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November 7, 2018

DEVELOPER

Documenting Network Automation Examples on DevNet Code Exchange

It’s no secret that one of the biggest challenges network engineers face when they embark on the network automation journey is the lack of concise documentation in open source projects. In many cases, I find myself digging through the code of projects to understand how to use it (therefore my…

January 20, 2017

SP360: SERVICE PROVIDER

OpenConfig on Cisco Platforms

There’s a lot of buzz around just now when it comes to supporting vendor-neutral data models at the device layer, so it’s a good time to talk about what Cisco is doing to support open models, and OpenConfig models in particular. Customers have been rapidly adopting automation techniques…

Model-driven Programmability: The Rise of Network Automation

Software automation and data analytics are changing the face of computer networks. They are radically transforming how networks are built and operated. We are rapidly moving away from a world where a network operator manages tenths of network devices.  Instead, one individual can deploy and manage h…

November 19, 2015

SP360: SERVICE PROVIDER

Software Innovations for Cloud Scale Networking

Back in 2011, web pioneer Marc Andreessen wrote an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal, entitled “Why software is eating the world”. I couldn’t agree more! First, let’s have a look at what’s going on in the industry at large. Every company in every vertical industry is facing unprecedented competitive…