Suite of New Fundamentals Titles in Print and Online from Cisco Press Networking Books Expand on Foundation Knowledge

Written by leading authorities in the industry, books in theFundamentals Series provide the basis for understanding the purpose,application, and management of a specific technology. Included in theseries is an updated new edition of the best-selling title "Voice overIP Fundamentals" publishing in July. As the official publisher forCisco Systems(R), Cisco Press continues to support readers at multiplelevels of learning.

"Cisco Press Fundamentals books expand the foundation of knowledgeon a particular technology topic and are perfect for those who mustkeep abreast of new innovations," said Kourtnaye Sturgeon, PearsonEducation director of marketing. "The series deliberately skipsnetworking primers in favor of valuable, topic-specific coverage.Titles in this series provide a trusted, authoritative introduction totechnology topics, covering network topologies, example deploymentconcepts, protocols, and management techniques."

In addition to the print product, Cisco Press also plans topublish electronic versions of each Fundamentals book. Readers will beable to download the eBook as a PDF, then search and print just theinformation needed. Bookmarked tables of contents and linked indexesalso provide easy access to particular sections of the book.

"eBooks are the beginning of a suite of unique learning tools tohelp readers access content in multiple formats," said Sturgeon."Expanding beyond the printed book to eBook format will provide evenmore learning options for customers and increase the products' ease ofuse and portability," Sturgeon said.

To learn more about the Fundamentals Series, visitwww.ciscopress.com/series.
The following books are new to the series in 2006:

Intrusion Prevention Fundamentals - January
1-58705-239-3 - Jonathan Hogue, Earl Carter

Content Networking Fundamentals - April
1-58705-240-7 - Silvano Da Ros

Storage Networking Protocol Fundamentals - May
1-58705-160-5 - James Long

Firewall Fundamentals - June
1-58705-221-0 - Ido Dubrawsky, Wes Noonan

IPsec Virtual Private Network Fundamentals - July
1-58705-207-5 - James Henry Carmouche

Voice over IP Fundamentals, Second Ed. - July
1-58705-257-1 - Jonathan Davidson, James Peters, Manoj Bhatia,
Satish Kalidindi, Sudipto Mukherjee

Network Management Fundamentals - October
1-58720-137-2 - Alexander Clemm

MPLS Fundamentals - November
1-58705-197-4 - Luc De Ghein

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