The rapid evolution - or revolution - of computer networking, with its ever-changing standards, warp speed communications updates and truck-load capacity upgrades, has characterised the IT sector in recent years. At the same time, new applications have arisen, presenting a host of management and security challenges to network administrators.
These and many other topical issues are addressed in the latest (third) edition of 'Enterprise Networking - Everything You Need to Know' - now published as an e-book, downloadable over the Internet.
The fully illustrated 2012 edition is a complete re-write. It covers the history of networking - spotlighting the companies and the technologies that have played important roles in the evolution of the corporate network. It addresses the mergers and acquisitions that have coloured and characterised the industry since the dawn of the computer age.
'Enterprise Networking - Everything You Need to Know' addresses subjects as diverse as backbone technologies and bridging, switching and routing. Key areas of interest include new-age cloud computing and network management in today's challenging, BYOD (bring your own device) business environment.
It includes a 1 000-word glossary, covering most technical terms and acronyms in the networking world, with easy-to-understand explanations. “Complying with the original mission, this e-book continues to keep the technical information non-partisan,” says publisher Martin May.
“'Enterprise Networking - Everything You Need to Know' is a no-nonsense, no-hype and sales-free zone designed as a useful source of information, not a thinly-disguised product brochure,” says May, who is the regional director (Africa) of Enterasys Networks.
“It reflects the contrasting, and sometimes contradictory, world we live in - the physical world of wires and antennas and switches and routers, and the virtual world of broadband connections, cloud-based networks and the on-demand consumption of computing resources.”
'Enterprise Networking - Everything You Need to Know' is available only as en e-book from the following online sources at $ 2.99.
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