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WeAreDevelopers LIVE • Dec 10, 2020

How Cisco embraced a DevOps culture within its network engineering team

Stuart Clark

Cisco slashed hardware provisioning from 36 hours to 10 minutes by treating network configuration as software development. Discover how GitOps and CI/CD transformed their fragile engineering workflows.

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#1 about 4 min

Scaling global network engineering through DevOps culture

Adopting a DevOps culture resolves the scaling bottlenecks faced by geographically dispersed networking teams during data center expansions.

#2 about 3 min

Defining critical tasks for network agility and scale

Moving away from traditional manual approaches enables teams to support rapid service provisioning and dynamic traffic spikes.

#3 about 6 min

Uncovering the risks of manual deployment workflows

Consolidating manual actions prevents obscured system visibility and simplifies root cause analysis during critical service disruptions.

#4 about 3 min

Transitioning device configurations to infrastructure as code

Migrating from proprietary snapshots to versioned repositories enables rigorous unit testing and automated peer reviews.

#5 about 2 min

Utilizing self-service monitoring and telemetry for rapid diagnostics

Correlating code deployment logs with network traffic irregularities drastically speeds up the troubleshooting process.

#6 about 4 min

Adopting agile practices to overcome operational bottlenecks

Transitioning to agile methodologies allows overwhelmed engineers to implement permanent solutions rather than constantly firefighting.

#7 about 5 min

Implementing GitOps principles for predictable code deployments

Centralizing configurations in version control while leveraging programmatic APIs ensures secure and predictable system updates.

#8 about 7 min

Managing consistency and scale with declared configuration states

Establishing benchmark standards across diverse geographical deployments simplifies device upgrades and clarifies service ownership.

#9 about 5 min

Accelerating physical server deployments with localized automation

Executing comprehensive quality assurance scripts reduces new server staging times and dramatically cuts technician wait cycles.

#10 about 3 min

Eliminating ad hoc snowflake modifications from production instances

Routing emergency fixes through formal integration pipelines guarantees long-term stability and removes undocumented network behavior.

#11 about 3 min

Realizing the operational advantages of versioned system control

Establishing machine-readable deployment practices democratizes infrastructure improvements and actively prevents localized security breaches.

#12 about 2 min

Expanding practical knowledge with community sandboxes and resources

Leveraging dedicated practice environments and active advocacy communities accelerates continuous learning for modern engineering techniques.

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Evaluating the scalable automation advantages of infrastructure as code

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Overcoming cultural friction and scaling DevOps team practices

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Transforming engineering workflows through infrastructure as code

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Origins of adopting DevOps and overcoming infrastructure bottlenecks

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Introduction to cloud native infrastructure and platform engineering

Christian Strack · LIVE

1:36 min

Automating infrastructure to eliminate traditional DevOps roles

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