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As data centers grow in size and complexity, enterprises are adopting server virtualization technologies such as VMware, VMotion, NIC teaming, and server clustering to achieve increased efficiency of resources and to ensure business resilience. However, these technologies often involve significant expense and challenges to deal with complex multisite interconnections and to maintain the high availability of network resources and applications. Interconnecting Data Centers Using VPLS presents Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS) based solutions that provide high-speed, low-latency network and Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) isolation between data centers resulting in significant cost savings and a highly resilient virtualized network. The design guidance,...

At present, no available publication deals with Internet security from a Cisco perspective utilizing the Cisco Secure product family. Cisco Secure Internet Security Solutions covers the basics of Internet security and then concentrates on each member of the Cisco Secure product family, providing a rich explanation with examples of the preferred configurations required for securing Internet connections.Aimed at networking professionals responsible for securing the corporate connection to the Internet, this book starts by explaining the threats posed by the Internet and progresses to a complete working explanation of the Cisco Secure product family. The individual components of the Cisco Secure product family are discussed in detail with advice given o...