Essays on Network Protocols

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Introduction

No one could have anticipated the scope of integration and pervasiveness of the internet in contemporary societies. Since its inception, the internet has undergone unprecedented growth in its reach and applications to become a staple in various sectors of the economy. A key technological revolution that accompanied its development was the emergence of social media as a primary platform for communication. Social media refers to web-based tools and services aimed at fostering community development through information sharing (Tarantino, McDonough, & Hua, 2013). They include blogs, wikis, sharing tools, networking platforms, media (e.g. video, audio, photo, and text), ...

Introduction

Rapid and extensive constant growth of IP-based networks in addition to increasing dependencies on these networks has made their management and maintenance tremendously challenging. Round the clock monitoring and maintenance of the networks is significant so as to reduce the down time of the network. The increase in the dependencies of Internet Protocol-based network and the importance of their continuous monitoring has resulted in the rapid growth in the application and use of automated network monitoring systems (Chiang et al., 2009). The paper outlines the differences and similarities that exist between two different network management systems: PRTG Network Monitoring ...