Bandwidth Management Book launch

Subject: [bytesforall_readers] Bandwidth Management Book launch
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2006 00:35:19 +0100 (BST)
From: Chris Wilson <chris@aidworld.org>
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Trieste, Italy-- The BMO Book Sprint Team is pleased to announce the
release of the new free book, "How To Accelerate Your Internet: A
practical guide to Bandwidth Management and Optimization using Open Source
Software". The book was released in October 2006 under a Creative Commons
license, and was written in an effort to help network architects
understand and troubleshoot problems with managing Internet bandwidth,
which often result in unnecessarily high operational costs in the
developing world.

Network connections are very expensive in most parts of the world, and it
is often costly and difficult to add additional network capacity.
Therefore, effective management and optimization of bandwidth is crucial.
Research and education benefit significantly from Internet resources, yet
the majority of institutions take little or no action to manage their
bandwidth usage. This waste results in high operating costs, slow network
connections, and frustrated network users.

The goal of the book is to provide practical information on how to gain
the largest possible benefit from your connection to the Internet. By
prioritizing certain kinds of network activity, reducing the impact of
spam and viruses, providing local content caching, and performing
extensive monitoring and analysis of network usage, Internet consumption
can be brought to manageable levels. This makes it possible to provide
equitable access for all users, even when the available bandwidth is quite
small.

But technical solutions only solve part of the problem. In order to
prioritize network traffic, an organization needs to have a clear idea of
the intended purpose of the network connection, as well as insight into
how the connection is being used. The book addresses this complex topic
by covering the three major components of effective bandwidth management:
Effective policy, extensive monitoring & analysis, and solid network
implementation. In addition, troubleshooting techniques, advanced
performance tuning tips and tricks, and real-world case studies are also
provided.

The Book Sprint began with online correspondence via email, which led to
an initial face-to-face meeting of bandwidth management experts from
around the world in May 2006. Intense online collaboration followed over
the next few months, which then culminated in the production of the 300
page printed book, as well as a PDF and HTML version. The book was
sponsored by the International Network for the Availability of Scientific
Publications (http://inasp.info/ <http://inasp.info/>;), and was produced
in association with
the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics
(http://www.ictp.it/ <http://www.ictp.it/>;), Aidworld
(http://www.aidworld.org/ <http://www.aidworld.org/>;), and Hacker
Friendly LLC (http://hackerfriendly.com/ <http://hackerfriendly.com/>;).
By releasing this work under a
Creative Commons license, the Book Sprint Team hopes to disseminate it as
widely as possible, bringing this information into the hands of people who
need it most.

The book can be downloaded for free, or a printed copy may be purchased at
the book's website: http://bwmo.net/ <http://bwmo.net/>;

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