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The ROI of Network Automation: Measuring Impact Beyond Cost Savings
In my last blog, I explored why aligning network automation with business goals is essential for driving meaningful outcomes. But once you’ve established that alignment, the next critical step is measuring the impact. How do you quantify the return on investment (ROI) of automation initiatives in a way that resonates with business leadership? While cost
AI & AIOps
The Future Is Now: How AI-Driven Automation Is Transforming Network Operations
The Evolution of Network Automation Traditional network automation has relied on scripting and static workflows to manage tasks, improve efficiency, and reduce human error. But as networks become increasingly complex and dynamic, these approaches struggle to keep pace. The next evolution in network automation and orchestration is being driven by AI, AIOps, and intelligent automation,
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Why Network Automation Roadmaps Fail (& How to Get It Right)
One aspect of my job that I love is getting to see the vision and roadmap for our customers as they get underway on the network automation journey. It’s fascinating to me to see how similar concepts manifest across a wide variety of industries and domains, skewed here and there by the requirements specific to
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When Automation Isn’t Enough: The Hidden Risks Without Orchestration (& How to Fix Them)
We’ve all been there: a script runs perfectly in the test environment, but it crashes everything in production. While network automation can make repetitive tasks faster and reduce manual errors, there are still plenty of important manual tasks to perform as part of a network change. Pre-checks, post-checks, inventory, and updating systems of record are
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Introducing AUTOMATEx & Why the Time Is Now for Partners to Lead in Network Automation
The Network Automation Opportunity for Partners The network automation market is projected to exceed $30B, and enterprises are feeling the pressure. They need to scale operations, reduce complexity, and meet security and compliance demands — but many lack the expertise, strategy, and resources to make automation a reality. That’s where partners come in. The shift
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Accelerating Action: How ItentiaLadies Are Igniting Progress
Years ago, I wrote about the power of community for women in tech here at Itential — how our "ItentiaLadies" group was more than a name, but a movement to connect, uplift, and inspire. As we approach International Women’s Day 2025 with this year’s theme of "Accelerate Action," I’m proud to say that spirit hasn’t
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How Network Engineers Can Build a Product Mindset for Automation
If you’ve been in networking for a while, chances are you’ve seen automation efforts come and go. We’ve all written scripts to save time, automated the things we hated doing manually, and maybe even built a few workflows to make life easier. But here’s the thing: automating existing tasks isn’t enough. In the latest episode
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Packet Pushers: The Network Engineer’s Evolution – Thinking Like a Product Owner
Total Network Operations 018 The Network Engineer's Evolution: Thinking Like a Product Owner Building a Product Mindset for Network Automation Network teams everywhere are automating tasks, but too often, automation remains fragmented — engineers build scripts for isolated use cases, teams rely on siloed tools, and automation is treated as a one-off project rather than
AI & AIOps
Itential Named a Top Cloud Infrastructure Innovator: How AI Orchestration Is Shaping the Future
For the fifth consecutive year, Itential has been recognized in the Futuriom 50 report, which highlights the most impactful private companies shaping cloud infrastructure, automation, and security. This year’s report underscores a major shift. The rapid adoption of AI-driven operations, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), NetDevOps, and multi-cloud networking is transforming how enterprises scale and manage
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The Long Game: Why I Joined Itential
Throughout my career, I’ve always had a passion for automation and network engineering as a trade. I remember where I was sitting and even what I was wearing, when I ran my first successful Perl script. Although this was almost 20 years ago, I remember it very clearly because it was the start of an
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