n the Pearson Education Global Rights & Permissions Department, please visit www.pearsoned.com/permissions/. ISBN-13: 978-0-13-450679-1 ISBN-10: 0-13-450679-0 www.TechnicalPDF.com To Bob, Judy, Nancy, Laura, Steve, Bobby, Elizabeth, Julia, Gabriel, Ari, Michael, Moses, Delancey, and Harry www.TechnicalPDF.com Contents Preface Acknowledgments About the Author Part I Fundamentals, Data Centers, and IP PBXs 1 Computing and Enabling Technologies Fiber-Optic and Copper Cabling Fiber-Optic Cabling: Underpinning High-Speed Networks Information Content Providers: Heavy Users of Fiber Splitting Capacity of Individual Fiber Strands into Wavelengths Fiber-Optic Cabling in Commercial Organizations Chips-Building Blocks of the Digital Machine Learning Packetized Data Per Packet Flexible Routing Throughput Deep Packet Inspection: Monitoring, Prioritizing, and Censoring Traffic DPI in Organizations: Protecting Confidential Information Governments Monitor: Terrorism, Web Access, and Unfavorable Comments www.TechnicalPDF.com Carriers, Networks: Categorization and Billing Traffic Shaping: Prioritizing Traffic Compression Streaming: Listening and Viewing without Downloading Compression: The Engine behind TV over the Internet Innovative Compression Algorithms- Fewer Bits, Higher-Quality Images Using Codecs to Compress and Digitize Speech Increasing Network Capacity via Multiplexing Time-Division Multiplexing Statistical Multiplexing: Efficient Utilization via Prioritization of Network Services Using Protocols to Establish a Common Set of Rules Protocols and Layers Virtualization: Space, Cost, and Maintenance Efficiencies Scalability and Energy Savings Virtualization-Enabling Cloud Computing Managing Virtualization Managing Memory, Virtual Machines, and Disk Storage in Virtualized Data Centers Containers: A Newer Form of Server Virtualization www.TechnicalPDF.com The Cloud: Applications and Development at Providers' Data Centers Private VS. Public Cloud Service Cloud Computing Fees Rationale for Cloud Computing Three Categories of Cl