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APWhy? Why a product without an API is not a product at all In early 2007 a certain Steve Jobs stepped on stage in Cupertino California. In his pocket he had a small device and in his mind one of the greatest product presentations of all time. The presentation, or rather the product, he introduced w…

What started 5 years ago at IETF 92 as a small experiment to put more emphasis on running code has completely changed the way the IETF community produces standards that make the internet faster, more secure, and able to meet the demands of an ever-increasing number of uses and users. This weekend in…

In previous blogs in the NetDevOps Series we explored the most important building blocks for programmability and seeing how to apply DevOps automation principles to Network configuration with CI/CD workflows. It is now time to see how you can use APIs to build more business-relevant solutions that h…

As we get ever closer to the highly anticipated availability of Cisco DevNet Certifications exams (February, 2020), the excitement is building for those wishing to take and pass the DEVNET CCNP. For the professional track, exam requirements are similar to the CCNP current R&S track. In order to…

Business growth today is driven by tech innovation and connection. We’re more interconnected than ever (13+ billion mobile devices, 26+ billion IoT devices); IT is becoming more software-defined; and more IT is in the cloud. Add to this a rapidly evolving threat landscape – where adversaries are emp…

That banana-sized cluster we built in Part 4 of this DevOps series is so cool that you might be interested in maybe taking it with you on the road? And although bringing it on holiday with your family is definitely not recommended, there might be other occasions when having your cluster with you cou…

Over the last month or two, as service usage has continued to expand, the DevNet Sandbox Team has been putting a lot of engineering concentrating on building out a new Data Center, focused on operational efficiency through automation and infrastructure programmability (you can read about some of the…

New learning labs and sandbox As our journey through network automation grows, so does the need for our network tools. Network Engineers have always been considered the absolute escalation point for any performance difficulties and problems, irrespective whether the root cause is really the network,…

Ravi Balakrishnan and Mayuri Kulkarni are joint contributors to this blog. Cisco DevNet was the talk of the town in Cancun during Oct 26-31, the week of Cisco Live LATAM. The DevNet zone, Cisco Live Cancun, at the Moon Palace Resorts, was sizzling hot with big customer presence. What drives this exc…