Virtualization appears as a key solution to revolutionize the architecture of networks, such as the Internet. The growth and success of the Internet have eventually resulted in its ossification, in the sense that ubiquitous deployment of anything into this network is hardly possible, thus impeding innovations. This is exactly where virtualization comes as a solution, by adding a layer of abstraction between the actual hardware and the 'running' network. These virtual networks can be managed and configured flexibly and independently by different operators, thus creating a competitive environment for stim- ulating innovations. Being 'de-materialized' in such a way, networks can be deployed on demand, configured, started, paused, saved, delete...