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NetDevOps Invades DevNet Sandbox
When I joined DevNet in December of 2016 it was to dive deep and hard into all things network automation and programmability. Fairly quickly I was entranced with the idea of NetDevOps, and working out how to apply ideas like Infrastructure as Code, Configuration Management, CICD, Streaming Telemetry…
Customize Your Cisco Security Solutions via APIs
Cisco Umbrella APIs help you create awesome programs Dear reader. This is the first in a series of blogs where I will discuss Cisco Security solutions and their respective API’s. The goal of these blogs is to enable you to leverage the most out of the various Cisco Security solutions and customize t…
GEAN Stack – Building Your Javascript App with Google Sheets
I love the end of year holidays. It’s the longest holiday I take in the year and I come back with a bunch of (hopefully!) good ideas. Ideas for large and small innovation areas I want to make reality with my team who build out and operate the DevNet Sandbox platform and services. For DevNet, the pos…
Cisco Live Europe – DevNet Zone – Where Is Silvia?
Everyone needs a best friend at work, and for me that special person is Denise. On normal office days, we sit across from each other, and brainstorm all day long. Some of your favorite DevNet community ideas were born right there, in our Cisco office, so make sure you thank Denise the next time yo…
Cisco DNA Center Network Automation with Template Programmer API – Part 1
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…
New Meraki Sessions in the DevNet Zone at CLEUR!
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…
Data Center Networking and Compute Sessions at CLEUR
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…
Cisco DNA Center Plug and Play (PnP) Reloaded – Part 5
Background Over the past few months I have been writing a series of blogs about the PnP process on Cisco DNA Center. In the past, PnP was a standalone application within Cisco DNA Center, with a dedicated workflow for onboarding devices. Now, in the most recent 1.2.8 release, PnP has been integrate…
What’s Next for Software Defined Networks?
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…