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Interconnected Automation and Orchestration

How the connection between orchestration tools, Phantom and Ansible Tower can automate incident response, data collection, corrective actions and notifications.

Mar 3, 2017

3 min read

Leveraging Edge Computing in a Zero Trust Architecture

This article describes how the early initiatives in software-defined networking contribute to the goal of implementing a Zero Trust architecture through incremental advancements in network programmability.

Oct 20, 2020

9 min read

Article Cloud Management

Automating with Ansible and VMware vRealize Automation

Learn more about integrating Ansible Tower with VMware vRealize Suite for CMP automation

Sep 11, 2017

4 min read

Lab F5 Application Delivery Contollers

On the DevOps Journey: How Network Engineers Can Begin to Think Like Developers Using F5

NetOps embracing development best practices is a key piece in the DevOps puzzle. Three shifts in mindset and technology use cases can help.

Mar 26, 2019

7 min read

How do I get started?

We will support you from learning about infrastructure automation through hands-on labs to coming up with an infrastructure automation strategy that delivers business value. When it comes time to implement and operate automation toolsets, we make sure teams have the training they need to succeed.

Evaluate

Learn how leading automation toolsets are helping infrastructure teams. Then, try them out for yourself. Our hands-on labs and demonstrations teach you the fundamentals of automation and show you how automation can be applied to various technology domains.

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Infrastructure Automation Briefing

Infrastructure Automation is the cornerstone that allows IT to provide consumable infrastructure for development and application teams inside your organization. Automation is also key to reducing toil and having engineering and operations teams focus on important work and driving your business into the future. However, for many, getting started with Automation can seem like a daunting task, and prioritizing where to start can be a difficult decision.

Jul 23, 2021

1 min read

Workshop Public Sector

Infrastructure Automation Envisioning Workshop

Feb 5, 2021

1 min read

Lab

F5 Ansible Automation Training Lab

Welcome to WWT’s F5 Automation and Programmability Lab. The intended goal of this lab is to introduce and enable F5 administrators in taking the first step to automate, simplify and streamline the F5 provisioning and configuration process.

Nov 11, 2019

1 min read

Lab

Cisco Ansible Automation Lab

Welcome to WWT's Introduction to Network Automation and Programmability Lab. The intended goal of this lab is to introduce network architects and DevOps engineers in taking the first step to automate, simplify and streamline the provisioning and configuration of networking platforms such as Cisco IOS XE, Cisco Nexus and Cisco ACI.

Oct 22, 2019

1 min read

Design

We help you create an infrastructure automation strategy. This includes identifying business initiatives where automation can add the most value and driving out bottlenecks that prevent automation projects from getting off the ground.

Page HashiCorp Terraform

Automation Enablement Program

Feb 1, 2021

3 min read

Workshop Infrastructure Services

Ansible for Higher Level Automation with Cisco DNA Center

New modules to interface Ansible and Cisco DNA Center simplify configuration and inventory management.

Oct 1, 2019

1 min read

Value Stream Mapping Workshop

Participants will conduct guided analysis of process areas through ideation and development of controls for future-state operating models. Benefits of our action plan include reduced overall IT costs through automation, reduced overall risk associated with product or services deployment, and reduced time to execute tasks and processes.

Nov 4, 2019

1 min read

Inside the ATC Automation: Infrastructure Automation

We first developed the Advanced Technology Center (ATC) as a place for people to get their hands on cutting-edge technology. Now we're unlocking this ecosystem and putting all the research, results, tools and expertise in the hands of customers and partners everywhere around the world. Automation is top of mind for nearly everyone as we continue to digitize the world around us, driving scale and mitigating risk. Treating infrastructure as code, developing intent-based multi-OEM systems and leveraging test automation for infrastructure are some very common use cases organizations are doing today. No matter if you are looking to get started or looking to accelerate your current automation efforts, we will discuss how the WWT ATC can provide access to hands-on labs, content, code and experts to move you forward quickly.

Aug 24, 2021 • 11 am CST

Implement

Whether it’s making infrastructure installation easy with playbooks, building a CI/CD pipeline, or integrating systems like Ansible Tower and ServiceNow, we get you up, running and ready to support the business at speed and scale. Plus, SME hours are just a click away.

Take Your Orchestration Strategy to the Next Level

A good orchestration strategy should be scalable, versatile and architecturally functional within your overall network strategy.

Dec 14, 2018

8 min read

Reducing the Skills Gap Between DevOps Processes

How enabling Super-NetOps can automate workflows and reduce the gap between infrastructure and developers

Aug 11, 2017

2 min read

Article Ansible

Building Network Automation into Your Organization

An enterprise-wide automation framework must benefit the individual first. But how can this be accomplished within a large organization?

