Cisco Press

Wisconsin Bookwatch, Sept, 2004

Cisco Press

201 W. 103rd St, Indianapolis, IN 46290

www.ciscopress.com

Two new titles from Cisco Press are especially recommended additions to personal, professional, and acadmeic reference library computer science reference collections. Top Down Network Design, Second Edition by computer network design expert Priscilla Oppenheimer (1587051524 $60.00, 600 pages) is a practical and comprehensive guide to designing enterprise networks that are reliable, secure, and manageable. Using illustrations and real-world examples, Top Down Network Design teaches a systematic method for network design that can be applied to campus LANs, remote-access networks, WAN links, and large-scale internetworks. The Road To IP Telephony: How Cisco Systems Migrated From Pbx To IP Telephony by Stephanie Carhee (1587200880, $34.95, 350 pages) definitively explains just how Cisco Systems successfully moved its own organization to a converged, enterprise-wide network. Readers will learn the implementation and operational processes, what worked, what didn't work, and how to develop your own successful methodology. The Road To IP Telephony shares with you everything you need to know about managing your deployment, beginning with where to begin, including what needs to be addressed before you even begin the planning process, to building your project team. Key best practices are also offered to help you set the project's pace and schedule, get your users on board, identify a migration strategy, develop a services and support strategy, and work toward the final PBX decommission.