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HN791: Should You Build or Buy Your Automation Platform?
Perhaps the biggest question around adopting network automation is whether you should build a solution using open source tools and a lot of coding glue, or buy a network automation platform from a
HN790: From Rule-Based to Goal-Based: Rethinking Autonomous AI Operations (Sponsored)
On Heavy Networking today, AI operations for networking. That is, how do we delegate some amount of responsibility for network operations to artificial intelligence?Cisco is our sponsor, and our
HN789: How a Global Payments Processor Automates Firewall Changes at Scale
Adyen is a global payments processor whose primary business is providing payment services for merchants, retailers, and venues, as well as online payments. On todays Heavy Networking we talk about a
HN788: Behind Megaport’s Network Automation Platform (Sponsored)
We have a network automation discussion for you today from sponsor Megaport. At the AutoCon3 conference earlier this year, Luke Gollan presented on a complex network automation project migrating
HN787: Are We In a Post-SNMP Era?
SNMP is still widely used in todays networks. But modern telemetry and network observability are bringing changes to network monitoring. Todays Heavy Networking is a roundtable discussion about alt
HN786: From Intent-Based to Autonomous Ops With Cisco Crosswork and Provider Connectivity Assurance (Sponsored)
Service provider networks face a couple of difficult challenges: how to map service level agreements to actual network health and performance, and how to deliver service assurance to customers
HN785: How To Take Your First Steps Into Network Automation
Theres an old saying that a journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step. On todays show, we talk about taking your first step into network automation with guest Joseph Nicholson. Hes be
HN784: Accelerate Your Network Automation With Gluware Labs and New Ansible Collection (Sponsored)
Network automation is todays topic with sponsor Gluware. Gluware provides a network automation platform that targets both network engineers and automation builders. On todays Heavy Networking, we d
HN783: BGP Routing Policy for Enterprise Networkers: Unpacking IRR and RPSL
If you participate in the public Internet by announcing your own netblocks, you should be familiar with Internet Routing Registries (IRRs) and the Routing Policy Specification Language (RPSL). These
HN782: Netris Meets Your Network Automation Challenges in AI Data Centers (Sponsored)
Netris is tackling the issue of automating multi-tenancy in an AI data center. Netris has your answer to this challenge, and its a solution certified to work with NVIDIA. Were going to get into the