automation

June 13, 2022

LEARNING

All In: Build Automation and Programmability Skills at Cisco Live 2022

2 min read

Discover the automation and programmability skills that bridge the gap between software and infrastructure and empower the IT teams of the future.

June 7, 2022

LEARNING

Reflections on the Journey to DevNet Expert

13 min read

Walk down memory lane with Principal Engineer Hank Preston, as he shares his personal journey in bringing the DevNet Expert certification to life.

June 3, 2022

DATA CENTER

Implementing Infrastructure as Code- How NDFC works with Ansible and Terraform

6 min read

All of Cisco's Cloud Networking products support automation using both Ansible and Terraform. Automating infrastructure provisioning and CI/CD deployment helps in many ways: logging changes in the infrastructure, automating the workflow and eliminating outages or failures due to faulty configuration changes. 

Perspectives on the Future of Service Provider Networking: Software Defined Access Networks

3 min read

Worldwide we are seeing initiatives to expand connectivity to tens of millions of homes and millions of businesses for wireless services, satellite broadband, and most notably fiber network infrastructure. Software-Defined Networks are being expanded to include the access domain and will enable new applications to be monetized by Service Providers

April 22, 2022

RETAIL & HOSPITALITY

Automation in Retail

2 min read

Opportunities for using automation in retail operations are limitless. As retailers evaluate these opportunities, they need to consider the types of work that can be automated, which improvements can be realized, the capabilities and limitations of technology, and the effort required to implement automated capabilities.

Connecting Data Sources

3 min read

Almost all organizations have lots of data. However, many would admit that they are not realizing its full potential. In fact, “Cross-industry studies show that on average, less than half of an organization’s structured data is actively used in making decisions—and less than 1% of its unstructured data is analyzed or used at all,” as stated […]

Why Automation Will Unlock The Power of AI in Networking (Part 1)

3 min read

You have probably heard about the old adage “Correlation does not imply causation.” In this article, we explore correlation and causality, why you should care about this, and how automation can help us in this regard.

March 16, 2022

DATA CENTER

Cisco and NetApp introduce FlexPod XCS to simplify and accelerate customers’ hybrid cloud journeys

3 min read

Cisco and NetApp introduce additional hybrid cloud services and support for the FlexPod platform, extending the capabilities of Cisco Intersight and NetApp Data Fabric to support cloud-native apps, simplify workload and data management, and to improve hybrid cloud operations.

Cisco Brings Innovation and Automation to OFC 2022

5 min read

Cisco will be live at OFC this year, showcasing its Network as a Sensor, Automation, client optics, pluggable coherent solutions, and Routed Optical Networking solutions