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Forward Networks Presents at Networking Field Day 21



Networking Field Day 21

Nikhil Handigol presents at Networking Field Day


This Presentation date is October 3, 2019 at 15:00-17:00.

Presenters: Brandon Heller, Fabrizio Maccioni, Natale Ruello, Nikhil Handigol, Sivasankar Radhakrishnan


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Intro to Forward Networks + UI Demo


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What does it mean to have a mathematical model (or “digital twin”) of the network? Brandon explains how the Forward Networks team built the software platform, and demonstrates the core functionality of Forward Enterprise to search, verify, and predict network behavior.

Personnel: Brandon Heller

Forward Networks API Integrations + App Team Self Service Demo


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Siva provides an overview of API integrations with the Forward platform and shows how one of the company’s large customers uses a Slackbot to query network behavior and return instant results.

Personnel: Sivasankar Radhakrishnan

Forward Networks Demo: Closed Loop Automation


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Network automation and verification go hand-in-hand, as Fabizio demonstrates in this example using Forward Enterprise in conjunction with Ansible. Network verification closes the loop on network automation and allows network operators to quickly verify network behavior.

Personnel: Fabrizio Maccioni

Forward Networks Demo: Custom Checks


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Nikhil introduces a new feature in the Forward platform, enabling network engineers to use Forward’s Network Query Engine (NQE) to easily build custom checks for network behavior by querying a normalized, structured data set.

Natale highlights some key lessons learned in building an enterprise-grade product: the need for scalability, accuracy, performance, and ease of use.

Personnel: Natale Ruello, Nikhil Handigol


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