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Art of Network Architecture, The: Business-Driven Design |
9781587143755 Art of Network Architecture, The: Business-Driven Design |
80.10 |
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The Art of Network Architecture is the first book that places business needs and capabilities at the center of the process of architecting and evolving networks, where it belongs. Three pioneering network architects show how to evaluate both business and application requirements from a network designer’s perspective, identifying crucial upfront questions that can help the reader shape networks that support current business strategy and provide flexibility for the future.
Introduction xx
Part I Framing the Problem
Chapter 1 Business and Technology 1
Business Drives Technology 2
The Business Environment 2
The Big Picture 3
The Competition 4
The Business Side of the Network 5
Technologies and Applications 5
Network Evaluation 6
The Network’s Customers 6
Internal Users 7
External Users 8
Guest Users 9
Technology Drives Business 9
Part II Business-Driven Design
Chapter 2 Designing for Change 11
Organic Growth and Decline 12
Mergers, Acquisitions, and Divestments 14
Centralizing Versus Decentralizing 15
Chapter 3 Improving Business Operations 19
Workflow 19
Matching Data Flow and Network Design 20
Person-to-Person Communication 21
Person-to-Machine Communication 21
Machine-to-Machine Communication 22
Bringing It All Together 23
BYOD 24
BYOD Options 24
BYOD Design Considerations 27
BYOD Policy 28
Business Continuity 29
Business Continuity Versus Disaster Recovery 29
Business Continuity Planning 30
Business Continuity Design Considerations 31
Summary 33
Part III Tools of the Trade
Chapter 4 Models 35
The Seven-Layer Model 36
Problems with the Seven-Layer Model 38
The Four-Layer Model 38
Iterative Layering Model 39
Connection-Oriented and Connectionless 41
A Hybrid Model 42
The Control Plane 43
What Am I Trying to Reach? 43
Where Is It? 44
How Do I Get There? 45
Other Network Metadata 46
Control Plane Relationships 46
Routing 46
Quality of Service 48
Network Measurement and Mana
Russ White, CCIE No. 2635, is a principal engineer in the IPOS team at Ericsson. He has worked in routing protocols and routed network design for the past 15 years. Russ has spoken at Cisco Live, Interop, LACNOG, and other global industry venues. He is actively involved in the IETF and the ISOC, has co-authored more than 30 software patents in the area of network protocols, and has co-authored nine books in the area of network protocols, design, and architecture. He holds a Master of Information Technology in Network Design and Architecture from Capella University and a Master of Christian Ministry in Christian literature from Shepherds Theological Seminary.
Denise Donohue, CCIE No. 9566 (Routing and Switching), is a senior solutions architect with Chesapeake NetCraftsmen. Denise has worked with computer systems since the mid-1990s, focusing on network design since 2004. During that time she has designed for a wide range of networks, private and public, of all sizes, across most industries. Denise has also authored or co-authored many Cisco Press books covering data and voice networking technologies and spoken at Cisco Live and other industry events.