network automation

The requisite for Continuous Integration and Deployment (CI/CD) pipeline being used in the network is growing. Continuous Integration and deployment helps counteract inaccuracies in daily network deployments and changes, hence is critically required. The upshot for change release and automated netwo…

Guest blog by: Jacob McGill Network Automation Engineer Network to Code Ansible has quickly become a popular platform for network engineers to get started with network automation and eliminate repetitive day to day tasks. There have been Ansible plug-ins (in the form of modules) for Cisco IOS, NX-OS…

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…

Written with Mara Fowler, Cisco Customer Stories Over the past several centuries, significant scientific discoveries have fueled the rise of modern medicine.  Researchers like Pasteur, Fleming, and Salk identified groundbreaking medical treatments that saved untold numbers of lives.  During this tim…

I’d like to talk about Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI), and focus on one of the most important steps that Data Center IT teams take on the journey to achieve full automation and deliver agility, security, and efficiency deploying and managing applications.  This step – Network A…

Have you read about Cisco’s DNA (Digital Network Architecture) announcement? In a nutshell, it is how the network will evolve into a platform that can keep up with the dynamic needs of digital business models, and ultimately –through analytics- even anticipate them. As such, Network Programmability…

Super Tuesday delivers DC switching portfolio innovations and acceleration of hybrid cloud Today is Super Tuesday, with fourteen states and territories hosting primary elections. Lots of media and preparation goes into this day. And we have a lot of news to share with you. We’ve been doubling down o…

Application teams are the backbone of the revenue generating capabilities of all companies.  These creative people spend their off-hours working with the latest tools to keep their skills sharp.  Increasingly, these teams are going into the public cloud to develop their applications.  Why?  Develope…

At F5 Agility 2014 Copenhagen this month, Applications take the central stage.  The key focus area is Application Delivery Controllers (ADC’s as Gartner calls them) and how they are increasingly becoming more important to modern IT than they used to be, allowing scale, availability, orchestration an…