Trends, perspectives and insights on enterprise networking and automation.
People say they want automation in the same way I'd recommend improving your 'language-ing' if you're traveling to a foreign country. It's not a very precise description of what you need to do, and you might not apply the appropriate things to be successful. Network Automation seems to be in an odd place these days. Sure, it’s desirable, and not many network engineers would go…
It seems everyone has their own brand of naming things these days. I get it, you must stand out and you don’t want to seem like a copycat. So, Qwhat…
I remember my first exposure to NetBrain: oh cool, a map tool, so I don’t have to go insane dragging lines incessantly in Visio. However, during our proof of concept…
There are many reasons why we document our networks. For instance, we know that documentation helps with the execution of critical network tasks such as troubleshooting and software management. We…
Twice a month, we highlight five popular news stories from the world of networking, security and automation. Here are the top five stories from the last two weeks. Network Teams:…
Sometimes we get lost in the ideation of lofty ideals and futuristic networking at a high level, especially in architecture and design conversations. However, no matter how advanced the technology…
Having used NetBrain for nearly ten years, it is fair to say that I’ve seen many changes occur in the solution. The most important factor I like to bring to…
Twice a month, we highlight five popular news stories from the world of networking, security and automation. Here are the top five stories from the last two weeks. Software-Defined Networking…
Automation, orchestration, DevOps, scripting, and more dominate my social media feeds. Automation is the act of doing manual tasks in a repeatable fashion with the push of a button for…
CiscoLive Barcelona is coming up fast and we can’t wait to see you there. Hard to believe that this will be our seventh year attending CiscoLive Barcelona. We can’t wait…
It seems everyone has their own brand of naming things these days. I get it, you must stand out and you don’t want to seem like a copycat. So, Qwhat…
Twice a month, we highlight five popular news stories from the world of networking, security and automation. Here are the top five stories from the last two weeks. 7 Enterprise…
If you’ve been in the industry for a while, one of the best things in your work life is change management. But one of the worst is probably also change…