Preface
As Charles Dickens wrote in A Tale of Two Cities, “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness.” These seemingly contradictory words perfectly describe the chaos and mood felt during a time of change and transition. We are undoubtedly experiencing a similar time with the rapid changes in the network engineering field. As software development becomes more integrated into all engineering stacks, the traditional command-line interface and vertically integrated network control methods are no longer the best ways to manage today’s networks.
For network engineers, the changes we are seeing are full of excitement and opportunities and yet are challenging, particularly for those ...
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