As network engineers begin adopting automation in their organizations, they inevitably encounter a range of challenges. These are typically accepted as necessary engineering hurdles that need to be overcome in order to bring automation into production, and are subsequently addressed with a mix of de facto standard tooling and traditional training. Unfortunately, this logical but simplistic strategy overlooks some powerful alternatives by which automation can be introduced and even adopted. Chances are, opportunities for accelerating network automation already exist in your organization.
In this practical talk we will discuss several alternative strategies to begin automating networks. Engineers who are struggling with the basics will learn new perspectives for addressing automation challenges. We will also introduce a flexible maturity model and a proposed framework for full-cycle automation deployment to aid in examining these uncommon paths to beginning network automation.
Speaker Jordan Villarreal