Kelly McGrew, Author

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The key to understanding Cisco's AVVID!

Optimizing and Securing Cisco AVVID Applications

This ground-breaking text covers the breadth of Cisco Architecture for Voice, Video, and Integrated Data (AVVID). The book is divided into four sections: Voice, Security, Content Delivery Networking (CDN), and Storage Area Networking (SAN).

The first section covers the core voice applications. The foundation application is Cisco CallManager, the IP-PBX that provides call processing for Voice over IP. You'll find a description of how to design and configure your Cisco CallManager as well as some important tips on configuring the application. Other applications include Unity, the unified messagining application, and the IP Contact Center suite of programs.

The second part of the book deals with building a secure architecture for your AVVID applications. The first chapter in this part deals with the components used to develop a security framework. The second chapter in this section illustrates a variety of architectures to help you design a network secure from both external and internal hackers.

The third part of the book focuses on Content Delivery Networks and follows the same framework as the second part. The first chapter in this section discusses the CDN components and the second focuses on designing your CDN. Points to focus on when you evaluate a service provider's CDN are highlighted too.

The fourth part of the book deals with Storage Area Networks. Again, the first chapter in this division focuses with SAN components, concepts, and protocols. The second chapter builds a ge/5ety of design architectures using those components.


Selected Works

Technical Writing
Cisco Voice Over Frame Relay, ATM, and IP
How to select, install, configure, and troubleshoot Cisco Voice over Layer 2/3 solutions.
Optimizing and Securing Cisco AVVID Applications.
The entire gamut of Cisco's Architecture for Voice, Video, and Integrated Data (AVVID) is covered in this ground-breaking book. This book describes the Cisco AVVID applications, the relevent standards for more arcane components of AVVID, and how to best implement solid and secure AVVID solutions.
The Cisco Network Design Toolkit
In process: The essentials of network design, including project inception, design methodology, project proposal, selling the proposal, and project management.



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