I'm not actually aware of many... It's kinda a niche pain point. The only companies who really need innovation in this space are mid-lrg size companies who run

I'm not actually aware of many... It's kinda a niche pain point. The only companies who really need innovation in this space are mid-lrg size companies who run or require good sized networks. The process of manually maintaining the network is easy enough that most people just kinda shrug the cost off and ignore all the crap that accumulates in their configs over time. The companies who can't shrug the cost off, or who actually consider security do automate their network (think ATT or Google). The thing is they aren't just gonna open source their core business. Plus, their network is special and their software wouldn't help anyone else out (i don't really buy this). The other problem is that network apis aren't standardized at all. There are a few initiatives out there, but they're unlikely to catch on. Network vendors really only differentiate themselves through their network os, so any configuration software needs to take into account multiple config apis. So yeah... We need more engineers.