written and nicely illustrated. I recommend it as an introduction for graduate students and telecommunications engineers.” (Computing Reviews, November 24, 2008)
“This book would serve ideally as a text for an undergraduate course on network performance analysis.” (Computing Reviews, July 2008)
Product Description
Queueing analysis is a vital tool used in the evaluation of system performance. Applications of queueing analysis cover a wide spectrum from bank automated teller machines to transportation and communications data networks. Read more…
Network
Product Description
You know that servers have log files and performance measuring tools and that traditional network devices have LEDs that blink when a port does something. You may have tools that tell you how busy an interface is, but mostly a network device is a black box. Network Flow Analysis opens that black box, demonstrating how to use industry-standard software and your existing hardware to assess, analyze, and debug your network.
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Network
