#DevNet

As the Network Engineering job role changes, Learning@Cisco and DevNet provide resources for skills transition. Network engineering, as a job role, has shifted dramatically over the past 20 years. In the past, network engineers were responsible for keeping the network up and running, but the job rol…

A great part of working on the DevNet Sandbox team is the exposure to new Cisco technologies and integrations. Up until recently I had always worked with collaboration stuff. Call manager, Presence, Jabber, Contact Center etc. It’s always good to get out of your comfort zone though and that’s what I…

This blog is the second in a series of two, focussing on DevNet Sandbox and the awesome free access to Cisco and Open Source tech it provides all our DevNet users. In my Part 1 blog I explained how DevNet Sandbox provides great fast, on-demand access to a whole host of Cisco technology, third party…

Have you heard the term, “Design Thinking?”  Cisco and other forward thinking companies are investing in tools and teams to create Design Thinking frameworks, and spread Design Thinking methods further and faster across their companies. Design Thinking is not just for designers. It’s an approa…

This blog is the first in a series of blogs focusing on DevNet Sandbox and the awesome free access to Cisco and Open Source technologies it provides all our DevNet users. I’m a developer. I’m also somewhat an architect, manager and evangelist which makes life super fun, but pretty fast paced. For th…

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…

What if every time you wanted to roll out an app, you didn’t need to figure out what new computer/server you were going to put it on? What if I told you that there were compute resources built into your network? And, what if I told you they even had access to serial ports for IoT devices? Shall we t…

Just before Cisco Live US, Cisco unveiled “The Network. Intuitive.” and with it is “Introducing an entirely new era of networking.” If you’re like me, you are likely intrigued, and are asking yourself.. “How do I get started?”. A great first place to start i…

If you have been to any of our recent Cisco Live events around the globe, you have undoubtedly experienced the engagement and energy that surrounds Cisco DevNet. Whether you are spending time in the DevNet Zone, workshops, break-out sessions or hands-on labs, you can’t help but leave a little smarte…