By shifting to an automation model that relies on an authoritative 'network source of truth,' Intel scaled its network, ...

While modern hybrid on-premise and multicloud connected digital infrastructures can deliver IT services at levels previously unimaginable, enterprises are finding it increasingly difficult to ...

Role-based access controls and restrictions on CLI access on the network are a couple of ways to impose control over unauthorized changes that can cause NSoT drift. The NSoT team should seek out ways ...

The industry has high hopes for network automation. Industry research, as well as our own work, indicates that IT and networking professionals believe that many network management tasks can be ...

Network automation offers the promise of greater efficiency, faster deployments and fewer manual errors—but it’s not without its challenges. Many teams dive in with good intentions, only to encounter ...

Network automation relies on a data repository to create network configurations and drive network validation tests. This repository has become known as a network source of truth (NSoT). The objective ...