SDN: Software Defined Networks: An Authoritative Review of Network Programmability Technologies

Very good and objective!

I have been working in SDN technologies from past 2 years now, and I look for any new book, content which comes on web/stores. This is the latest book I bought, and finally finished reading it.Book has lot of academic stuff in it, but missing crisp information. Another issue which I found is that this book talks only authors point of view - Juniper; which I did not find appealing... As Juniper is more in ISP side of SDN. Also, if you are looking for packet level details that is also missing (Engineers would be interested in it).All in all I would say it's a bit expensive ($50+) to get 300+ pages of information, if you are looking for very crisp or very detail info.

was looking to understand sdn and nfv and this book delivered a comprehensive review of the subject, with deep attention to technical details and real examples from the field

This is an almost below average SDN resource, I find it quite biased. The authors are both employed by Juniper Networks and you can read through every chapter a tilt toward preserving the installed hardware base for Cisco and Juniper. Things like "commodity hardware" are scoffed at (if you read through the lines)... OpenFlow is given far less credit than is due while other transport virtualization technologies (hardly new) are re-introduced as if they are core SDN components. When the ONF is mentioned it is also depicted as something very new and inexperienced. Two stars--buy something else.

Brand new !!! Best Buy

The table of contents are very promising, and the breadth of coverage is enticing. But don't be fooled by that -- once you start reading, you almost feel as if the text has gone through an "obfuscation" filter i.e. impossible to make sense of it. Much of it can be traced to poor use of English, from badly constructed sentences to outright grammatical errors. This is compounded by casual references to concepts as if the reader should already know it all, or the use of acronyms and esoteric terms without any explanations. Most of the diagrams are not annotated, nor explained in the accompanying text, which leaves the readers scratching their heads trying to understand what they might mean. There are many vendor references, but the description of those products rarely goes beyond the superficial. Almost like a collection of data sheets, without any exposition of the concepts, nor any comparisons of the different approaches.This seems like a hastily collected set of notes with no editorial oversight and no visible narrative voice. Very disappointing, given the high technical stature of the authors and those writing the forewords. Stay clear of this, and wait for a more cogent treatment of the subject!

I would highly recommend this book

Need ref for SDS capstone CMIT 495

This book is a painful read 40 pages in 3 hours and still none the wiser. Too many spelling errors, several examples of ')' but no '('. Lots of references to wiki sites but no insight. Tendancy to waffle about nothing but claims tremendous insight. I suppose you might knife and fork your way through this book if you already understand the subject otherwise like me you will struggle to stay engaged. I am watching pigeons on the lawn as i have found another blinding sentence on pagd 146.

Way way way too dense! Attempts to cover all sorts of background at the beginning of the book, but states that it won't go into detail because that's not the main focus of the book...which is fair enough, but why then go on to include a substandard attempt at summarising these topics at the start? Either assume the prior knowledge and leave out the explanations, or don't assume it and include proper descriptions! Don't try to do both at the same time.

this is a great book on SDN, written by two real experts in the field.I'd recommend this to any network engineer or architect who wants to get up to speed on SDN and to get a get a good unbiased overview of the field.

A really thorough and thought provoking look at this emerging subject, built up from 2 authors who are really driving the industry forward in this space. Highly recommended

Ein hervorragender Überblick über Network Programmability. Dieser Überblick ist nicht nur umfassend, er beleuchtet auch die Geschichte von SDN und geht dort in die Tiefe, wo dies benötigt wird. Eine Freude dieses technisch fundierte Werk zu lesen, besonders bei all dem Marketing Hype, der ansonsten verbreitet wird!