Authors
- Tim Boyles
- Clare Gough
- Cisco Systems
- David Hucaby
Dewey code: 004
Price: $149.95
Review Cisco CCNP Certification Library (4 Book Box Set) / Cisco Press:Cisco CCNP Certification Library is a complete test preparation package for all four exams required for CCNP certification. This bundle contains the following four books: CCNP Routing Exam Certification Guide, CCNP Switching Exam Certification Guide, CCNP Remote Access Exam Certification Guide, and CCNP Support Exam Certification Guide. These four Certification Guides combine to give CCNP candidates the only officially developed review and practice tools for comprehensive self-study. Covers - all the key topics for routing, switching, remote access, and troubleshooting, several unique features of these books help CCNP candidates maximize their retention and recall of subject matter at exam time and at their daily job. Over 200 practice questions on the companion CD-ROMs lets readers take sample exams that simulate the real testing environment. This customizable software lets users decide how they want to practice or take a full practice exam. The Cisco CCNP Certification Library is a set of four technically-correct books written as course materials. They all have the same strengths and weaknesses: they're technologically accurate and make passing the exam a no-brainer, but the dense, no-frills nature of the writing means that every sentence must be read thoroughly and completely to guarantee your CCNP. First of all, the good points: By and large, these books are highly accurate and reasonably error-free, which is not at all surprising, since these are official course guides straight from Cisco's mouth. They get their facts across directly and succinctly, and are unlike most other certification books in that they're all deeply concerned with teaching you how to do your job properly. [+]They're packed with on-the-job examples, and the experience shines through when it comes to teaching you the important bits, for not only do they show you the "how" and the "why," but quite often they also show you the "where"-how each technology and protocol fits into the larger picture. The writing, unfortunately, is much the same from book to book-they're all extremely textbooky, as if each book was written by Joe Friday from Dragnet. There isn't a wasted sentence to be found here; every word counts, making the information-to-text ratio higher than almost any other certification book you're likely to find on the market. Skim a page of a topic that you think you already know, and you may miss two or three important smaller points that become quite important in later chapters. If you're used to chattier books like Sybex or Macmillan, the lack of handholding can be abrupt and startling. The information density and real-world experience comes at a cost: Although the end goal of every test-taker is ultimately to put that experience to work on a live system, every CCNP wannabe has to get over the hurdle of taking the exam-and none of the books are true exam practice. Admittedly, each of them gives you tons of useful knowledge, but there are a lot of meanderings where they go into detail on something that never gets tested. Furthermore, they don't tell you that these are rarely-tested topics, so you may spend a lot of time struggling with some abstract concept that never comes up on the exam, and ignoring a subject that almost always is on the exam. Moreover, the questions at the end of each chapter are essay-style, not multiple-choice. Cisco has made it quite clear what their teaching objectives are: If you know the material well enough, says Cisco, you don't need us to tell you what's on the exam-you'll know. As such, each book has to be read and thoroughly understood in its entirety in order to guarantee a passing score. This means that if you're willing to devote the time and effort, you'll pass without a hitch-exam slackers can look elsewhere. The books themselves are remarkably consistent, and pleasantly free from the "two good books and a crappy one" syndrome so common in large, expensive boxed sets. Each book pulls its own weight, although the CCNP Routing Guide-even though it's the thickest and deals with some of the toughest concepts-is probably the weakest in the set, since some of the writing is obtuse even by Cisco's standards and may confuse those not intimately familiar with routing concepts. On the other hand, the CCNP Support guide is sterling by anyone's standards and is even a useful read for non-CCNP candidates, as it hands out real-world troubleshooting advice by the barrelful. In short, this set isn't an easy read-not even close. It isn't for those who barely passed their CCNA or people who don't routinely work with networks. But it is astoundingly comprehensive and error-free by certification guide standards, and the effort you put into grinding through here will be richly rewarded by a high passing score and a good foundation of CCNP concepts that will set you up for an excellent job-and perhaps even your CCIE. Highly recommended. -William Steinmetz.
Creator: Cliff Wang
Edition: 1
Publication date: 2006-10-31
Dewey code: 005.8
List Price: $149.00
Price: $114.30
Review Malware Detection (Advances in Information Security) / Springer:Shared resources, such as the Internet, have created a highly interconnected cyber-infrastructure. Critical infrastructures in domains such as medical, power, telecommunications, and finance are highly dependent on information systems. These two factors have exposed our critical infrastructures to malicious attacks and accidental failures. Many malicious attacks are achieved by malicious code or malware, such as viruses and worms. Given the deleterious affects of malware on our cyber infrastructure, identifying malicious programs is an important goal. Unfortunately, malware detectors have not kept pace with the evasion techniques commonly used by hackers, i. e. , the good guys are falling behind in the arms race. Malware Detection captures the state of the art research in the area of malicious code detection, prevention and mitigation.
