Description

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This text features real-world applications and complete descriptions of the core concepts of IP multicast, a solution for alleviating network congestion. It presents a series of multicast applications and shows how they can be used to improve business processes and information dispersal without causing network infrastructure overload.

About the Author

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C. Kenneth Miller is Chairman and Chief Technology Officer of StarBurst Communications Corporation, a company that produces reliable multicast software and applications. His primary focus is on new technologies that improve network and server utilization to streamline business practices. Mr. Miller is active in both the Reliable Multicast Research Group of the Internet Research Task Force and the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). 0201309793AB04062001