Acknowledgments

Lee Dryburgh: Thanks to all of those at Cisco Press for their great support—in particular, John Kane, Amy Moss, and Dayna Isley. A big hello to all of those nice people at Cisco Systems who made me most welcome during my time there, especially Nigel Townley. A big thank you to the technical reviewers for their valuable input and enthusiasm. A big thank you to Ken Morneault of Cisco Systems for his valuable contribution toward the book, especially considering the circumstances. And finally, a big thank you to Tektronix for its products and support, and in particular, to Wayne Newitts, who has the unique ability to inject humor into any situation over any medium, not to mention a strange obsession with Star Wars and the battle between good and evil.

Jeff Hewett: As anyone who has undertaken the task knows, writing technical books is a difficult and time-consuming effort. My first acknowledgment must be to my wife Janet, who spent many evenings alone and never complained while I worked on writing material for this book. Many thanks to the people at Cisco Press for their patience and support throughout this endeavor. Also, thanks to Ken Morneault for his contribution on SIGTRAN, given such a tight schedule. I am also grateful for all of the valuable input from our technical reviewers. And finally, I'd like to say that it has been a great experience to work with the NSITE engineering group here at Cisco, with whom I shared my SS7 knowledge and from whom I gained knowledge about data networks from the best in the business.