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Kids Visit to a Data Center Book is now published

  • Post author j2sw
  • Post date June 8, 2026

In this book, the character Sam visits a data center and learns about its facilities and operations. My primary aim is to convey information about the real infrastructure powering the modern Internet without making it boring or confusing.

  • Categories Network Engineering Resources

Geek Book- Bandwidth: The Untold Story 

  • Post author j2sw
  • Post date December 5, 2024

For the first time, Caruso pulls back the curtain in Bandwidth, a no-holds-barred memoir that celebrates the pioneers who invented the Internet’s early backbones, the renegades who lit the fiber revolution, the antics that caused it to all come crashing down, …

  • Categories Network Engineering Resources

Review: Tubes should be on your reading list

  • Post author j2sw
  • Post date February 6, 2023

“Tubes: A Journey to the Center of the Internet” by Andrew Blum is a captivating exploration of the physical infrastructure of the internet. The book takes us, as the reader, through the pipes, wires, and data centers that make up …

  • Categories Network Engineering Resources

Cisco ISP essentials

  • Post author j2sw
  • Post date June 12, 2019

An oldie but a goodie. Very Cisco focused and a little dated, but lots of good info here for Internet Service Providers. Find it on amazon pretty inexpensive these days.

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