Heavy Networking 705: Evolving From Python To Platforms For Network Automation (Sponsored)

Most of us have built a set of scripts or playbooks that solve some problems we have. But most of us have NOT productized the solution. Our automations likely save us some time and reduce human error, but aren’t the sort of things we can package up and turn the rest of the organization loose with. All we’ve really done is build macros. Macros are not the end game of network automation. The end game is self-service. A platform where network consumers can request the services they need and get them.  A network automation platform means you’ve built the governance–the checks and balances–around what is being requested, such that you know the consumer is getting what they need without being fearful they’ll blow the whole thing up. Our sponsor today is Itential. Itential offers just such a network automation platform. One that allows you to take your existing automation work and build a system around it. The system you might build yourself if you were a full-time developer or had a dev team at your disposal. But you aren’t, and you don’t. Chris Wade, Itential co-founder and CTO, is with us for today’s discussion about building a network automation platform. Show Links: Itential.com/packetpushers Join Itential at NAF’s AutoCon0 Event @itential on X/Twitter Defining Self-Serve Networking: What, Why, & How – Itential Network Automation & Orchestration Maturity Model – Itential Evolving from Individual Automation to Team Automation @ NetDevOps Days London 2023 – Itential From Scripts to Self-Service: How to Achieve Scalable Enterprise Network Automation with Itential – Itential Heavy Networking 675: Enabling Self-Service Automation & NetDevOps With Itential (Sponsored) – Packet Pushers