{"id":12569,"date":"2019-06-12T09:00:17","date_gmt":"2019-06-12T09:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/?p=12569"},"modified":"2022-10-14T18:28:47","modified_gmt":"2022-10-14T22:28:47","slug":"itential-expands-automation-across-cisco-sd-wan-cloud-and-data-center-networks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/sd-wan\/itential-expands-automation-across-cisco-sd-wan-cloud-and-data-center-networks.html","title":{"rendered":"Itential Expands Automation Across Cisco SD-WAN, Cloud, and Data Center Networks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Intelligent network automation vendor\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmcnet.com\/query\/searchresults.aspx?searchstring=itential&amp;Action.x=0&amp;Action.y=0\">Itential<\/a> announced it has expanded its multi-domain automation capabilities with new integrations across Cisco powered SD-WAN, Cloud and Data Center Networks. Itential\u2019s purpose-built adapters for Cisco systems such as Meraki, DNA Center, Viptela, ACI and expanded NSO integration, as well as deep support for 3<sup>rd<\/sup>\u00a0party management tools, provides enterprises and service providers a single network API that simplifies integration and enables end-to-end automation across complex, multi-domain and multi-vendor environments.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This means automation can be end-to-end, across the carrier and enterprise network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to a recent&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.enterprisemanagement.com\/research\/asset.php\/3599\/Network-Management-Megatrends-2018:-Exploring-NetSecOps-Convergence,-Network-Automation,-and-Cloud-Networking\">EMA survey<\/a>, the top networking challenges for\nenterprises include lack of skills, fragmented management tools and lack of\nend-to-end network visibility, with even more automation silos occurring across\ndifferent domains with the advent of SDN for data center, SD-WAN tools for the\nWAN and DevOps IT automation that have to span these multiple domains and\nvendors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/itential-logo-stacked-tagline-r.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12571\" width=\"436\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/itential-logo-stacked-tagline-r.jpg 3997w, https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/itential-logo-stacked-tagline-r-768x598.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 436px) 100vw, 436px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cNetwork automation is inherently a\nmulti-domain problem as the vendor ecosystem continues to introduce a litany of\ncontrollers and orchestrators as the new management plane,\u201d said Chris Wade,\nItential CTO.&nbsp;&nbsp;\u201cItential is\nfocused on minimizing the effort required to integrate with the network and\nsupporting systems by providing an open library of adapters and the\nself-service capability to build integrations. We believe the commoditization\nof network APIs is key for advancing network programmability and delivering\nmodern, intelligent automation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Itential\u2019s Network Automation Platform integrates with any Cisco tool and aggregates their capabilities into a single user interface, allowing teams to automate use cases that span operations, configuration management, service orchestration and policy management. Itential\u2019s latest adapters for Cisco powered networks include enhanced automation capabilities for:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>SD-WAN &#8211;<\/strong>\u00a0SD-WAN technology is not standardized with a large diversity in management requirements. Itential orchestrates and automates the complex deployment of SD-WAN infrastructure, while supporting existing network infrastructure that is already in place, using a single automation platform.<\/li><li><strong>Cloud \u2013<\/strong>\u00a0Itential manages all phases of the cloud infrastructure\u2019s process automation and management, configuration, and compliance and remediation, from resource creation to deletion, reducing errors and the time spent on infrastructure deployments.<\/li><li><strong>Data Center \u2013<\/strong>\u00a0The automation of initial and ongoing provisioning,      network compliance monitoring and remediation are key components of today\u2019s data centers.\u00a0 Itential automates provisioning, manages network changes, and remediates day-to-day issues of data centers deployed in both virtual and physical cloud networks. Network teams can manage configurations, software upgrades, and integrations with other applications, meeting the needs of even the most complex data center deployments.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1170\" height=\"694\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/intential-table-1170x694.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12572\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/intential-table-1170x694.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/intential-table-768x456.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/intential-table-440x260.jpg 440w, https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/intential-table-390x231.jpg 390w, https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/intential-table-220x130.jpg 220w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1170px) 100vw, 1170px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As automation becomes a pillar of providing digital transformation to companies &#8211; allowing them to be more efficient and responsive, Itential has expanded its list of compatible vendors to assist on your company&#8217;s DX journey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Plot your Digital transformation at the  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.itexpo.com\/\">ITEXPO<\/a>\u00a0#TechSuperShow, Feb 12-14, 2020 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/itexpo-2019-hall-7.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12172\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/itexpo-2019-hall-7.jpg 800w, https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/itexpo-2019-hall-7-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Intelligent network automation vendor\u00a0Itential announced it has expanded its multi-domain automation capabilities with new integrations across Cisco powered SD-WAN, Cloud and Data Center Networks. 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