Network Automation with Open Source, Commercial, and Custom Software (Interop June 2021)
Panelists: Doug Gourlay, Arista Networks | Samir Parikh, Intentionet | Michael Wynston, Fiserv
Moderator: Brett Lykins, Network to Code
Original Date: June 15, 2021
The network automation landscape can often be confusing when evaluating how to use software to solve the problems in your network. There are Open Source, Commercial, and Custom software solutions, and understanding what niches they fill, and how they can interact to solve your problems can often be overwhelming. This panel will dive into some common use cases for each category of software and will talk about how to evaluate these solutions based on their appropriateness for your environment and architecture. We will also talk about ways to bring these disparate tools and categories of tools together into an overall network automation framework.