Network programmability

last updated: 4.13.2018 (from oldest to newest) Save this blog! New videos will continue to be added. Programmatically provision and configure switches through comprehensive APIs ! Open Cisco NX-OS Software is the industry’s most extensible, open, and programmable network operating system. It enable…

Let’s talk about API usage. An API is a means of interacting with a program via another program. Just like a UI is a User Interface, an API is an Application Program Interface. Cisco is committed to providing practical, robust, scalable APIs across the Advanced Threat Solutions product space,…

One of the things I love about DevNet is our commitment and passion in helping our community of customers, partners, and Cisco employees rapidly learn and adopt the new skills and technologies that are fundamental in this new age of programmability and API driven everything.  We’ve long had Le…

It’s right around the corner… Cisco Live Europe 2018 in Barcelona, and I absolutely can’t wait!  Every Cisco Live I’ve ever been to, or presented at, has been an amazing experience, but Barcelona is going to be in a league of its own.  From the moment I arrive in Spain on Fri…

Guest blog by: Ajay Chenempara Senior Network Automation Engineer Network to Code If you were to tell your cloud or server admin friends that in this day and age you have to manually configure every switch as you un-box and deploy them, you’ll probably get expressions that range from sympathy…

Welcome back!  In Part 1: Embrace NetDevOps, Say Goodbye to a “Culture of Fear”, I introduced my definition of NetDevOps and talked about how we need to dispel the “Culture of Fear” as we move to NetDevOps.  We also considered the two stakeholders of NetDevOps, the builders a…

NetDevOps is one of many new terms coming into the IT lexicon as “DevOps” has become widely adopted and lauded as a positive and valuable approach to software development.  As the  IT industry looks to expand DevOps to other areas, NetDevOps has emerged along with other new terms such as…

I’m happy to welcome NANOG (October 2-4, 2017) back to Cisco’s hometown, San Jose. It’s only the fourth time in its history that NANOG is hosting its major event here—the last time was in 2008. Cisco has always been a strong supporter of NANOG, and again we’re all in. Let me give you some insight in…

When I was asked to write my experiences preparing to present in the DevNet Zone at Cisco Live 2017, the first thought that came to mind was, “The greatest trick I ever played was convincing the room I was an expert.”  Now I may be taking some artistic liberties with Kevin Spacey’s monologue from th…