by Rich Benvin | Apr 16, 2018 | network automation
Full Network Lifecycle Automation: So Easy Even a CIO Could Use It! I’ve been around networking since the early 1990’s. My first router was a Cisco AGS running IOS 8.2(3) and had interface cables (appliques?) that sliced the back of your hands when installing them. I...
by Rich Benvin | Mar 26, 2018 | Big Data, Data Centers, network, network automation, network operations, Yahoo Japan
Yahoo Japan Corporation required a new data center network infrastructure and more efficient network operations to support their big data requirements and massive growth in network traffic. The company evaluated many options including proprietary offerings from large...
by Rich Benvin | Dec 15, 2017 | data center design, intent based analytics, intent based networking, intent washing, network automation, webinar
Rapidly Build and Operate Physical and Overlay Networks Apstra has an upcoming webinar that helps answer a lot of questions around how we are able to dramatically decrease time to market for new data center deployments. As part of the webinar, I will be providing a...
by Rich Benvin | Jun 23, 2017 | articles, Cisco, dcouments, intent based networking, intent-based network, IT, self-operating network, Videos
What Is Intent-Based Networking? – Network World Network World – What is intent-based networking? Gartner Research Vice President Andrew Lerner says intent-based networking systems (IBNS) are not new, and in fact the ideas behind IBNS have been around for...
by Rich Benvin | May 15, 2017 | Networks
Delivering on the vision of a Self-Operating Network™ is the core mission of Apstra. As we have made clear, this is not an easy challenge, but one that requires careful steps forward that address customer requirements. Today, we take a significant step forward in our...
