network automation

You don’t need to look hard to see that DevNet is growing, and as DevNet grows, DevNet Sandbox must grow. DevNet Sandbox provides engineers and developers access to Cisco, partner, and open source infrastructure, and software as a service from “the cloud.”  For a variety of reasons…

When I started this blog series, I had intended to present a cohesive approach to automating your network operations, eventually leading to DevOps. The intent was to take you beyond simply automating ad-hoc tasks using contrived examples to a more systematic way of automating your network operations…

Eight months ago I joined the DevNet Sandbox Engineering and Operations team. For the first time in about eight years, I was back in a role where I had day to day responsibilities for a production environment. A big reason for my interest in joining this team was to see what it was like to apply the…

The author of this blog is Liliana Pérez Verti, Vertical LATAM Marketing Manager for Cisco A question that many of us ask ourselves repeatedly is, “what to do to identify the trends we should know and how to take advantage of them to be more competitive in our work and in the market?” If we reflect…

In June 2017, as the Software Defined Networking (SDN) hype-machine was in full-force, I wrote a blog that targeted the various options that existed for customers looking to dive into the world of network automation. More specifically, I discussed Cisco’s approach to SDN and automation that offers o…

Back in March of 2018 I wrote the blog “How Do I Get Started Learning Network Programmability?” to help answer, well that question.  It was (and still is) one of the most common questions I get asked.  It’s been a wicked ride this last year and half in network automation, I figured…

Should you copy code? It is a much-discussed question and has been since… well, forever! Do you get stuck when writing your network automation code? If you said yes, you won’t be the first and most certainly be the last either. I was asked once when in the DevNet Zone at Cisco Live, R…

This is part 3 of how to run your own demo using CI/CD pipelines for network configuration management. Previous posts in the NetDevOps Series are available here. In the last two posts we have setup our server and local environments. So, it is now time to look at the actual demonstration on the power…

Due to changes in customer preferences, and technological evolutions such as 5G, Service Providers (SPs) are expected to face massive traffic growth and increased operational complexities. To make the most out of those opportunities, Service Providers are looking for ways to control costs and simpli…