programmability

Background I have written a number of blogs on Network Plug and Play (PnP) on APIC-EM and wanted to provide an update of the new improved PnP in Cisco DNA Center. This new series covers the changes and enhancements made to PnP on Cisco DNA Center 1.2.   The PnP application was not officially exposed…

Be Like Silvia … and Dmitry … and Jason … and Scott! I’ve been in the technology business since the early 1980s. In all of that time, there has always been a common thought that said, “on the job training is an important activity for your career”. For example, my own career was dramatically ai…

Networkers are developers Here’s some news: If you’re building and running a network, you are a developer. Why? Because your network is transforming and getting more capabilities. Your network is a software system that runs software and hardware. Your network is programmable. Your network has APIs.…

At a recent network programmability workshop one of the attendees asked, “Why is Cisco teaching me Python?” I was leading a workshop for a group of senior network engineers at a large financial company that was organized and sponsored by a member of their cloud leadership team.  This made the worksh…

One of the most often asked questions I get at events or online is “How do I get started with network programmability?” Another common question is “Should I get my CCNA, CCNP, or CCIE?”  These are important questions for network engineers with limited time and resources to invest in training, and lo…

When it comes to creating fast, flexible, on-demand services, programmability is key Programmability is an exciting area of network technology that creates a world of new agile services for service providers. It’s immensely powerful because it decouples the services themselves from the underlying ha…

After months of effort and careful preparation, the DevNet team is ready for Cisco Live Latin America in Cancun! This year the event will take place between November 6 and 9. Cisco Live is a massive event with thousands of attendees. It’s the place where Cisco customers, partners, vendors and…

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…