About: Wide area application services is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 182 publications have been published within this topic receiving 1551 citations.
TL;DR: In this paper, Halabi's Internet Routing Architectures is presented as a readable distillation of essential design and implementation guidelines for the Internet and its evolution, including interdomain routing, Internet service provider requirements and the changing Internet infrastructure.
Abstract: From the Book:
To say that the Internet has changed in the past 10 years is a vast understatement The Internet today is the single most influential phenomenon in computing The way in which it continues to evolve is likely to affect every form of data communication on a global scale Internet information-handling strategies, such as Web-based customer support and secure networked commerce, will permanently alter business and consumer behavior
As the Internet and networking have evolved, so too has Cisco Systems' role Cisco has become the premier worldwide provider of networking for the Internet In this role, Cisco helps network managers build reliable, scaleable, and cost-effective solutions for networks that span the requirements of small offices to globally-dispersed enterprises Over the years, Cisco has assembled the largest and most experienced staff of networking experts who serve customers in planning, implementing, and troubleshooting large networks Bassam Halabi is one of those experts
Although Cisco's expertise is primarily delivered directly to customers, it also can be shared through other means A new and important medium for sharing Cisco's networking expertise is the Cisco Press In creating this new forum, New Riders Publishing and Cisco Systems jointly plan to build a library of publications that provide practical information about the design and implementation of routers, switches, servers, and connectivity software
Bassam Halabi's Internet Routing Architectures is the first of these books Bassam provides his keen insight into interdomain routing, Internet service provider requirements, and the changing Internet infrastructure He toucheson issues that affect everyone connecting networks to or through the Internet Bassam's many years of consulting experience with Cisco's largest IP-based networks contribute to this book's useful design recommendations He brings a pragmatic perspective to the process of building links between domains and selecting network designs for specific situations
Internet Routing Architectures is a readable distillation of essential design and implementation guidelines We trust you will find it a valuable addition to your networking library
TL;DR: In this article, an enterprise network using a wide area network (WAN), and having remote users connected to this WAN, uses a master directory containing network addresses of users obtained from a DHCP server to determine access rights, including the ability to access the WAN through the routers and access serves over the WLAN.
Abstract: An enterprise network using a wide area network (WAN), and having remote users connected to this WAN, uses a master directory containing network addresses of users obtained from a DHCP server to determine access rights, including the ability to access the WAN through the routers and the ability to access serves over the WAN.
TL;DR: The case of Cisco Systems shows that an advanced enterprise architecture capability can contribute to the four phases of the acquisition process: pre-acquisition preparation, acquisition selection, acquisition integration and post-integration management.
Abstract: Value-creating acquisitions are a major challenge for many firms. The case of Cisco Systems shows that an advanced enterprise architecture (EA) capability can contribute to the four phases of the acquisition process: pre-acquisition preparation, acquisition selection, acquisition integration and post-integration management. Cisco's EA capability improves its ability to rapidly capture value from acquisitions and to sustain its acquisition-based growth strategy over time.
TL;DR: In this article, a system that starts slowly, either by just examining traffic passively or by doing sub-optimal acceleration can learn over time, how many peer WAN optimizers are being serviced by an appliance, how much traffic is coming from each peer WN optimizers, and the type of traffic being seen.
Abstract: Systems and methods of the present solution provide a more optimal solution by dynamically and automatically reacting to changing network workload. A system that starts slowly, either by just examining traffic passively or by doing sub-optimal acceleration can learn over time, how many peer WAN optimizers are being serviced by an appliance, how much traffic is coming from each peer WAN optimizers, and the type of traffic being seen. Knowledge from this learning can serve to provide a better or improved baseline for the configuration of an appliance. In some embodiments, based on resources (e.g., CPU, Memory, Disk), the system from this knowledge may determine how many WAN optimization instances should be used and of what size, and how the load should be distributed across the instances of the WAN optimizer.
TL;DR: In this paper, an example method for segment routing based wide area network (WAN) orchestration in a network environment is provided and includes monitoring a segment routing (SR) enabled WAN environment in at least near real-time by a path computation element (PCE) located outside the WAN, receiving an event notification at the PCE, and performing traffic engineering using SR to reroute traffic off shortest paths.
Abstract: An example method for segment routing based wide area network (WAN) orchestration in a network environment is provided and includes monitoring a segment routing (SR) enabled WAN environment in at least near real-time by a path computation element (PCE) located outside the WAN, receiving an event notification at the PCE, and performing traffic engineering using SR to reroute traffic off shortest paths. In one embodiment, where a current state of the WAN is not pre-computed, performing traffic engineering comprises optimizing routes to remove violation of any utilization policies, deploying the optimized routes in the WAN, re-optimizing routes for other parameters, and further deploying the re-optimized routes in the WAN. In another embodiment, performing traffic engineering comprises optimizing routes to remove violation of any utilization policies and for other parameters, and deploying the optimized routes in the WAN. In another embodiment, performing traffic engineering comprises deploying optimized routes in the WAN.