#DevNet

The upcoming DevNet Zone at Cisco Live in San Diego will be the 5th anniversary of our first DevNet Zone at Cisco Live. The first was in San Francisco in 2014. We had just started up DevNet the preceding January and made a last minute decision to get into the Cisco Live game. It was a tough and stee…

We have all seen the segmentation of people and technologies into what we lovingly refer to as ‘silos.’ Initially, these silos were formed to group together teams with common skill sets, ownership, accountability, etc. The effect that we see from this division into functional groups typi…

In part 1 of this NetDevOps Series we talked about the need for network programmability. Here, in part 2, let’s dive into … What is Programmability? Computers are great at bulk-work, but if you want your computer to talk to your infrastructure and do something, you will need a machine-to…

Over the past five years, conversational applications have entered the mainstream. Virtual assistants like Siri, Cortana, Google Assistant, and Alexa field tens of billions of voice and natural language queries every month. Voice-enabled devices like the Amazon Echo and Google Home reside in over a…

Cisco Meraki API Launch at DevNet Create At Cisco Meraki we are dedicated to simplifying powerful technology to free passionate people to focus on their mission. For many groups, simplicity isn’t just about an intuitive user interface or complete visibility. Simplicity is a network that responds to…

Thanks to protocol enhancements, which provide better scheduling and negotiation of ‘taking turns to talk’, Wi-Fi 6 will allow more devices to ‘talk’, and be understood, at the same time. This results in greater communication efficiency and better end-user experiences! What’s the big deal wit…

Wi-Fi 6 is here, and it opens a new chapter in networking. With its enhanced connectivity, the way we access the network and our experiences while connected fundamentally shifts. It’s certainly an exciting time to be in the industry and even more exciting to be a developer because Wi-Fi 6 is for dev…

Do you often ask yourself why we keep configuring our network devices in the same way we have been doing it for the last 30 years? Isn’t it strange that we still need to log into each individual box and use command-line instructions to perform any changes? Do you wonder if there might be a mor…

Moving IETF Standards forward IETF 104 in Prague featured what was by far the biggest and most successful IETF Hackathon ever. The first IETF Hackathon was in March 2015 at IETF 92 in Dallas. The goals at that time were twofold: advance the pace and relevance of IETF standards attract more develope…