Forward Networks Demo: Custom Checks

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.

Forward Networks Demo: Closed Loop Automation

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.

Intro to Forward Networks + UI Demo

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.

Dell EMC SD-WAN Solutions Overview and Demo

In this session Dell EMC’s Drew Schulke provides a high-level overview and VMware’s Toomo Esaka demonstrates the new Dell EMC SD-WAN solution.  This is a one-stop solution combining Dell EMC hardware and VMware SD-WAN software by VeloCloud, along with a Dell EMC managed infrastructure.

Dell EMC SmartFabric Director Demo

In this session, Dell EMC’s Ram Haridasa provides a high-level product overview and VMware’s Bops Puliyanda demonstrates the new Dell EMC SmartFabric Director solution co-developed by Dell EMC and VMware. This solution greatly simplifies data center fabric design, deployment and operations and includes enhanced visibility across virtual and physical networks.

Dell EMC SmartFabric Director Overview

In this session, Dell EMC’s Ram Haridasa provides a high-level product overview of the new Dell EMC SmartFabric Director solution co-developed by Dell EMC and VMware. This solution greatly simplifies data center fabric design, deployment and operations and includes enhanced visibility across virtual and physical networks.

Arrcus ArcOS BGP-EVPN with Workload Mobility & Analytics

In this section, Dave Thelen and Mayur Shetty do a live demo of ArcOS BGP/EVPN solution including the ability to track workload mobility within the fabric across racks. In addition, they highlight how ArcIQ has an alert mechanism when these workloads move.

Arrcus Switching and Routing Demos

In this section, Murali Gandluru will showcase how ArcOS + ArcIQ enables simple, scalable and secure network solutions Highlights the ArcOS ability to scale to internet routing scale and the maximum ACL scale on the latest J2 platform Ability to use a combination of ArcOS+ArcIQ and a third party DDoS platform to show a DDoS […]

Arrcus Architectural Overview

In this section, Keyur Patel will go into an architectural overview of ArcOS, why ArcOS was built from first principles and how the ArcIQ analytics platform provides real-time visibility, granular control and security to switching and routing environments.

Arrcus Product Overview

In this section, Murali Gandluru will go over the following key topics: – Company Overview – Talk about ArcOS and ArcIQ capabilities and fundamental product differentiators – Also go into the supported use cases

Network to Code NetBox with Jeremy Stretch and John Anderson

Hear directly from the creator of NetBox, Jeremy Stretch, and fellow NetBox maintainer John Anderson on what NetBox is, what it is not, and bit more into advanced features of NetBox like its APIs, data models, custom scripts, and much more. Even learn about how Network to Code is offering commercial support for NetBox!

Network to Code Network Automation Journey – Part 2

Understanding workflows and the consumers of those workflow is absolutely critical for a successful network automation journey.  This session explores how Network to Code helps its clients manage networks and automation through ITSM (ServiceNow), Chat (Slack), and data management (NetBox) platforms catering to the individual needs of each user type within an organization.

Network to Code Network Automation Journey – Part 1

Deploying Network Automation is a journey.and this session takes a glimpse into how it’s possible to jump start a network automation journey examining steps like building an inventory, a source of truth, along with focusing on high-value read-only network automation workflows.

Cisco Network Insights

Network Insights Advisor brings all the in-house Cisco intelligence straight to the Data Center. In this session, you’ll learn about alerts on potential bugs exposure, EOL notices and PSIRT notification, as well as workarounds and remediation tailored specifically to the deployed ACI/NXOS fabric and features deployed. You’ll also learn about Advanced Day 2 lifecycle management […]

Cisco Data Center Network Manager

Data Center Network Manager (DCNM) is the network management platform for all NX-OS-enabled deployments, spanning new fabric architectures, including automation, visibility and consistency for the Cisco Nexus-powered data center. In this session, you’ll learn how DCNM plays a part in getting complete automation, extensive visibility, and consistent operations for your data center.

NGINX Do You Need a Service Mesh?

This presentation is a pragmatic look at the state of the service mesh and what NGINX is planning to build in the service mesh area.

Advanced NGINX Config, Performance Improvements, Caching, Clustering

In this presentation we will learn why NGINX is the proxy of choice among the top 10,000 busiest websites. We will take a close look at in the NGINX architecture and explain how, with proper tuning of both Linux and NGINX, you can accelerate the overall performance of your web applications to great heights.

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