Network Security and Containers – Same, but Different

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IntroductionNetwork and security teams seem to have had a love-hate relationship with each other since the early days of IT. Having worked extensively and built expertise with both for the past few decades, we often notice how each have similar goals: both seek to provide connectivity and bring...

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A Mindset Shift for Digitizing Software Development and Delivery

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At Cisco, my teams—which are part of the Intent-Based Networking Group—focus on the core network layers that are used by enterprise, data center, and service provider network engineering. We develop tools and processes that digitize and automate the Cisco Software Development Lifecycle (CSDL). We have been travelling the...

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CLEUR Preview! Source of Truth Driven Network Automation

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It’s a new year and a new decade, so it’s time for a NEW BLOG about network automation. I am getting ready for Cisco Live Europe 2020 and want to give everyone a preview of some of what I’ll be talking about in my session How DevNet Sandbox...

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Render your first network configuration template using Python and Jinja2

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We all know how painful it is to enter the same text in to the CLI, to program the same network VLANs, over, and over, and over and over, and over…. We also know a better way that exists, with network programmability, but this solution could be a...

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Continuous Integration and Deployment for the Network

The requisite for Continuous Integration and Deployment (CI/CD) pipeline being used in the network is growing. Continuous Integration and deployment helps counteract inaccuracies in daily network deployments and changes, hence is critically required. The upshot for change release and automated network testing is that changes are simplified, done...

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