APIs

Using APIs to apply templates to network devices Cisco DNA center provides Day0 to Day-N support for network device automation. This blog looks at one aspect of automation, the template programmer.  Specifically, it covers the API’s used to apply templates to network devices. Template programmer use…

The DevNet Zone at Cisco Live! Barcelona is going to be bursting with a whole lot of new stuff (see my previous entry on the Start Now area).  I’m particularly excited about are our new Meraki focused sessions.  This year in the DevNet Zone we have a host of new content covering all of the int…

Most Sessions EVER in the DevNet Zone It is incredible how many Data Center sessions there are planned in the DevNet Zone at Cisco Live Barcelona. How incredible? How about over 40 hours of Data Center sessions! That means you could attend a Data Center Session, Workshop or DevNet Breakout for every…

Go to any trade show or technology event and you will see Software Defined {insert name here} everywhere.  Each vendor promising the panacea of ease of use, cost savings, and being ready for the future of IoT and beyond.  Moving the management duties off individual boxes into a centralized system do…

Cisco Meraki is cloud-managed IT. With over 230,000+ customers and 3 million+ network devices around the world, you can create apps that enable loyalty programs, track the location of WiFi and BLE devices, build analytics extensions, and make it easier to deploy at scale. You asked for insight into…

How time does fly… It’s hard to believe but Cisco Live US, being held in Orlando, Florida, is only a couple weeks away. The DevNet team has been hard at work getting ready, putting together a robust slate of hands-on workshops and learning labs, interactive demos, and technical sessions. All designe…

Let’s talk about API usage. An API is a means of interacting with a program via another program. Just like a UI is a User Interface, an API is an Application Program Interface. Cisco is committed to providing practical, robust, scalable APIs across the Advanced Threat Solutions product space,…

I was lucky enough to hit Stockholm for the NordicAPI Platform Summit at the beginning of last week. It’s one of only a few all-API focused events held internationally, so given a (probably unhealthy) chunk of my life has been about APIs and all that comes with them, I was geekily excited about it.…

A big railroad company is putting sensors on the rails to measure vibration: If it measures over a certain limit, the company sends a repair crew. A retailer implemented digital shelf labeling to be more agile and competitive. If a competitor changes a price for apples or bananas, it takes just minu…