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I have the dreaded answer of "it depends". What is the goal of your network design? Are you planning to do a fabric based network now or in the future? Does automation matter to you? Are you looking for low end (< 10GE) or high end (> 10GE) Cisco has a lot of different…

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As the CTO of Sideband Networks, I work with an amazing team building the next generation of network tools.

I have spent over 20 years in the networking industry working for companies such as Cisco Systems, Procket Networks, 3Crowd, Exodus Communications and Foundation Health.

I provide advisory services for corporations and executives on the subjects of network architecture, test design/execution, network virtualization and datacenter design. I also provide consulting for projects involving network architecture, network function virtualization (NFV), Software-Led Networks and OpenFlow.

Specialties: network architecture, network administration, systems testing, project management, high level customer support, team management, company building, technical adviser, IPv6 transition technologies, product direction. virtualization. NFV, SDN, OpenFlow.