Developing IP-based services [electronic resource] : solutions for service providers and vendors / Monique Morrow, Kateel Vijayananda

• Autore: Morrow, Monique
• Pubblicazione: San Francisco, CA : Morgan Kaufmann, c2003
• Descrizione fisica: xxi, 313 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
• Disciplina: 004.62
• Soggetto topico: TCP/IP (Computer network protocol); Internet service providers
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: Vijayananda, Kateel.author
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-295) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Foreword -- Preface -- Chapter 1 - Introduction -- Chapter 2 - Building the Case for IP-Based Services -- Chapter 3 - Greenfield Service Providers: Opportunities and Challenges -- Chapter 4 - Incumbent Service Providers: Opportunities and Challenges -- Chapter 5 - IP as a Building Block: Enabling Multiservices -- Chapter 6 - IP-Based Service Implementation and Network Management -- Chapter 7 - IP-Based Services: Advanced Topics -- Chapter 8 - Case Studies -- Closing Remarks: Remaining Competitive with IP -- Acronyms -- Bibliography -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: <p> Offering new services is a great way for your organization to drive traffic and boost revenue, and what better foundation for these services than IP? This much is a given. The difficulty is uniting business and technical perspectives in a cohesive development and deployment process. <p> Meeting this challenge is the focus of Developing IP-Based Services. The only book of its kind devoted exclusively to IP-based services, it provides a blueprint for all the engineers, managers, and analysts who must come together to build these services and bring them online. Inside, you'll find just the right balance of business and technical coverage, introduced with a lucid discussion of the principles of service development and wrapped up with three case studies illustrating effective provisioning in today's marketplace. Read the chapters relating to your role, and you'll play it more successfully. Have your team read the entire book, and you'll achieve a level of collaboration and shared understanding that will quickly accrue to the bottom line. * Valuable insight from authors with extensive service provisioning and product development experience. * Written for business and technical readers at a wide range of companies, including established telecoms, ISPs, ASPs, Clecs, bandwidth brokers, and vendors. * Probes the business issues that will make or break your effort, including shortening the development cycle and choosing a competitive model. * Provides the technical coverage required for successful implementation, according to the terms of the business model you choose. * Focuses on the IP technologies that offer your service and its users the greatest value, including MPLS, Voice Over IP, and multicast. * Helps you meet tough challenges relating to security and Quality of Service. * Concludes with case studies illustrating successful service development and deployment in three companies.
• Eiproduzione: Electronic reproduction. Amsterdam : Elsevier Science & Technology, 2007. Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: Web browser. Title from title screen (viewed on Aug. 2, 2007). Access may be restricted to users at subscribing institutions.
• ISBN: 9781558607798; 155860779X
• Formato: Risorse elettroniche
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 991003248589707536
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. del Salento
• Localizzazioni e accesso elettronico: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9781558607798
• Serie: The Morgan Kaufmann series in networking