This document discusses networking devices and technologies used to connect local area networks (LANs) and wide area networks (WANs). It describes common physical layer components used in Ethernet LANs such as twisted pair cable, fiber optic cable, and connectors. It also discusses serial connection options and devices used for WAN connections including CSU/DSUs and their roles as data terminal equipment (DTE) and data circuit-terminating equipment (DCE).
This document contains contact information for Shuichi Yukimoto across Twitter and Facebook. It also provides examples of SoftLayer API calls to retrieve server and account information by specifying the initialization parameter, return data type, server ID, and object masks for associated data like the datacenter, operating system, network components, IP addresses and domain names.
MNU is a technological venture company based in Japan that is aiming to expand Japanese technological strength and economic development. It is made up of members with PhDs from the University of Electro-Communications who turn their research into business projects. One project they are working on is a cloud-based file sharing application called PBOX that allows for auto-syncing of files across devices, easy file restoration, and dedicated secure storage with no limits on capacity. PBOX works across multiple platforms and has a simple pay per use pricing model based on storage usage.