Let’s be trustworthy: automation isn’t non-obligatory anymore. When you’re a community engineer questioning how AI and automation will change your job, right here’s the fact. Engineers who automate will outpace those that don’t.
See what’s doable with Cisco at AutoCon 4
AutoCon 4, November 17–21, 2025, in Austin, TX, is the place the neighborhood compares notes on what truly works—code, playbooks, telemetry, and the individuals/course of shifts that make all of it stick. Come see what’s doable on the Cisco sales space, or begin free at the moment at Cisco U. and switch a boring repetitive process into your first automated win.
“My most important takeaway from AutoCon was seeing how our prospects arrange themselves to truly do NetDevOps—
what community engineers be taught, how they accomplice with builders, and the way mutual understanding shapes success at scale.”
—François Caen, Product Supervisor, Be taught with Cisco
Why groups stall on automation (and how one can transfer ahead)
Many organizations have just a few scripts or pilots however battle to scale their automation follow.
The standard blockers:
- Rework & inconsistency: each website is a snowflake.
- Restricted visibility: no helpful telemetry or dashboards.
- Abilities hole: engineers aren’t positive the place to begin, or how deep to go.
What will get momentum again:
- API-first workflows with clear intent and guardrails.
- Mannequin-driven telemetry that turns knowledge into motion.
- Shared patterns (Git, evaluations, checks) throughout community + software program groups.
Automation you’ll discover on the Cisco sales space at AutoCon 4
Fingers-on demos that present how one can get from handbook duties to repeatable pipelines:
- Operational Automation: intent-based, API-first workflows that lower tickets and toil.
- Scalable Observability: Flip telemetry into insights for capability, safety, and SLOs.
- Programmability: Python, SDKs, and open APIs—use what matches your stack.
- Ability-Constructing with Cisco U: tutorials, labs, and studying paths mapping the applied sciences above to CCNA → CCNP → CCIE.
Carry us a process that wastes your time. We’ll present a path to automate it, or the place to begin studying.
Can’t make it to Austin? Begin in half-hour
You don’t want a airplane ticket to Austin to make progress. Comply with François’ recommendation: “Discover one repetitive process, automate it, and are available to Cisco U. to find out how. Begin with a free tutorial or Python for Community Engineers, then develop and check your abilities alongside the Automation CCNA, CCNP, and CCIE path.”
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FAQs
What’s NetDevOps?
Making use of software program practices (model management, CI/CD, testing) to community deployment and operations.
Do I’ve to be a developer?
No. Begin small with Ansible, Python, or low-code instruments and construct depth over time.
What does Cisco present at AutoCon?
Operational automation, observability, and programmability—plus hands-on demos, studying, and certifications prep by way of Cisco U.
The place do I begin at the moment?
At u.cisco.com—free tutorials, guided labs, and structured studying paths.
Automation doesn’t scale alone—it takes a neighborhood
The expertise is prepared. What’s wanted now could be shared expertise, clear paths, and collaboration throughout roles and distributors. AutoCon is the place that occurs.
We stay up for seeing you in Austin for AutoCon 4! Let’s speed up automation—collectively.
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