One of the most elemental pieces of network configuration information is the address of a recursive domain name system server, or RDNSS, that can resolve domain names into IP addresses. However, a ...

IT teams can't manage a network if they lose track of connected devices, device configurations and an accurate picture of the device connections. Without an up-to-date record of their configurations, ...

The definition of Software Defined Networking (SDN) continues to broaden, today including functions such as configuration automation and orchestration. While these tasks aren’t strictly SDN, the fact ...

Phoenix Contact introduced "EtherNet/IP Made Easy," a freeware tool that makes simplifies configuring Phoenix Contact managed switches and input/output devices (I/O ...

In the previous post on JUNOS I gave you a brief overview of the software architecture, with a particular emphasis on modularity. In this post, we’ll have a first look at maneuvering around within a ...

Increasingly, customers ask me about Network as Code and Cisco Services as Code. While network automation is even more critical in the AI era, there’s also a lot of myth, confusion, and a recurring ...

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 ...

Boost Mobile expanded work with Rakuten Symphony that will see it deploy the vendor’s Configuration Manager platform toward ...

In my conversations with customers and partners, there are two topics that are different but somewhat related: compliance and device configuration management. In my latest blog, “Compliant or not?