Managing Bandwidth: Deploying Across Enterprise Networks

by Alistair Croll, Eric Packman

This guide to managing bandwidth and quality of service (QOS) in enterprise networks offers techniques for cutting costs, enhancing performance, deploying next-generation applications, handling peak loads, and maximizing the value of the network. The authors discuss real-time classification and packet handling as well as the systems and processes that are part of building and maintaining a bandwidth-managed network. Seven case studies describe specific network situations of various sizes. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

426 pages, Hardcover

First published July 26, 1999