When writing scripts that create or manipulate file and directories, it’s all too easy to get lost using chmod and chdir operating system directives.

How to Describe Automation Cisco Live, Milan, 2014, the place where everyone drinks a caffé!

Network programmability and network automation go hand-in-hand (pun intended) and I’ve been waiting for an opportunity to play with the Juniper IDL (.

Automation has become this “all-encompassing thingy” much like SDN. It’s a software industry problem and it’s critical more now than ever that we do not slip backwards by trying to drag a broken idea forwards.

When something simple goes wrong, frustration is never proportionate to the anticipated ease.

Warning: A non-technical story from being on the frontline in support

If you’ve chosen to do a proof-of-concept (PoC), you should already know what the challenge or requirement is, what your satisfactory results look like and what the product or tool set is that will deliver on your commitment.

Network Heroes Some people love networking because it makes them feel special.

On a train this morning, I read Ivan Pepelnjak’s Twitter stream (because what else is there to do whilst relaxing with a coffee?