May 7, 2018

7 min read

Ansible Tower for Implementing Security Policy

Take a look back on WWT Principal Architect Joel King’s Network Automation presentation at AnsibleFest 2018.

Oct 1, 2018

4 min read

Operate

We know you need to quickly skill up but also be self-sufficient in operating automation toolsets. That's why we put IT operations teams on a training and enablement path. And with ongoing access to our labs, learning never has to stop.

Training F5 Application Delivery Contollers

On the DevOps Journey: How Network Engineers Can Begin to Think Like Developers Using F5

NetOps embracing development best practices is a key piece in the DevOps puzzle. Three shifts in mindset and technology use cases can help.

Mar 26, 2019

7 min read

Training

Training Ansible

NetApp Ansible Automation Training

To keep up with the growing speed of business demands, there’s a pressing need to make programmability and automation an inherent part of operational IT processes. WWT offers four different hands-on Ansible Automation Training sessions where experts demonstrate how to get started using centralized automation tools to manage and deploy configurations. Training involves WWT engineers leading design sessions to help you map out potential automatable workflows and form roadmaps for accelerating the application and adoption of automation.

Sep 5, 2019

1 min read

Training

F5 Ansible Automation Training

Sep 25, 2019

1 min read

Training

Training Ansible

Cisco Ansible Automation Training

Sep 5, 2019

1 min read

Case studies

Case Study UiPath - Product

RPA Streamlines WWT Supply Chain

WWT turns to UiPath Robotic Process Automation (RPA) to improve communication and visibility with vendor order fulfillment systems.

Apr 27, 2021

4 min read

Case Study Infrastructure Automation

WWT Saves Time and Money Using Ansible Automation

By adopting Ansible automation, WWT IT is no longer asking themselves if they should automate; they’re asking what should they automate next?

Oct 22, 2019

4 min read

Case Study AWS - Product

IaC and Security Best Practices for Large Scale Cloud Migrations

Build large-scale hybrid cloud environments using Infrastructure as Code (IaC).

Apr 13, 2021

8 min read

Case Study Infrastructure Automation

Solving Information Technology Challenges With Automation Enablement

Overcome IT organizational challenges through re-tooling to take advantage of automation. World Wide Technology enablement offerings through the ATC can help accelerate the journey and transition faster to a more efficient, reliable and automated services-led organization.

Jul 20, 2020

6 min read

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Mark Wall

WWT

Sr. Practice Manager, Automation and App Services

Chris Nugent

WWT

National Technical Solutions Architect

Eric Becker

WWT

Technical Solutions Architect

Joel King

WWT

Distinguished Solutions Architect

Emilio Trenzado

WWT

Technical Architect

Tyler Hatton

WWT

Technical Solutions Architect

Phillip Palmer

WWT

Senior Practice Manager

Jeff Andiorio

WWT

Principal Solutions Architect

Stephen Hey

WWT

Technical Solutions Architect

Steve Noviello

WWT

Technical Solutions Architect

John Tejada

WWT

Technical Solutions Arch II

Ron Whitt

WWT

Technical Solutions Arch II

Nick Thompson

WWT

Principal Solutions Architect - Automation

Corey Wanless

WWT

Technical Solutions Architect

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Article Healthcare

WWT and Automation Anywhere Partner to Demonstrate the Value of Robotic Process Automation in Healthcare

Learn how a cancer research center plans to automate revenue cycle management through AI-powered bots.

Aug 6, 2021

3 min read

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Article Application Services

Hands-On Pure Storage and Ansible Automation Workshop

Join World Wide Technology for a hands-on workshop around Pure Storage and Ansible Automation with our industry experts and the value it brings to your organization! To keep up with the growing speed of business demands, there’s a pressing need to make programmability and automation an inherent part of operational IT processes. WWT offers hands-on Ansible Automation training labs to help customers learn how to get started using centralized automation tools to manage and deploy configurations.

Oct 27, 2021 • 1 pm CST

DevOps: A Survival Guide for Infrastructure Teams

Learn how infrastructure teams can start taking part of DevOps efforts within their organization.

Mar 8, 2017

13 min read

Lab

Lab F5 Application Delivery Contollers

F5 Ansible Automation Training Lab

Nov 11, 2019

1 min read

Article Application Services

Migration From On-Prem to AWS Kubernetes EKS

This article will discuss the migration framework WWT uses to migrating existing on-premise containerized services into the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud, specifically covering AWS Kubernetes Service (EKS) as a migration target.

