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Founded in 2012 by 30-year network industry veteran Mark Leary, The First Tracks spotlights ground-breaking networking technologies and solutions; supplier and operator best practices; real-world deployments of new network systems and services; and the impact of the network on both business and IT across a variety of industries. The initial target technology for The First Tracks is software-defined networking (SDN).