Posted by TechTarget on June 15, 2018:
At Cisco Live 2018, the networking vendor continued its emphasis on software, opening Cisco DNA Center to developers and talking up opportunities for channel partners in building solutions on its intent-based networking platform. The Cisco conference was held this week in Orlando.
Cisco said it is releasing developer tools and open APIs into Cisco DNA Center, the control console for the vendor's intent-based networks. Cisco launched its intent-based networking initiative a year ago, shaking up its network design approach and underscoring its push toward network programmability. In opening DNA Center, Cisco encourages its partners to create applications that take advantage of data collected via Cisco DNA Center.
World Wide Technology Inc. (WWT), a technology solutions provider and Cisco Gold partner based in St. Louis, created a Mobile Ops Center to demonstrate the potential to build upon Cisco's control center.
"We have only scratched the surface of what is possible with the extensive API set Cisco has built into DNA Center," said Neil Anderson, practice manager of mobility and access at WWT.
Anderson said WWT plans to use the API capabilities to deliver IT automation on top of Cisco DNA Center and "speed the delivery of our deployments for customers." In addition, he cited the possibility of integrating across multiple platforms: integrating Cisco DNA with security and IT service ticketing help desk platforms, as well as linking policy in the network with policy in the data center.
Cisco Live 2018: Developer base grows
The networking vendor used the occasion of Cisco Live 2018 to point to its growing developer base. Susie Wee, vice president and CTO of DevNet innovations at Cisco, said the company's DevNet developer program has reached the 500,000 registered members mark. "It means we've hit critical mass with a developer community who can program the network," Wee
wrote in a Cisco blog post.
