I would like to thank various leaders in their respective fields who have given me their time and read and reviewed selected chapters of this work. Their comments have made this a much better book than it would have been without their involvement. Any errors that remain are mine.
I would like to thank colleagues at Juniper Networks, Inc., who gave their time and effort to create this network. In many cases, they also helped with the book. It starts at the top with Rami Rahim, the current CEO. Then come Kireeti Kompella, Juniper Network’s chief scientist and former CTO, Ben Jackson, the VP of my department, and Tim Harrington, my manager, all of whom have created an environment where creativity and exploration are encouraged. Thanks to all!
The list goes on to include Patrick Ames, my “in-house agent,” Jason Lloyd, Mark Whittiker, Kent Ketell, and Jeremy Pruitt, all of whom helped with creating the Illustrated Network in the first place. For this Second Edition, I could not have done much without the help of Richard Hendricks and Kieran Milne, both of whom were constantly correcting typos and errors that somehow creep into a text when you aren’t looking.
Finally, I would like to thank Todd Green and Lindsay Lawrence of MK/Elsevier for making sure this edition happened when it did. Todd kept asking until I could not say “no” any longer and Lindsay gave me the extra time I needed to get the material ready. Many thanks to Mark Fei of Amazon Web Services for the kind words in the new foreword. I would like to thank my editor, Punithavathy Govindaradjane, whose hard work has made this edition much better than it would otherwise be. I would also like to thank my wife, Camille, for her continued support of my writing and taking care of the dogs when I needed to concentrate the most. Thanks!
This edition relied on the members of Juniper Networks Tech Leaders Council to detect errors and suggest edits. Steve Keck and Stefano Ancini helped me to understand modern packet optical networking and forward error correction. Susan McCoy took the time to read all of the new material, and I had input from the other members: Richard Hendricks, Kieran Milne, Brenda Wilden, Chris Heinrich, Greg Houde, and Pete Robbins. They all helped make this a better book.