Jeff Tompkins is a writer and teacher of English as a Second Language living in New York City. He was born in Hartford, Connecticut, in 1967 and was educated at Brown University and University College ...

In March 2025, Google was processing around 9 million search queries every minute. Each of these queries travels through hundreds of routers that determine the fastest route to Google’s data centers, ...

For today's organizations, network connectivity is essential. Network engineers have a vital role in establishing and maintaining this capability at corporations, hospitals and universities. And when ...

The rise of programmable networks has changed the role of the network engineer, and accepting those changes is key to career advancement. Network engineers need to become software fluent and embrace ...

SDN (software-defined networking) promises some real benefits for people who use networks, but to the engineers who manage them, it may represent the end of an era. Ever since Cisco made its first ...

Certification programs like those offered by Cisco and Juniper Networks can help network engineers document their proficiency in network automation. Modern networks require more dynamic changes than ...