network automation

Customers have embraced or are on the path to embrace the DevOps model to accelerate application deployment and achieve higher efficiency in operating their data centers as well as public cloud deployments. This arises from the fact that infrastructure needs to change and respond faster than ever to…

Guest Author: Chris Johnson, Cybersecurity Technical Solutions Architect, DoD – Cisco Systems For network engineers, automation is changing the way we interact with the network devices that are a key part of our responsibilities. This is a fundamental change in the way that we’re used to contr…

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…

Competing in the industry as a manufacturer isn’t just about controlling costs. It’s about building an agile company that can deliver exactly what the market demands—today and tomorrow. Yet as product lifecycles get shorter every day, it doesn’t make things any easier in a mass production environmen…

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…

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,…

The network world is changing, and the skills that were valued a decade ago aren’t the ones that will carry your career into the future. This is what makes Cisco DevNet such an important resource for network professionals, and the new DevNet Certifications such a valuable proof that you’ve acq…

Like most “traditional” networkers, I am on a personal journey to become a NetDevOps engineer. This journey took a turn for me in early 2017, when I became a Cisco Live presenter for the first time. My colleague Kevin Kuhls invited me to join him in presenting a DevNet Workshop: “NetDevOps for Netwo…

Break out the popcorn and candy for the conclusion to my exploration of Network Service based automation and how we’re using it within DevNet Sandbox as part of our own internal automation strategy.  In Part 1 the focus was on what consuming network services was like after they were built, and…