Yes, this has already happened to many networks across the globe. And for sure will happen again. Maybe to your network?

Сегодня в течение нескольких часов сервисы Яндекса были недоступны. Это произошло из-за проблемы с маршрутизацией в сети Яндекса. С работой дата-центров, DDoS-ат...

A network architect friend of mine sent me a series of questions trying to figure out how he should approach network automation, and how deep he should go.

There is so much focus right now on network automation, but it’s difficult for me to know how to apply it, and how it all makes sense from an Architect’s PoV.

A network architect should be the bridge between the customer requirements and the underlying technologies, which (in my opinion) means he has to have a good grasp of both as opposed to fluffy opinions glanced from vendor white papers, or brushed off so-called thought leaders.