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The Future of Networking Professionals

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Tue, 2012-07-24 07:39
Craig
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I'd like to no what everyone thinks about the future of the network professional. With all this talk about SDN (software defined networking). Are network engineers going to become redundant?

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Tue, 2012-07-24 18:52
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bobands
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Unless they can write software that plugs in fiber jumpers, configures new switches, troubleshoots routing loops, and maintains documentation, I strongly believe networkers (as we know them) will be around for another 15-20 years.

That doesn't change the fact that you'll have to continually learn new technologies as they come out, but SDN seems to be just an overlay on an underlying network.

It's a convenience factor for complex data center implementations. SDN is to the data center as MPLS/MPBGP is to WANs.

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