Based on ISGC (International Symposium on Grid Computing), one of the most prestigious annual events in Asia, this title brings together scientists and engineers worldwide to exchange ideas, present challenges/solutions, and introduce development in the field of Grid Computing.

Network Fundamentals, CCNA Exploration Companion Guide is the official supplemental textbook for the Network Fundamentals course in the Cisco(R) Networking Academy(R) CCNA(R) Exploration curriculum version 4. The course, the first of four in the new curriculum, is based on a top-down approach to networking. The Companion Guide, written and edited by Networking Academy instructors, is designed as .

Using Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) and related technologies, data centers can consolidate data traffic onto a single network switch, simplifying their environments, promoting virtualization, and substantially reducing power and cooling costs. This emerging technology is drawing immense excitement, but few enterprise IT decision-makers and implementers truly understand it. I/O Consolidation .

Cover various exam objectives for the CCNA exam.

With the Azure Services Platform, processing and storing data moves from individual corporate servers and Web sites to larger, more reliable, and more secure data centers. This title shows you how to leverage the power of Azure and its related services for cloud computing. It also shows how to program with Windows Azure components.

Economic pressures have forced companies to look to a new model of providing IT services. This guide offers a comprehensive review of this paradigm of Internet-based enterprise applications and services. It provides an introduction to cloud computing, and covers how organizations can benefit from their use.

In Publishing a Blog with Blogger: Visual QuickProject Guide, best-selling author, Elizabeth Castro, shows users how to get started in the wonderful world of blogging. This book features large color illustrations and a minimum of verbiage to show brand-new Blogger users each step of the blogging process. Castro first acquaints readers with the interface and standard options, then walks them ...

Suitable for senior undergraduate and first-year graduate students, this book covers the varied and interconnected aspects of Grid computing, including how to design a system infrastructure and Grid portal; job submission and scheduling; Grid security; Grid computing services and software tools; workflow editors; and, Grid-enabling applications.

Grid computing involves the sharing of distributed resources such as supercomputers, clusters, storage, instrumentation and people. This book describes various developments in Grid technologies and applications that execute on these technologies.

An ad-hoc network is a local area network or other small network, especially one with wireless or temporary plug-in connections, in which some of the network devices are part of the network only for the duration of a communications session or, in the case of portable devices, while in some close proximity to the rest of the network.

Understanding IBM SOA Foundation Suite Learning Visually with Examples Master the IBM SOA Foundation Through 26 Hands-On, Start-to-Finish Tutorials The IBM SOA Foundation Suite is an integrated, open-standards-based set of software, best practices, and patterns that help you systematically maximize the business value of SOA. Understanding IBM SOA Foundation Suite brings together 26 hands-on ...

Information retrieval (IR) can be defined as the process of representing, managing, searching, retrieving, and presenting information. This book focuses on: Information Retrieval Models; User-centred Evaluation of Information Retrieval Systems; Multimedia Resource Discovery; and, Image Users' Needs and Searching Behaviour.

Integrating Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) and Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) for the first time, this comprehensive text explains the importance of their complementary nature, flexible combination, and ubiquitous computing. It covers the tags, readers, and middle ware associated with RFID.

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CCENT/CCNA ICND1 Official Exam Certification Guide Second Edition *Master ICND1 640-822 exam topics with the official study guide *Assess your knowledge with chapter-opening quizzes *Review key concepts with Exam Preparation Tasks *Practice with hundreds of exam questions on the CD-ROM Wendell Odom, CCIE(R) No. 1624 CCENT/CCNA ICND1 Official Exam Certification Guide, Second Edition, is a best of

A guide to the essentials of networking. It offers readers an understanding of the theoretical and practical applications of communication between computer systems or devices. It covers the basics of network administration, such as security, building a network, troubleshooting network problems, and more.

No single solution applied at one particular layer can help applications solve all performance-related issues with communication services. This book shows that a coordinated effort is needed among the layers. It describes key developments in high-end platforms and high performance interconnection fabrics and communication libraries.

Networking is one of the most important aspects of Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs). There are a variety of networking issues that must be addressed in order to realize the vision of WSNs. This book introduces to researchers, students, and practitioners the fundamental concepts, major issues, and the solutions in the networking wireless sensors.

Gives coverage of the revision of the Cisco Certified Network Associate exam. This work covers the exam topics including switch and router configuration, IP addressing, LANs, WANs, frame relay, ISDN, and more. The CD-ROM includes a custom version of the premier virtual network simulator from Boson Software which features 20 lab exercises.