telemetry

Introducing Pipeline: A Model-Driven Telemetry Collection Service

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Model-driven telemetry means lots of network data, fast. Next up: Pipeline, a collection service that provides the foundational layer in a scalable, modular analytics architecture. Now available in github!

November 28, 2016

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How Cisco is delivering Innovation to Service Providers in Programmable Networks

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Digitization is critical for businesses everywhere – and the opportunity for service provides lies in their ability to enable it. This is why it requires a new approach to networking that is simpler, more efficient, and enables carriers to grow their business. See for yourself… Global IP traffic will triple in the next five years, While […]

September 21, 2016

SP360: SERVICE PROVIDER

Model Driven Telemetry Straight from the Experts

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There continues to be a lot of talk about automation and orchestration for carrier-grade workloads. However, these technologies can’t be fully leveraged until proper telemetry can be implemented. To shed some light on progress we’re making in delivering on network telemetry for we recently hosted a Cisco Knowledge Network webinar on the subject: How to […]

The limits of SNMP

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Not “New Data” But “New Ways of Getting Data” Model-driven telemetry has been one of the most fun projects I’ve worked on in a long time. Right from the start, we worked hand-in-hand with customers to identify their biggest pain points when it came to network operational data. To my surprise, the primary ask was […]

Streaming Telemetry with Google Protocol Buffers

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In a recent blog on “Why You Should Care About Model-Driven Telemetry”, I reviewed the need for streaming telemetry and the high-level architecture that makes it possible. Today I’m going to drill down on some specific design choices we made in order to quickly export large amounts of data. Tell Me How You Really Feel About […]

Why You Should Care About Model-Driven Telemetry

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Co-written with Frederic Trate, Sr. Marketing Manager Let me start by asking you a couple questions: Does your network grow in size and complexity every year? Are you still largely operating your network manually? Do frequent customer complaints make you wonder if you really know what’s going on in your network? Do you often hear […]

November 24, 2015

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Telemetry & Gaining Web Scale Operational Efficiency – Is it a Myth or Reality?

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We can’t express how excited we were when Cisco was asked to sponsor and participate in an independent event, hosted by Tech Field Day, which invited experts from NetFlix, Google, eBay, and SignalFX to discuss the technical challenges some of these web scale providers face and the innovations they have helped drive in the industry […]