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Customers are saying that network automation is becoming a necessity rather than a nice-to-have. According to a recent IDG survey[1] of IT leaders, automation is fast expanding into areas such as network provisioning and orchestration (56%), policy configuration (54%), and issue resolution (50%). Th…

Si pudieras cambiar algo sobre la gestión de la red, ¿que sería? Habiendo sido a la vez líder de proyectos de red y líder de programas en Cisco, he pensado mucho en esto. Ya contamos con excelentes herramientas para la implementación automática, la administración de imágenes de software y la adminis…

Co-author: Srini Jasti In our last blog, we discussed how Cisco delivers consistency and simplicity, with integrated security, across Enterprise domains. Now we’ll discuss in more detail how this is done. “People who are serious about software should make their own hardware” – Alan Kay Cisco uniquel…

Imagine meandering through a vast shopping mall looking for that perfect gift for someone special. So many stores, so little time. Bet there’s an app for that, you think. And sure enough the mall provides an app to help navigate the shopping experience maze. After logging into the mall’s Wi-Fi netwo…

Intent-Based Networking is rapidly gaining converts as IT takes advantage of the multiple benefits it brings to managing both wired and wireless enterprise network fabrics. From data centers to campus to multi-domain cloud platforms and secure branch deployments, Intent-Based Networks provide the au…

Background In my previous blog post, I wrote about the changes in process when using Cisco DNA Center to on-board a network device.  At the heart of the PnP process are two key concepts.  One is the serial number of the device, which is used to identify it, the other is a template file which is appl…

I talk to so many of our 50,000 Cisco IoT customers across various industries like manufacturing, energy, transportation and smart cities and what do I find? They struggle with the same three challenges in deploying IoT — project complexity, scale, and end-to-end security. Take one of our customers…

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…

Co-author: Srini Jasti, Sr. Product Manager – Enterprise Switching Enterprises are demanding more and more from their networks even with reducing budgets and increasing complexity. Today, IT teams are looking for effective, simpler solutions to deploy and operate their networks. Many are already won…