SDN

January 5, 2018

DEVELOPER

Bringing Programmability and NetDevOps to Barcelona for #CLEUR

4 min read

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 Friday morning the entire […]

December 13, 2017

DEVELOPER

Automating Cisco ACI with Ansible Eliminates Repetitive Day-to-Day Tasks

5 min read

Jacob McGill is a network automation engineer at Network to Code, a network automation solutions provider that provides network automation training and professional services. He spends his time helping customers automate their networks using tools including like Python and Ansible. Jacob is also an Ansible developer who's written and contributed to many of the ACI modules that were released in 2.4. Feel free to reach out to Jacob at jacob@networktocode.com

December 13, 2017

DEVELOPER

With POAP You’ll Never Console into your Nexus Switches Again

3 min read

Ajay Chenempara is a senior network automation engineer at Network to Code, a network automation solutions provider that provides network automation training and professional services. Ajay is the lead instructor at Network to Code while also assisting with automation related projects. He's usually in front of customers helping them learn different tools, APIs, and technologies ranging from Python and Ansible to more complex CI/CD pipelines and how they can be leveraged within the context of network automation. Ajay can be reached at ajay@networktocode.com.

December 8, 2017

SP360: SERVICE PROVIDER

Driving by Cellular! – Cisco, Vodafone and Ericsson Push the Possibilities of 5G

1 min read

Can we build cellular networks with the low latency and high bandwidth required to drive a car by remote control? Cisco, Vodafone and Ericsson prove it can be done.

November 8, 2017

SP360: SERVICE PROVIDER

What is the role of NFV and SDN in Digital Transformation?

1 min read

Playbook to guide your customers through the transformation of their network and operations to meet the demands of becoming a digital service provider. Findings on what it takes to transform their operations, technology adoption, organization to meet the demands of SDN and NFV.

October 12, 2017

PERSPECTIVES

Complexity

5 min read

Recently I was faced with the question - new network technologies like SDN are supposed to make networking simpler, but do they really? 

October 11, 2017

DEVELOPER

Part 2: NetDevOps Goes Beyond Infrastructure as Code

5 min read

In NetDevOps, it is standard to have a "Continuous Development" approach to network changes.  Proposed network changes are picked up by build servers which manage the progression from "Development" to "Test" and into "Production".  NetDevOps will mirror what is becoming commonplace in software development teams.

October 9, 2017

DEVELOPER

Part 1: Embrace NetDevOps, Say Goodbye to a “Culture of Fear”

4 min read

Network Builders focus on the care and feeding of the network, making sure it's available for the "consumers". The Network Consumers are the users of the network, and expect to treat the network like a utility - it "should just work".