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Enhance Operations

Efficiency with Automation

Presented by: Tim Levad

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The Case for Automation

of network downtime is due to human error

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March 26, 2015Have you automated operational tasks?

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An Optimized Network is the Foundation for

Business Innovation & Outcomes

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Security & Risk

Operations Efficiency

& Automation

Analytics & Modeling

Compliance & Change

Management

Architecture Strategy

& Planning

Operations Support

& Lifecycle Management

Six Areas

You Need to

Address

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Operations

Efficiency &

Automation

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Agenda

Why is automation important to your network?

When would you use automation?

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Why is Automation Important?

Time Savings Cost Reduction Better Results

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When to use Automation?

Strained

Resources

Change &

Compliance

Management

Network

Monitoring &

Performance

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Automation Use Cases

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Strained Resources

Time Wasted on

Repetitive ProceduresIncreasing Network

Complexity

Lack of

Automation Tools

High Risk

of Failure

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Change Management

Change Measured in

Days, Not MinutesOverdue Change

Requests

Reliant on

Spreadsheets

High Risk

of Failure

Inconsistent

Implementation

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Compliance Management

Lack Expertise Audits Require

a Task Force

Pressure is

Growing

High Risk

of Failure

Demand for

New Services

Limited Visibility

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Network Monitoring & Performance

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Automating the Change Lifecycle

Identify Configurations Out of Compliance

A customer needed a better way to monitor and manage their 12,000+ Cisco devices. Manually applying configuration changes to an install base of this size was no easy task. They would lose track of configuration compliance.

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Identifying Noncompliant Devices

Using Cisco Network Optimization Service, they were able to monitor their network inventory, security advisories, and up-to-date configurations with ease.

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Automating Updates

Configuration Best Practice Report:They could apply high, medium and low risk values

based on their software configuration rules

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Validating Change

After the changes were implemented, they could rerun the report to determine which issues were fixed and if any were missed.

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Automating the Change Lifecycle

1. Establish your golden configuration

2. Identify devices out of compliance

3. Apply corrective change

4. Validate changes

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Reasons for Automation Recap

Strained

Resources

Change &

Compliance

Management

Network

Monitoring &

Performance

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Technical

Leadership

Professional

Services Expertise

Critical

Tools Best Practices

Cisco Network Optimization Service

Provides your team with…

…to help you run your network

intelligently for optimal performance.

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Next Steps

Catalog your near &

mid-term initiatives

Assess your visibility into the

effect of those changes

Schedule a business

alignment workshop

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Resources

Forrester Study: The Total Economic Impact of Cisco NOS

Before & After Network Optimization Infographic

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