Writing Production-ready Code; Nornir Edition

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Let’s start with the least interesting topic first – documentation. You have to consider two aspects here: 1. Peripheral files: Files not part of the project, such as architecture diagrams or README files, are good places for newcomers to learn about your work. Be complete yet concise; describe...

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Using Advanced Velocity Templates in DNA Center – Part 1

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Variables At the heart of any template is the concept of a “variable”.  Variables allow parts of configuration to be customized for a specific device, while ensuring other parts are standardized across all devices.   A single configuration template can be applied to many devices.  In Velocity, variables begin...

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Skyrocket Cisco Contact Center Efficiency with Artificial Intelligence

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Enhancing Call Center Efficiency Customer Experience is the priority of business leaders, any size, any vertical. Today customers want to be independent, they want access to self-serve solutions, they do not like to be sold things, they love to buy solutions to their problems and needs, thus a...

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Trustworthy Networking is Not Just Technological, It’s Cultural

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Part 1: The Technology of Trust Trustworthy Networks Are More Important Than Ever It wasn’t that long ago that most enterprise resources resided in heavily-protected on-premises data centers surrounded by vigilant layers of security. Trust was placed in securing the computing environment itself—the physically isolated data center that...

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Architecting Work-from-Home Solutions that Scale

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The need for people to work from home challenges us to come up with new solutions that scale. One of these solutions involved the enablement of static IPs for VPN connections for individual users. But why would anyone want to do that? The Problem It turns out that...

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Cisco Helps Competitive Carriers Deliver 5G Service Agility

5G promises revolutionary new consumer experiences and lucrative new business-to-business (B2B) services that were never possible before: wireless SD-WANs, private 5G networks, new edge computing cases, and many others. Actually delivering these groundbreaking services, however, will require much more than just new 5G radio technology at cell sites....

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Why Cisco ACI with HashiCorp Terraform really matters

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Introduction As organizations move to the cloud to prioritize application delivery, they find that they need to shift their approach to infrastructure from “static” to “dynamic”. Some of the challenges they face include having to work in multiple environments, with varying volume and distribution services. In many organizations,...

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Automation, Learning, and Testing Made Easier With Cisco Modeling Labs Enterprise v2.0

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Cisco Modeling Labs – Enterprise v2.0 is here, sporting a complete rewrite of the software and a slew of cool, new features to better serve your education, network testing, and CI/CD automation needs. Version 2.0 still gives you a robust network simulation platform with a central store of...

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