Heavy Networking 528: If Automation Is So Great, Why Aren’t More Networks Automated? (Sponsored)

The tech industry talks a lot about automation, but widespread adoption is slow. On today’s Heavy Networking episode, sponsored by Cisco, we discuss reasons why automation isn’t more pervasive, particularly in networking, and look at issues such as source of truth, getting state information, the need for orchestration, and user trust. We also examine technology and organizational challenges, process issues, and the lack of investment in tooling and training that may be holding back adoption. Our guests are Omar Sultan, Leader, Product Management at Cisco; and Kevin Corbin, Sr. Solutions Engineer at HashiCorp. We discuss: * The evolution of automation tooling from servers to the network * The critical need to invest in training and education * Crossing a trust threshold with automation * What enterprises can learn from home automation * How to get from where you are to where you want to be * More Show Links: Cisco Network Services Orchestrator (NSO) – Cisco NSO (Network Services Orchestrator) – Cisco DevNet Network Automation Delivery Model – Cisco The Zen of Orchestration and Automation – Cisco Live HashiCorp Learn – HashiCorp Unlocking the Cloud Operating Model – HashiCorp IP Addresses Are Cattle – Medium Omar Sultan on Twitter Kevin Corbin on Twitter