Creator: Franco Bartolini
Edition: 1
Publication date: 2004-02-03
Dewey code: 005.82
List Price: $199.95
Price: $113.98
Review Watermarking Systems Engineering: Enabling Digital Assets Security and Other Applications (Signal Processing and Communications, 21) / CRC:The growth of the Internet has fueled the demand for enhanced watermarking and data hiding technologies and has stimulated research into new ways to implement watermarking systems in the real world. Watermarking Systems Engineering: Enabling Digital Assets Security and Other Applications presents the principles of watermarking system design and discusses technologies in information concealment and recovery. It highlights the requirements and challenges of applications in security, image/video indexing, hidden communications, image captioning, and transmission error recovery and concealment. It explains digital watermarking technologies, and offers an understanding of new approaches and applications, laying the groundwork for developments in the field.
Authors
- IEEE
- IEEE Computer Society
Dewey code: 600
List Price: $115.00
Price: $115.00
Review Security and Privacy, 1998 IEEE Symposium / Institute of Electrical & Electronics Enginee:This text on computer security and privacy covers such topics as: access control; Java security; cryptography; architectures; database security and biometrics; and formal methods.
Publication date: 1998-01
List Price: $135.00
Price: $115.00
Review 8802.9-1996: IEEE Standards for Local and Metropolitan Area Networks / Institute of Electrical & Electronics Enginee:
Creator: Lingyu Wang
Edition: 1
Publication date: 2004-07-27
Dewey code: 005.8
List Price: $180.00
Price: $115.29
Review Security and Protection in Information Processing Systems (IFIP International Federation for Information Processing) / Springer:Security is probably the most critical factor for the development of the "Information Society". E-government, e-commerce, e-healthcare and all other e-activities present challenging security requirements that cannot be satisfied with current technology, except maybe if the citizens accept to waive their privacy, which is unacceptable ethically and socially. New progress is needed in security and privacy-preserving technologies. On these foundations, the IFIP/SEC conference has been established from the eighties as one of the most important forums for presenting new scientific research results as well as best professional practice to improve the security of information systems. This balance between future technology improvements and day-to-day security management has contributed to better understanding between researchers, solution providers and practitioners, making this forum lively and fruitful. Security and Protection in Information Processing Systems contains the papers selected for presentation at the 19th IFIP International Conference on Information Security (SEC2004), which was held in August 2004 as a co-located conference of the 18th IFIP World Computer Congress in Toulouse, France. The conference was sponsored by the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP). This volume is essential reading for scholars, researchers, and practitioners interested in keeping pace with the ever-growing field of information security.
Authors
- Cisco Networking Academy Program
Publication date: 2003-07
List Price: $117.47
Price: $115.00
Review CCNA 3& 4 Comp GD& Lab Comp& Engnr Jrnl Wkbk Pkg / Not Avail:
Creator: Oliver Blagoj Popov
Publication date: 2005-11-30
Dewey code: 004
List Price: $116.00
Price: $114.92
Review Network Empowerment (Nato Science Series III: Computer and Systems Sciences) / O C S L Press:This is the age of information and the Internet. It is based on the blend of two powerful technologies such as telecommunications and computing, which emerged in the second half of the twentieth century. Science and education are one of the main pillars of every contemporary society. Therefore, the importance of networking in research and higher education has been recognized by many countries with the establishment of National Research and Education Networks (NRENs). This publication covers a range of topics such as Quality of Service (QoS), TCP performance related to congestion management, security issues in open systems, schemes for tariffing and micro-payments so much needed in the realm of e-business, cashing mechanisms and content delivery, the ubiquity of the Internet, the experience from a unique multi-country distance education project, and finally a comparative analysis of a few well-known e-learning environments. This publication is the effort of CEENet (The Central and Eastern European Networking Association). Today, they are in the forefront of Information and Communication Technology in their respective countries, bringing closer the information horizons of the Internet and the high-performance networking, firstly to academic communities and later to other segments of the society.
