Making Network Automation Accessible: Insights from Itential

As someone who doesn’t live and breathe network automation, I’ve always found it a bit daunting. But recently, at a Network Field Day session, Itential presented a fresh approach that truly resonated with me. What I found especially compelling was how their platform simplifies complex automation concepts, making them accessible even for those of us who aren’t automation experts.

Itential’s focus on bridging the gap between network teams and operations teams struck a chord. Their framework allows network engineers to develop and commit automations without needing to be full-time coders or sysadmins. Instead of countless hours spent troubleshooting and manually running scripts, Itential’s platform turns these tasks into seamless services, which can be accessed and utilized by others on the team with ease.

The platform’s layered approach—combining automation, orchestration, and productization—goes beyond basic cost savings. It enables organizations to generate real value by allowing engineers to create reusable, consistent automation that can be executed without excessive back-and-forth. I was particularly impressed by the platform’s approach to standardizing workflows and adding flexibility, which allows for handling even the most complex tasks smoothly.

Itential’s solution, with its emphasis on real-time, consumption-based operations, is tailored for the modern networking world, making automation manageable and practical. For anyone feeling that network automation is too technical or inaccessible, this presentation left me with a reassuring takeaway: there are tools out there that make it achievable, even for those who don’t specialize in it.

Check them out at https://www.itential.com/ for more information.