In reply to Soni Jiandani.

Soni, thank you for your thoughtful and insightful response to my questions. You make a strong case for the ACI approach, and I'm now beginning to appreciate the benefits of what you refer to as a "fundamental change of transforming IT to *intent* rather than process-driven."

The potential for applications that tap into these open APIs seems to be a powerful combination that every network engineer and architect should explore. In fact, I'm eager to learn more about how this approach will evolve over time. Very enlightening, indeed.