The wave of retirement within network engineering should worry anyone who understands how modern systems operate. Network engineers are critical for maintaining the core infrastructure that keeps ...

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 ...

Network engineers build and maintain the networks that underlie just about everything in the Internet we take for granted. From streaming and 'the cloud' to ordering a lift from a rideshare, our ...

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 ...

Liz Simmons is an education staff writer at Forbes Advisor. She has written about higher education and career development for various online publications since 2016. She earned a master’s degree in ...

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 ...