Networking Trends Paper

In this paper, you will research and report on network design and management trends over the last three years (present year minus 2) in the areas of virtualization, security, hardware, network management tools, software defined networking, and wireless.   Choose, at least, three areas and explain the general trend and trends within two subsets of the area (i.e., security has subsets of physical, perimeter, monitoring) over the last three years.  Use at least one figure from Google Trends showing a trend discussed in your paper.  Support your information and make sure all information sources are appropriately cited.

The paper must use APA 6th ed., 7th printing formatting and contain a title page, 5 to 7 pages of content,and a minimum of four peer-reviewed references.

 Make sure that you have Introduction and conclusion sections in your paper. 

Assignment Resource(s):

• Google Trends - This website presents current Google trends.

Watch VideoNetworking Trends: World According To GoogleDuration: (24:42)
User: n/a - Added: 5/21/14What is Google Trends? This video discussed Google trends on recent advances in networking Data Center Networking, Network Virtualization, Cloud Computing, SDN Big Data., etc.