Cisco DevNet is the best thing that could happen to the entire networking industry.

DevNet is introducing a change to the whole networking industry, working on multiple fronts at the same time. I think that it will be successful. Keep reading to know why.

Asset management, documentation and monitoring are important parts of any IT Ops team but at the same time they are } boring, repetitive, error prone.

Last summer I spent some time investigating the possibility to integrate open source projects I like to create a Minimum Viable Product for asset management/monitoring …

My new post about Cisco Network Assurance Engine: From Download to Value in 60 Minutes (or less) has been published, read it on GestaltIT Tech Talks.

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My new post about Aruba 8400 programmability has been published, read it on Aruba Blogs.

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My new post about Configuration and Hardware Assurance in the Datacenter with Cisco Network Assurance Engine has been published, read it on GestaltIT Tech Talks.

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At Cisco Live Europe in Barcelona I had a chance to see Cisco Candid (Network Assurance Engine) in action.

My new post about Network Security Policy and Compliance in the Data Center with Cisco Network Assurance Engine has been published, read it on GestaltIT Tech Talks.

Full video of TFDx session at CLEUR:

My new post about Floating Networks has been published, read it on Aruba Blogs.

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This week I've attended the Network Automation Seminar organized by Reiss Romoli.

The speaker was the great Ivan Pepelnjiak! I was happy to meet Ivan again after NFD16.

At the event I joined old and new friends: Andrea, Nicola, Paolo and Tiziano.

Are these networkers or programmers? ;) @ioshints @adainese @nmodena …

Automation is today a word that can be both scaring and exciting at the same time.

The scary part is often related to the question: will robots steal my job?

Federico Pistono says that's ok.

We read articles about how many jobs will not exist anymore in the near future, and sometimes how new jobs will be created to …

Summertime usually means a busy period for Network Engineers, customers are on holidays and we have the opportunity to performs all the changes that impact network connectivity.

For me this usually means core switch replacement.

Today I was moving a configuration from an HP8200 to a Cisco 4500, taking care of all the …