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Network Orchestration, Dong Ngo, and App Steering in Gestalt News 18.10

March 5, 2018 by Rich Stroffolino Leave a Comment

Network Orchestration, Dong Ngo, and App Steering in Gestalt News 18.10

In this iteration of Gestalt News:
– We spoke with Dong Ngo about his IT Origin story, starting in Vietnam and ending up in Silicon Valley
– Tom Hollingsworth looks at top-down orchestration and bottom-up automation
– Larry Smith breaks down how SD-WAN can be used to better steer SaaS-based applications

Filed Under: Gestalt News, Networking Tagged With: #FutureWAN, #FutureWAN18, #SFD15, @MrLeSmithJr, @NetworkingNerd, @riceandstirfry, Dropbox, FutureWAN 18, Network Automation, network orchestration

The CLI is Dead – The On-Premise IT Roundtable

November 7, 2017 by Rich Stroffolino 1 Comment

The CLI is Dead – The On-Premise IT Roundtable
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The roundtable discusses the premise that the CLI is dead, or at least terminally ill. They look at why this is the prevailing narrative in networking and the greater IT landscape. Is the death of the CLI a forgone conclusion, or merely a framing device for moving to better processes in IT?

Filed Under: On-Premise IT Podcast Tagged With: API, Automation, CLI, Network Automation

Crowdsourcing the Enterprise, Network Automation, and Agility in Network Design in Gestalt Networking News 17.9

November 6, 2017 by Rich Stroffolino Leave a Comment

Crowdsourcing the Enterprise, Network Automation, and Agility in Network Design in Gestalt Networking News 17.9

On this iteration of Gestalt IT Networking News:
– We talk to Cisco engineer Nick Russo for IT Origins
– The Gestalt IT Rundown discusses crowdsourcing in IT with ZeroTier
– The On-Premise IT Roundtable discusses if network automation will take all of our jobs
Plus great reads from Russ White, Tom Hollingsworth and Pete Welcher!

Filed Under: Gestalt News, Networking Tagged With: #CommvaultGO, @ApstraInc, @Commvault, @Microsoft, @NetworkingNerd, @nickrusso42518, @PluribusNetworks, @ZeroTier, Amazon, AWS, Google, Network Automation, public cloud

Pluribus Networks Is the Definition of “Software Defined”

November 2, 2017 by Tom Hollingsworth 1 Comment

Pluribus Networks Is the Definition of “Software Defined”

What does it take to truly be software defined? Tom Hollingsworth takes a quick look at the journey of Pluribus Networks from hardware and software vendor to a networking and analytics software company.

Filed Under: Exclusive, Featured Tagged With: #NFD16, @NetworkingNerd, @PluribusNetworks, network analytics, Network Automation, network orchestration

What Is Automation? The On-Premise IT Roundtable

September 26, 2017 by Rich Stroffolino Leave a Comment

What Is Automation? The On-Premise IT Roundtable
https://media.blubrry.com/onpremiseit/p/content.blubrry.com/onpremiseit/On-Premise_IT_Roundtable_15-What_is_Automation.mp3

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On this episode, we’ll be talking about a hot topic in the networking space, automation. The panel discusses why organizations see automation as prohibitively complex, what exactly they mean by automation, and why it isn’t coming for their jobs.

Filed Under: On-Premise IT Podcast Tagged With: Network Automation, network programmability, Scripting, SDN, software defined networking, Tech Field Day Roundtable Podcast

The 80/20 Rule for Network Automation

April 3, 2017 by Rich Stroffolino Leave a Comment

The 80/20 Rule for Network Automation

Does a network engineer need to now do software development? Is that the direction the industry is going? Jason Edelman weighs in.

Filed Under: Favorites Tagged With: @JEdelman8, @Mierdin, Network Automation, Software Development

There and Back Again – A Journey into Network Automation – Introduction

December 6, 2016 by Rich Stroffolino Leave a Comment

Mark Prior wrote up a really interesting series of post about his professional development. He read the tea leaves and saw that he needed to get up to speed on network automation and expand his coding skills. It’s a remarkably candid and honest look at the process. In his first section, he’s teaching himself Arista’s Zero Touch Provisioning […]

Filed Under: Favorites Tagged With: @AristaNetworks, @MarkPrior4, Ansible, Automation, Network Automation, python, ZTPS

3 Suggestions for Network Automation

December 9, 2015 by Tom Hollingsworth Leave a Comment

John Harrington of The Network Sherpa comments: Network automation is a hot topic right now. However, many of the automation solutions focus on edge-port provisioning. I can understand why vendors are chasing this niche; port-provisioning is a high-volume and error-prone activity. John takes a look at network automation and applies it to a great group of […]

Filed Under: All, Favorites Tagged With: @NetworkSherpa, Automation, Network Automation

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