Best Practices in Network Design

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Alan Mark


Program Track:
Peak Performance

Program Duration:
50 Minutes

Tower:
Infrastructure



Roles:  
Primary: Networks: Voice and Data
Secondary: Architecture
Tertiary: Security and Risk Management
 
Value Category: Best practices
Key Issues: How can an organization's network infrastructure be redesigned to enhance reliability and scalability? How can network design priorities -- such as enabling speed improvements, redundancy or remote connectivity -- be determined? What are the current trends in network technologies? What's some practical advice on planning a network, including cost and management options, and personnel issues? What are the proven network design techniques and security considerations?
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Architecture and Infrastructure
Business Management
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Data Management
IT Management
Networking
Security and Privacy
Wireless
 
    
Alan Mark, chief technical strategist for Novell, discusses redesigning your organization's network infrastructure to enhance reliability and scalability. The program also features an interview with Anthony Anastasio, president of Structured Network Solutions, a New York based IT consulting firm, who offers additional suggestions for improving network performance. Mark focuses on determining your network design priorities, such as enabling speed improvements, redundancy or remote connectivity. He also discusses current trends in network technologies. Mark provides practical advice on planning your network, including cost and management options, and personnel issues. In addition, the program examines proven network design techniques, and details security considerations. After watching this program, you will have the guidelines necessary for designing high-performance, scalable and secure networks. You'll also learn how to design networks that provide redundancy, are safe from intruders, and are manageable.

Viewers of the CD and online versions of the program have access to white papers that include: 'Disaster Recovery in the 21st Century'; 'Rethinking Security: Seven Steps to Tighten Network Security'; 'Firewalls: Verifying the Facts and Disputing the Myths About Your Network's First Line of Defense'; 'iSCSI: The Future of Network Storage'; 'Secure Virtual Private Networks: The Future of Data Communications'; 'Foundry: A Strong Contender in the Enterprise'; and 'The Firewall Market for 2003.' Web links include: 'Building a Storage Area Network'; 'Disaster Recovery Planning'; 'Attacks We Performed and Performance of IDS Products Tested'; 'Deploying Firewalls'; 'Double-Crossed by Proxy'; 'Remote Networking'; 'Top Ten Issues to Consider When Extending Your Data Center in the Dot-Com Age'; 'Home Network Security'; 'Essential Security Actions: Step By Step'; 'Connecting Remote Sites'; 'The Essential Guide to Storage Area Networks'; 'Network Administrators: The New Renaissance Men'; 'High-Performance Networking Unleashed'; and iSCSI Storage Magazine News, Links and White Papers for Storage Over IP.

PROGRAM TOPICS:

  • INTRODUCTION
  • PROGRAM ROI
  • AGENDA
  • NETWORK DESIGN EXPERT FEATURED IN THIS PROGRAM
  • DETERMINING NETWORK DESIGN PRIORITIES
  • Network Design Priorities: Typical Design Objectives
  • Network Design Priorities: Typical Critical Systems
  • Network Design Priorities: The Demilitarized Zone
  • Network Design Priorities: Firewalls and the DMZ
  • Network Design Priorities: Reverse Proxy Server and the DMZ
  • Network Design Priorities: Special Analysis for Internet and Remote Users
  • Network Design Priorities: Wiring for Internal User Connectivity
  • Network Design Priorities: Consider Installing Wireless Services
  • Anthony Anastasio: Network Design Considerations
  • TRENDS IN NETWORK DESIGN
  • Network Design Trends: How Much Leading Edge Technology?
  • Network Design Trends: Data Throughput
  • Network Design Trends: Fiber Optic Cable and Its Advantages
  • Network Design Trends: Storage Area Networks
  • Network Design Trends: Why Wireless?
  • Anthony Anastasio: Networking With Wireless
  • Network Design Trends: Wireless Speeds
  • Network Design Trends: Approaches to Authentication
  • Network Design Trends: Increasing Interconnection
  • PLANNING YOUR NETWORK
  • Planning Your Network: Analyzing Costs
  • Planning Your Network: Management Options - Management Console
  • Planning Your Network: Management Options - Network Operations Center
  • Planning Your Network: Evaluate Your Existing Network
  • Planning Your Network: Analyzing Your Current Network Traffic
  • Planning Your Network: Analyzing Current Network Traffic - NAS
  • Planning Your Network: Analyzing Current Network Traffic - Portals
  • Planning Your Network: Analyzing Current Network Traffic - IM
  • Planning Your Network: Analyzing Current Network Traffic - Internet Office
  • Planning Your Network: Forecasting Future Services and Demand
  • Anthony Anastasio: Planning for Future Network Demand
  • PERSONNEL ISSUES
  • Personnel Issues: Cross-Training and Certification
  • Anthony Anastasio: Skill Sets for Network Admins
  • Personnel Issues: Storing Critical Passwords
  • TECHNIQUES FOR DESIGNING HIGH-PERFORMANCE NETWORKS
  • Designing High-Performance Networks: The Data Center - High-Speed Switch
  • Designing High-Performance Networks: The Data Center - Layer 3 Switch
  • Designing High-Performance Networks: The Data Center - Firewall
  • Designing High-Performance Networks: The Data Center - Core and Advanced Switches
  • Designing High-Performance Networks: The Data Center - Servers
  • Designing High-Performance Networks: The Data Center - Storage Devices
  • Designing High-Performance Networks: The Data Center - Storage Devices: SANs
  • Anthony Anastasio: Storage Requirements and Customer Networks
  • Designing High-Performance Networks: The Data Center - Specialized Internet Devices
  • Designing High-Performance Networks: The Data Center - Testing and Documentation
  • Designing High-Performance Networks: Campus Connections
  • Designing High-Performance Networks: Remote Sites
  • Designing High-Performance Networks: Remote Sites - BOMA
  • Designing High-Performance Networks: Remote Sites - Testing and Documentation
  • Designing High-Performance Networks: Remote Users
  • Designing High-Performance Networks: Remote Users - Testing and Documentation
  • IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NETWORK DESIGN
  • Network Implementation: Install Core Devices
  • Network Implementation: Move Critical Systems, Then Test Each One
  • Network Implementation: Monitor Performance
  • Network Implementation: Disaster Simulation
  • Network Implementation: Keep on Testing
  • NETWORK SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS
  • Creating and Implementing Network Security Plans
  • Creating and Implementing Network Security Plans: Disaster Planning
  • Creating and Implementing Network Security Plans: Templates and Sample Policies
  • Network Design: Benefits in a Nutshell

    AVAILABLE ON:

    Videotape, CD-ROM, Internet, Intranet

    Presenter:

    Alan Mark
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    Interviewees:

    Anthony Anastasio
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