Acknowledgments

A special and big thank you goes to the Pearson-Cisco Press team, especially Brett Bartow and Chris Cleveland, for the support and suggestions that made this book possible. It is a pleasure to work with you. I couldn’t have asked for a finer team

I’d like to give special recognition to Andre Laurent for providing his expert technical knowledge and experience as a technical editor of this book. Andre’s suggestions and feedback from his real-world practical experience as a technical solution architect with Cisco helped to shape and optimize the quality of the content in multiple areas.

I also want to give special recognition to Denise Fishburne for her valuable contribution and input. As usual, she’s not afraid to tell you when you’re wrong. In addition, the technical accuracy and insight regarding the technologies and design considerations provided by Denise from her long and extensive experience with Cisco POC helped to enhance the accuracy and quality of the content across multiple sections.

In addition, special a special thank you to Elaine Lopes (CCDE and CCAr Program Manager) for her continued encouragement ever since this book was only an idea.

Also, a special and big thank you to the following experts for their valuable time and their expert perspectives about some chapters and sections in this book, which added a significant value to optimize the contents:

Russ White, Orhan Ergun, Diptanshu Singh, and Ivan Pepelnjak.