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Network Management Fundamentals |
Author: Alexander Clemm
Published: 2006-12-01 |
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 Merging Management and Technology
Be not afraid of Network Management: Some are born to Network Management, some achieve Network Management, but alas most engineers in today's workplace have Network Management thrust upon them. And it is this latter category to whom Clemm's well-organized book takes particular aim. Drawing on his experience in both business and academia, Clemm synthesizes the basic fundamentals of managing a network in a well-organized and straightforward manner by adeptly presenting real-world situations and diagramming his way through the interrelationships between management theory and technological implementation. Most practitioners in the field learn their craft by brute force and seat-of-the-pants experience without ever stepping back to understand the forest before hacking away at the trees. Active network managers and, especially, their bosses will benefit from the overview and the concrete framework in which the heretofore arcane knowledge of the field are straightforwardly laid out in a simple yet nuanced approach that avoids overly jargonized vocabulary and product-specific implementations. Useful also as a textbook, the book underscores the need for tech workers to apply sound management principles to situations normally thought to reside exclusively in an engineering domain. Despite Cisco Press's lame cover image, the content is well written and Clemm's book makes for a good read.
 Book was poorly organized and too general
The book was way too general. Much of what was discussed was just general management principals and not specific to network management. I also found it painful to read because of the way it was organized. He kept introducing the same topics over and over in different chapters. You could learn as much as I did from this book by reading a few internet articles on SNMP and MIBS.
Compulsary Reading for Network Appliance Product Managers
On attending Manweek 2007 in San Jose a couple of weeks ago, I ran into Dr. Clemm and saw a copy of his book "Network Management Fundamentals" ... which, after some discussion, I managed to wrestle off of him.
Despite the highly technical subject, the book is an easy read for people with even a modest knowledge of networking and network protocols. It outlines clearly why network management is important, the different components of network management, and the different approaches and best practices for each part of a management system.
This is virtually a must-read for product managers and designers of networking appliances like accelerators, firewalls, and security devices. It is also an excellent overview for technical managers who are thinking about setting up a network or have control of a network, and for those in a network management job who just want to understand how everything fits together.
Good Foundation for the Starting Manager
We have reached the point where the network is almost the business. This absolutely true for an on-line business, but also for reservations systems, customer service, the accounting department and most other departments. When the network is down, so is the business and there are a lot of people standing around with nothing to do.
This book is part of Cisco's Fundamentals series. It's designed as a first step for networking professionals and introduces them to the networking technologies that they will needed for management. From this base there are other books that go into each aspect that the professional needs to cover.
As opposed to a lot of other Cisco books, this is not a book about solving every problem with more and additional Cisco products. In fact, it has very little hardware specific information in it at all.
An excellent view of the big picture for the new network manager, or for the network manager that has suddenly realized that his job is bigger than he thought.
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