Creator: IEEE Computer Society
Publication date: 2000-09
List Price: $115.00
Price: $115.00
Review Proceedings 13th IEEE Computer Security Foundations Workshop Csfw-13: July 3-5, 2000 Cambridge, England / IEEE Computer Society Press:
Authors
- IEEE Computer Society
- IEEE
Publication date: 1998-01
Dewey code: 006
List Price: $115.00
Price: $115.00
Review 1997 International Workshop on Multimedia Networking, Mmnet '97 / Institute of Electrical & Electronics Enginee:This work contains proceedings from the 1997 Multimedia Networking International Workshop. Features include: ATM transport and PCS; multimedia systems implementation frameworks; computer-supported co-operative work; adaptive applications; and quality of service.
Edition: 7
Publication date: 2008-05-17
Dewey code: 005.71
List Price: $164.00
Price: $120.06
Review Business Data Networks and Telecommunications (7th Edition) / Prentice Hall:Panko teaches students about the technologies that are being used in the marketplace. This text covers market-driven content such as wireless LANs, security and network management, TCP/IP, and application layers. This text would be suitable for business professionals looking for the most recent developments in data communications and networking.
Authors
- Measurement, and Related Industrial Applications (2001 : Crema, Italy) NATO Advanced Study Institute on Neural Networks for Instrumentation
Publication date: 2003-01
Dewey code: 004
List Price: $116.00
Price: $115.02
Review Neural Networks for Instrumentation, Measurement and Related Industrial Applications (Nato-Computer and Systems Sciences, 185) / IOS Press:Aims of this book are to disseminate wider and in-depth theoretical and practical knowledge about neural networks in measurement, instrumentation and the related industrial applications. It also creates a clear consciousness about the effectiveness of these techniques as well as the measurement and instrumentation application problems in industrial environments. Finally, it wants to promote the practical use of these techniques in the industry.
Creator: David F. Weiman
Edition: 1
Publication date: 1997-10-31
Dewey code: 338.52
List Price: $153.00
Price: $121.70
Review Opening Networks to Competition / Springer:This book addresses the related problems of regulating and pricing access in network industries. Interconnection between network suppliers raises questions of how to sustain competition and realize economic efficiency. New entrants must have access to customers in a competitive industry, but the very nature of network industries limits potential entrants. The large fixed and sunk costs of constructing networks and the difficulty in acquiring the expertise and competencies embodied in the managerial and organizational structure of incumbents in the network industry make it difficult to enter this marketplace. As a result, new entrants, realizing that they may not be able to provide customers with service comparable to that of the incumbents, often look to negotiate an interconnection agreement. This book is divided into two parts. Part I assesses regulation and pricing access in network industries from an analytical and policy perspective. Part II presents a variety of case studies examining interconnection issues over time and across industries. The book concludes with the idea that no single economic model or theory is appropriate for all network industries and that one needs to factor in the policy objectives, economic forces, and trade-offs for the specific industry before arriving at a final policy decision.
Creator: Jagath C. Rajapakse
Edition: 1
Publication date: 2006-04-21
Dewey code: 006.32
List Price: $135.00
Price: $119.72
Review FPGA Implementations of Neural Networks / Springer:The development of neural networks has now reached the stage where they are employed in a large variety of practical contexts. However, to date the majority of such implementations have been in software. While it is generally recognised that hardware implementations could, through performance advantages, greatly increase the use of neural networks, to date the relatively high cost of developing Application-Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs) has meant that only a small number of hardware neurocomputers has gone beyond the research-prototype stage. The situation has now changed dramatically: with the appearance of large, dense, highly parallel FPGA circuits it has now become possible to envisage putting large-scale neural networks in hardware, to get high performance at low costs. This in turn makes it practical to develop hardware neural-computing devices for a wide range of applications, ranging from embedded devices in high-volume/low-cost consumer electronics to large-scale stand-alone neurocomputers. Not surprisingly, therefore, research in the area has recently rapidly increased, and even sharper growth can be expected in the next decade or so. Nevertheless, the many opportunities offered by FPGAs also come with many challenges, since most of the existing body of knowledge is based on ASICs (which are not as constrained as FPGAs). These challenges range from the choice of data representation, to the implementation of specialized functions, through to the realization of massively parallel neural networks; and accompanying these are important secondary issues, such as development tools and technology transfer. All these issues are currently being investigated by a large number of researchers, who start from different bases and proceed by different methods, in such a way that there is no systematic core knowledge to start from, evaluate alternatives, validate claims, and so forth. FPGA Implementations of Neural Networks aims to be a timely one that fill this gap in three ways: First, it will contain appropriate foundational material and therefore be appropriate for advanced students or researchers new to the field. [+]Second, it will capture the state of the art, in both depth and breadth and therefore be useful researchers currently active in the field. Third, it will cover directions for future research, i. e. embryonic areas as well as more speculative ones.
