Wireless mesh networks (WMNs) have recently received a great deal of attention as a
promising cost-effective solution to provide coverage and broadband wireless
connectivity for mobile users to get access to different IP applications and services.
The factor that has helped WMNs become attractive is the wide application prospects...
Whether you’ve been developing with ASP.NET for years or are just getting started, now is a great
time to dig into ASP.NET MVC 4. ASP.NET MVC has been a lot of fun to work with from the
start, but the last two releases have added many features that make the entire...
This volume contains the 25 papers presented at the First International ICST
Conference on Theory and Practice of Algorithms in (Computer) Systems
(TAPAS 2011), held in Rome during April 18-20 2011, including three papers
by the distinguished invited speakers Shay Kutten, Kirk Pruhs and Paolo Santi.
There are many sources of information and documentation for configuring Cisco networking
devices, but few provide a quick and portable solution for networking professionals. This book is designed to provide a quick-and-easy reference guide for a wide range of commonly used features that can be configured on...
WINDOWS SERVER 2012 is the latest incarnation of Microsoft’s successful server platform. Included
is a new version of IIS, now in its eighth incarnation.
IIS 8.0 isn’t the revolutionary change in architecture that IIS 7.0 was. However it offers much new
functionality, absorbing many of the standalone...
This book includes a collection of chapters on the state of art in the area of intelligent machines. This research would provide a sound basis to make autonomous systems human-like.
The contributions include: an introduction to intelligent machines; supervisory control of multiple UAVs; intelligent autonomous UAV task allocation;...
In the data-centered world, backup and duplication is an important factor that keeps your computer network fail-safe and healthy. Backup solutions allow you to quickly recover from power failures, damaged hardware and hacker attacks.
"Network Backup with Bacula" is a practical guide to setting up the Bacula backup system...
A network transmits information from point-to-point from an office, company,
school, aircraft carrier or, more generally, from anywhere on the planet. Very often
associated with the Internet, it has completely transformed the design of traditional
computer systems. To remember this, one need only read the short story by...
This book presents a comprehensive review of key distributed graph algorithms for computer network applications, with a particular emphasis on practical implementation. Topics and features: introduces a range of fundamental graph algorithms, covering spanning trees, graph traversal algorithms, routing algorithms, and self-stabilization;...
This book is intended to provide students and professionals with a solid foundation in the
fundamentals of advanced network security. The previous edition of this book placed significant
emphasis on intrusion detection, but this edition aims to provide a more balanced approach to
the topic of network defense and countermeasures. As...
Design a complete Voice over IP (VoIP) or traditional PBX system with Asterisk, even if you have only basic telecommunications knowledge. This bestselling guide makes it easy, with a detailed roadmap that shows you how to install and configure this open source software, whether you’re upgrading your existing phone system or...
If you want to build your site’s frontend with the single-page application (Spa) model, this hands-on book shows you how to get the job done with Backbone.js. You’ll learn how to create structured JavaScript applications, using Backbone’s own flavor of model-view-controller (Mvc) architecture.