device management

July 30, 2018

DEVELOPER

New Book on IOS XE Programmability Assumes No Software Development Experience

Network engineers are tasked with deploying, operating, and monitoring the network as efficiently, securely, and reliably as possible. As the complexity, scale, and security demands of the network increase, there is greater pressure on network engineers to reduce time to implement and minimize the r…

August 21, 2017

DEVELOPER

Look Mom…No Hands! Automating Device Deployment with IOS XE

For those of you who have followed earlier blogs, you will have seen the major enhancements we have been making in open IOS XE. Jeff McLaughlin mentioned Day Zero deployment in his recent blog. Day Zero is a critical step in automation. In the past, in order to install a new network device, a highly…

Navigating Device Management and Control Interfaces in the Age of SDN

The proliferation of different types of device interfaces places a significant burden on application developers and equipment providers alike. One of the reasons for the rise of Software Defined Networking (SDN) is its promise to simplify management by providing a single point through which the enti…