Cisco NSO

January 20, 2020

DEVELOPER

CLEUR Preview! Source of Truth Driven Network Automation

It’s a new year and a new decade, so it’s time for a NEW BLOG about network automation. I am getting ready for Cisco Live Europe 2020 and want to give everyone a preview of some of what I’ll be talking about in my session How DevNet Sandbox Built an Automated Data Center Network in…

October 29, 2019

DEVELOPER

Network Service Based Automation Part 2 – Building Services

Break out the popcorn and candy for the conclusion to my exploration of Network Service based automation and how we’re using it within DevNet Sandbox as part of our own internal automation strategy.  In Part 1 the focus was on what consuming network services was like after they were built, and…

September 30, 2019

DEVELOPER

Network Service Based Automation Part 1 – The Experience

Welcome back to my series on how we are putting network automation to work in the DevNet Sandbox.  This time around I wanted todive into some of the deep technical bits on how we’re using automation to configure and manage our network in a “Network Service” based model.   For this…

Automation and Orchestration at Cisco Live – US

With Cisco Live in San Diego fast approaching next week, we are in plate spinning mode, but I did want to take moment to call out the “must see” demos and sessions related to network automation and orchestration. Sessions Carl Moberg & Kevin Corbin will be talking about how to mesh…

May 23, 2019

INNOVATION

NSO Developer Days – June 18-21 in Stockholm

I’m excited to head to Stockholm next month for the annual NSO Developer Days conference which runs from June 18-20. This is one of my favorite events because it’s a great opportunity for developers from around the globe to engage in talks, hands-on learning with experts, and previews of our latest…

March 7, 2019

EXECUTIVE PLATFORM

Helping Service Providers Keep Up with the Pace of Innovation

Disruptive innovation was top of mind at Mobile World Congress last week. Service providers are constantly exploring new ways to bring compelling service offers to their customers quickly. One of the challenges, however, is that many of these new services exist in their own technology and operationa…

February 26, 2019

SP360: SERVICE PROVIDER

NSO 5: Getting Ready for What Comes Next

While I love our ops guys, to be honest, ops reports can be eye-wateringly boring. However, our spreadsheet Jedi recently pointed out something that was, instead, eye-opening: The number of Cisco Network Services Orchestrator (NSO) device licenses we are selling (actual licenses, not through ELAs, e…

February 25, 2019

SP360: SERVICE PROVIDER

Enabling Rakuten Cloud Platform with Cisco NFVI and Orchestration Solutions

By this time, many of you might have followed the exciting news of the launch of commercial friendly user trial by Rakuten Mobile Network Inc. (referred as just “Rakuten” in this blog post) – the newest and the 4th mobile network operator in Japan. Rakuten Inc., the parent company, is well known in…

December 13, 2018

SP360: SERVICE PROVIDER

Cisco Tops Network Control and Orchestration Market Share

More great news for Cisco from a report completed by Analysys Mason – Cisco maintained its #1 market share position for Network Control and Orchestration solutions in 2017, cementing its place as the industry leader for service provider network automation and orchestration solutions. With 19%…