Feb 19, 2020

16 min read

Hands-On F5 Terraform Automation Workshop

Join World Wide Technology for a hands-on workshop around F5 Terraform Automation Lab with our industry experts and the value it brings to your organization! Infrastructure-as-Code is a significant movement across the networking industry that builds on core principles within the DevOps movement that favor treating everything possible "as code." This workshop is a hands-on overview to introduce the concept of IaC (Infrastructure-as-Code) for managing F5 application services using BIG-IP Terraform Provider.

Dec 14, 2021 • 1 pm CST

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Hands-On F5 Terraform Automation Workshop

Dec 14, 2021 • 1 pm CST

Lab

Lab VMware Cloud Foundation

Hybrid Cloud Management With Morpheus Lab

Gain a better understanding of Morpheus Hybrid Cloud Management and some of it capabilities. Morpheus is an extensive solution that contains over a 100 codeless out of the box integrations that allow an organization to automate, optimize and govern a public/private cloud, while giving users a single point for self-service. The goal of this lab is to allow you to get hands on with Morpheus from an end user perspective, utilizing the standard user interface or the self service portal, and gain an understanding of an admin view for exploring reporting, guidance, and analytics.

Nov 17, 2021

2 min read

RTP Programmability and Automation Meetup: Traffic Jam

Have you ever mocked up a lab environment and needed a router that doesn't require a license or a lot of time to set up?

Nov 11, 2021

42:33

Lab

Lab GitLab

Secure a GraphQL Application With F5 AWAF

The purpose of this lab is to demonstrate the impact of applying a GraphQL profile (available from v16.1) to a WAF policy, securing a vulnerable GraphQL application that is probed by a DAST tool (ZAP). The deployment of the vulnerable application (DVGA), the declarative WAF policy and the execution of DAST session is being controlled by a CI/CD pipeline, simulating a modern development environment.

Nov 9, 2021

2 min read

F5 and WWT Partnership Overview Video

Lisa Citron, VP of Global Channel Sales for F5, talks about how WWT and F5 work together to drive technical excellence for our customers.

Nov 5, 2021

0:52

RTP Programmability and Automation Meetup: Pycrypt

In this session, Joel King provided an overview of basic cryptographic concepts, then examined the use of Fernet, a component of the Python cryptography library, which provides a system for symmetric encryption/decryption of passwords stored in YAML files.

Oct 28, 2021

54:59

Hands-On Pure Storage and Ansible Automation Workshop

Oct 27, 2021 • 1 pm CST

RTP Programmability and Automation Meetup: Nautobot as an App Platform

You may have heard of the growing trend to use a Network Source of Truth (SoT) as a critical component for network automation.

Oct 13, 2021

56:06

Creating the Art of the Possible Through Custom Integrations

WWT uses Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) to create innovative, customizable demonstration applications that integrate with off-the-shelf platforms.

Oct 12, 2021

5 min read

Ansiblefest 2021 Brings Important Updates

With the announcement of Ansible Automation Platform 2.1 at Ansiblefest, Red Hat introduces major updates to its automation solution.

Oct 11, 2021

4 min read

TEC37 A&O Series E01: Breeding Unicorn Employees

We are bringing back some of our favorite TEC37 episodes! In this TEC37 encore, we will discuss how we have noticed a demand in job postings looking for the mythical Unicorn; the person that automates everything, bleeds devops, and judges people by the stickers on their laptop. How do you find these Unicorns? Simple, you breed them.

Jan 28, 2021 • 1 pm CST

TEC37 A&O Series E02: Ansible vs Terraform? Which is Better and Why?

Ansible and Terraform are some of the leading tools for automating infrastructure and driving infrastructure as code. In this session experts from each side will discuss the foundations for a successful automation strategy and where each tool fits in a larger automation strategy.

Feb 17, 2021 • 12 pm CST

Inside the ATC Automation: Infrastructure Automation

Aug 24, 2021 • 11 am CST

RTP Programmability and Automation Meetup: Learn to Build a Python SDK

In this session, Jeff Andiorio walks through creating a simple, non-production Python SDK.

Sep 22, 2021

53:55

WWT Experts: Mark Wall on Infrastructure Automation

In this session from the WWT Experts series, we will hear from Mark Wall who represents WWT’s expertise around infrastructure automation. We’ll present Mark with top questions facing those working on infrastructure automation programs and learn from his hands-on experience working with WWT customers across several industries. Join us for this WWT Experts session!

Sep 2, 2021 • 11 am CST

Four Steps to Protecting Your Data

Sep 15, 2021

5 min read

Lab

Lab HashiCorp Terraform

Pure Storage Automation With Terraform Lab

Automated storage provisioning leveraging the 3rd party flash provider from Terraform's provider registry.

Sep 13, 2021

1 min read