Edition: 1
Publication date: 2002-04-01
Dewey code: 669.072
List Price: $218.00
Price: $114.53
Review Exploratory Analysis of Metallurgical Process Data with Neural Networks and Related Methods (Process Metallurgy) / Elsevier Science:This volume is concerned with the analysis and interpretation of multivariate measurements commonly found in the mineral and metallurgical industries, with the emphasis on the use of neural networks. The book is primarily aimed at the practicing metallurgist or process engineer, and a considerable part of it is of necessity devoted to the basic theory which is introduced as briefly as possible within the large scope of the field. Also, although the book focuses on neural networks, they cannot be divorced from their statistical framework and this is discussed in length. The book is therefore a blend of basic theory and some of the most recent advances in the practical application of neural networks.
Authors
- Calif.) IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (1999 : Oakland
Publication date: 1999-05
Dewey code: 005
List Price: $115.00
Price: $115.00
Review Proceedings of the 1999 IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy: May 9-12, 1999 Oakland, California (Ieee Symposium on Research in Security and Privacy//Proceedings) / Institute of Electrical & Electronics Enginee:This text covers the 1999 IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy in Computing. The papers are aimed at researchers, professors, practitioners, students, and other computing professionals.
Creator: Marjory M. Johnson
Publication date: 1991-03
Dewey code: 004.62
Price: $149.50
Review Protocols for High-Speed Networks, II: Proceedings of the Ifip Wg 6.4 Second International Workshop on Protocols for High Speed Networks Palo Alto, / North-Holland:
Creator: Manuel Castells
Publication date: 2004-11-04
Dewey code: 303.4833
List Price: $170.00
Price: $134.81
Review The Network Society: A Cross-Cultural Perspective / Edward Elgar Publishing:Manuel Castells - one of the world's pre-eminent social scientists - has drawn together a stellar group of contributors to explore the patterns and dynamics of the network society in its cultural and institutional diversity. The book analyzes the technological, cultural and institutional transformation of societies around the world in terms of the critical role of electronic communication networks in business, everyday life, public services, social interaction and politics. The contributors demonstrate that the network society is the new form of social organization in the Information age, replacing the Industrial society. The book analyzes processes of technological transformation in interaction with social culture in different cultural and institutional contexts: the United States of America, the United Kingdom, Finland, Russia, China, India, Canada, and Catalonia. The topics examined include business productivity, global financial markets, cultural identity, the uses of the Internet in education and health, the anti-globalization movement, political processes, media and identity, and public policies to guide technological development. Taken together these studies show that the network society adopts very different forms, depending on the cultural and institutional environments in which it evolves. The Network Society is an outstanding and original volume of direct interest in academia - particularly in the fields of social sciences, communication studies, and business schools - as well as for policymakers engaged in technological policy and economic development. Business and management experts will also discover much of value to them within this book.
Creator: Tomaz Klobucar
Publication date: 2004-11-30
Dewey code: 005.8
List Price: $116.00
Price: $115.39
Review Security And Privacy In Advanced Networking Technologies (Nato Science Series/ Computer and Systems Sciences) / IOS Press:Security and privacy in telecommunications and networking, especially when electronic commerce is involved, are two of the most crucial services offered in the global networks. In general, users of the computer network services are largely unaware of the potential threats to their information, or they choose to ignore such threats. However, the increasing usage of Internet services has brought the importance of the protection of data, resources and identities to the forefront. Recently, the Internet has started to spread "over the air" to merge with mobile communication network, thus making a new broad range of services available to the new economy. Since these new services take place in a public and therefore in untrusted networks, there are many security issues involved that are of concern to different communities. This book provides a broad overview of the basic aspects of technology, services and applications that enable safety, security and privacy in untrusted networks. The book can be viewed as a sequel of the book Advanced Security Technologies in Networking, published by IOS Press in 2001 and edited by the same editors. While the first book focused mostly on basic security services and mechanisms, network layer security, public key infrastructures and related applications, and secure electronic commerce, this book gives an overview of the most recent security technologies, such as biometrics, mobile networks, intrusion detection systems, and privacy-enhancing technologies.
Creator: Hongyi Wu
Publication date: 2008-07-09
Dewey code: 621.3821
List Price: $149.00
Price: $149.00
Review Medium Access Control in Wireless Networks (Wireless Networks and Mobile Computing) / Nova Science Publishers:
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