That he, the inventor of Ethernet, thought it
worthwhile despite his hectic schedule and probably numerous such requests definitely
propelled this effort. I am also thankful to Manu Kaycee for his support, especially during
the initial stages of this undertaking.
I am enormously grateful to each of my co-authors for sharing my vision and more importantly,
for transforming it into reality. It took considerable effort, often at the cost of
pressing personal and other professional obligations, to contribute to this book. To use a
borrowed phrase, this book was possible because I stood on the shoulders of the giants in
our industry.
Jane Brownlow, my editor at McGraw Hill patiently guided me through the process of this,
my first publishing venture. I thank her and Jennifer Housh, the acquisitions coordinator,
for making it all much simpler??”and decidedly more pleasant??”than it probably is. I am also
very thankful to Paul Amsden, the external technical editor, for so diligently and cheerfully
reviewing the material. Sam RC, the project manager, was a pleasure to work with as well.
I appreciate the support, encouragement and feedback that I received throughout the
process, most notably from Shailesh Shukla at Juniper Networks, who has been a mentor
and a great friend for the last 16 years, Stan Hubbard from Heavy Reading, as well as my
colleagues Dr.
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