Laziness and convenience go hand in hand, but Amazon's latest creation has taken the former to extraordinary new heights. That in itself is an astonishing feat, considering how easy it is to order almost anything through a few mouse clicks - a sofa, TV, food, you name it. 

SDN accomplishes these business objectives by converging the management of network and application services into centralized, extensible orchestration platforms that can automate the provisioning and configuration of the entire infrastructure. Common centralized IT policies bring together disparate IT groups and workflows. The result is a modern infrastructure that can deliver new applications and services in minutes, rather than days or weeks required in the past.

Boston's Mayor Martin J. Walsh recently wrote for the Huffington Post, sharing some ways the city has integrated new technology to boost its problem-solving capabilties.  The essence of a Mayor's job, according to Walsh, is "meeting people's challenges, solving problems and getting things done."  New technology is the engine by which these tasks can be accomplished.

February 26, 2015 shall go down in history as a landmark event for the preservation of freedom on the internet.  Or that's the hope, at least.