Exec Overview [Ansible Network Automation] (Becoming Cloud Native)

Network Automation with Ansible (Exec Overview)

Pro Tips for Becoming Cloud Native covered in this video:
-Becoming cloud native means becoming DevOps
-Automating everything you can means everything

Why Ansible?
Running on 4 Million Nodes (as of Sep 2019)
Talk about growth!
First: 4 years to reach 1M nodes
Next: +7 months to reach 2M nodes
Now: +11 months to reach 4M nodes
500K+ downloads per month
1,000+ Ansible Automation customers
Top 10 project by contributors on GitHub
Currently the #1 CMS by many measurements

Why Ansible for Network Teams?
Human-readable & version-controllable
Nothing to install on network devices
Has many, many built-in modules
Fast adoption for network engineers
Big opportunity: Gartner says only 10% of network devices have automation so far

As part of the "Becoming Cloud Native with Red Hat Emerging Technologies" playlist, this video is one in a series on Automation topics, in which Red Hat systems integrator partner Level Up Technology is highlighting important features and third-party integrations of Ansible and the Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform (aka Tower), which you may not be using yet, but which we believe can help accelerate your company’s infrastructure automation adoption curve and create an even bigger impact for both your team and your internal IT customers alike.

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