Network Architecture and Design

Twenty-nine year track record of success in cutting edge Internet systems and applications, including applied research and development for the US Government and over twenty years working with innovative new technology companies.  Expert ability to combine market / financial research with knowledge of technology, trends to develop, and implementation of sound and profitable business strategies.

Responsible for design, implementation, and operation of datacenter operations for the past 15 years.  Proven ability to provide effective and reliable solutions balancing cost benefit tradeoffs between various hardware and software solutions.  In depth hands-on knowledge covering many Internet technologies including routing, security (firewalls, IDS, transparent proxies, etc), VoIP, Electronic Mail, DNS, Directory Services (including Directory Enabled Services and Applications), Web Services, Instant Messaging, Social Systems Design, etc.

Established Jade Networks International as an Internet services company focusing on the design and implementation of highly integrated and scalable, collaborative social networking web environments.  Jade Networks provides custom software development services together with Jade Connections, often as part of custom product development work done with manufacturers in the region.  Jade Networks also provides web and email services for several sites, including Jade Connections, RegainAmerica and PinoyTalk.
 

Application Integration

Jade Networks provides custom web application integration design, implementation, consulting, and hosting services.  Application integration involves unifying several separate web applications under a common site, with transparent access to the  selected applications.  Web application integration solves the following problems:

  • Unification of application session management
  • Provides for a common authentication framework
  • Consistency of the user interface between applications
  • Integration of custom features or 'glue' to bind applications

Part of the application integration process involves design for both scalability and performance. 
 

Case Study: PinoyTalk.COM

The PinoyTalk site was designed and built in 2005 as a proof of concept project (social networking).  Certain aspects of this site are showing their age, in particular the heavy use of frames and choice of web mail client.  If the same site was to be designed today, the frames based approach would be replaced by a CSS driven template system, and the SquirrelMail and Chat Room software replaced by more modern alternatives.  However, the backend architecture of this design has proven the test of time, making use of several customized network services to realize a transparent and unified site.

The diagram below shows the basic system architecture:

Site registration is fully automated, with email account generation and access (via web, pop3, and IMAP) being automatically configured through the Jade Directory Services.  Integrated applications include Web email (SquirrelMail), Community Forums (phpBB), Chat Rooms, and several custom applications including the PinoyTalk profile system, Meeting Point, and game access.

The site has been streamlined for performance, especially in the areas of session management.   At the same time, all session related data is stored in the backend database system, allowing for eventual web server clustering, should the load ever grow beyond the capacity of a single server.
 

Internet Telephony (VoIP)

Jade Networks is a one stop VoIP solutions provider, providing VoIP PABX Provisioning, Migration Planning and Audit, and VoIP Equipment Sales.

VoIP PABX Provisioning

Jade Networks provides services directly to customers in Hong Kong, Philippines, and soon China.  Services include business grade VoIP to PSTN termination, support for SIP and IAX softphones, QoS, Customized Billing, and DDI/DID (Direct Inward Dial) landline provisioning and interconnect.

Migration and Planning

If your company is looking to connect existing operations to VoIP, Jade Networks can help by evaluating your current infrastructure. from equipment to existing telecommunication circuits, as well as providing a smooth migration plan to VoIP.

VoIP Equipment Sales

Through its sister company, Jade Connections, Jade Networks provides ATAs, VoIP phones, VoIP PABX, and Skype gateways.  We can supply small quantities as well as large OEM quantites.  Custom programming of ATAs is available on some models.

 

Web Hosting

Comprehensive web hosting and colocation options are offered, including:

  • LAMP solution stack supports for dynamic web sites or servers (Linux OS/Apache Web server/MySQL database server/PHP or Perl, Python)
  • Domain pointing, masks the the address of the target (redirected) website; web redirection to other websites
  • Various categories of storage volume and throughput options are provided

 

Email Hosting

Jade Networks provides a fully scalable business grade email service, running on high performance servers in our state of the art data center in Hong Kong.  All standard email protocols are supported, including SMTP/ESTMP, POP3, and IMAP, both on commonly used as well as alternate ports (for navigating through restrictive ISPs).  All outbound email is bound by the Jade Networks antispam policies, and all SMTP server access is restricted using SMTP AUTH.

Inbound email is scanned for spam and viruses using several countermeasures, including greylisting, ClamAV, SpamAssassin, several distributed spam databases, and others.  Private label (domain) mailing lists are provided through either MajorDomo or Mailman.

Email authentication can, as an option, be done through our Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) Directory Services, enabling integrated authentication between email services and web applications.

 

DNS Hosting

Jade Networks provides both primary and/or secondary name service provisioning:

  • Runs Domain Name System servers on a shared basis, unless there is a specific need for dedicated servers
  • Provides secondary or slave servers to ease the process of managing domain zone records (A, MX, CNAME...)
  • Provides geographically dispersed DNS servers to minimise latency for clients worldwide and ensure high reliability