Infrastructure Automation

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

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.

Briefing Cisco NSO

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 Pure Storage

Infrastructure Automation Envisioning Workshop

Feb 5, 2021

1 min read

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. test

Nov 11, 2019

1 min read

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

Article Cisco

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

Inside the ATC Automation: Infrastructure Automation

Aug 24, 2021 • 11 am (CDT)

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.

Article Cisco

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.

Article F5

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

Case studies

Case Study Why WWT

Building a Modern, Elastic IT Infrastructure From Scratch for Elanco Animal Health to Streamline and Optimize M&A

During a global pandemic, Elanco and WWT worked collaboratively to design, build and integrate an end-to-end IT infrastructure with the ability to scale and meet the evolving demands of the highly competitive animal health market.

Jan 12, 2022

6 min read

Case Study Hybrid Cloud

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 Cisco

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 UiPath

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

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Mark Wall

WWT

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WWT

National Technical Solutions Architect

Eric Becker

WWT

Technical Solutions Architect

Joel King

WWT

Distinguished Solutions Architect | CCIE No. 1846 (ret.)

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

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Technical Solutions Architect

Steve Noviello

WWT

Technical Solutions Architect

John Tejada

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Technical Solutions Arch II

Ron Whitt

WWT

Technical Solutions Arch III

Nick Thompson

WWT

Principal Solutions Architect - Automation

Corey Wanless

WWT

Technical Solutions Architect

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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

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Event experience

Hands-On F5 HashiCorp Vault Lab Workshop

Join World Wide Technology's industry experts for a hands-on workshop around integrating F5 BIG-IP and HashiCorp Vault and explore how these two solutions can be used for certification automation for web applications.

Jun 28, 2022 • 1 pm (CDT)

Case Study Why WWT

Building a Modern, Elastic IT Infrastructure From Scratch for Elanco Animal Health to Streamline and Optimize M&A

Jan 12, 2022

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Demystifying the Cisco Catalyst 9800 Configuration Model

The purpose of this insight is to educate wireless network administrators who are considering deploying or migrating a wireless network about the similarities and differences between the Cisco Catalyst 9800 and AireOS wireless solutions. We have provided an overview of the Cisco Catalyst solution, details about why the configuration model was revamped, and instructions for how to correlate configuration constructs between the legacy and new configuration model, simplifying adoption of the new solution.

Jun 26, 2020

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Cisco Ansible Automation Lab

Oct 22, 2019

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Hands-On F5 HashiCorp Vault Lab Workshop

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Briefing CloudBolt OneFuse

vRealize Automation ServiceNow Integration Overview and Demo

VMware vRealize Automation (vRA) helps customers accelerate the adoption, consumption and utilization of software-defined data center. ServiceNow does a great job of digitizing business processes and providing organizations a self-service portal. These technologies together integrate leading public cloud providers and provide a consistent user experience, governance and consumable services. We want to bridge silos and make it easier for your ServiceNow team to adopt your Infrastructure Automation Platform.

Jun 20, 2022

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Solving the Network Automation Puzzle with Ansible

Read the article and listen to the podcast to learn what Ansible is, how it works and how WWT's ATC can help organizations configure Cisco DNA Center using Ansible.

Jun 20, 2022

5 min read

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Cisco Live! Shorts: Nick Thompson on WWT Challenge Labs, Developing IT Skills and Cisco DevNet

An on-site interview of Nick Thompson at Cisco Live 2022 to hear his insights on the importance of daily announcements, keynote sessions and breakouts.

Jun 20, 2022

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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)

Video Why WWT

Building a Modern, Elastic IT Infrastructure From Scratch for Elanco Animal Health

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Lab Cloudify- Environment as a Service

Continuous Integration in 10 Minutes With Gitlab CI and Slack

Using Gitlab CI and Slack Webhooks, add a working CI pipeline and alert system to an existing project in minutes!

Jun 7, 2022

8 min read

Cloudify Lab

This lab introduces you to Cloudify, a powerful, multicloud management system that deploys and manages cloud environments across public and private cloud infrastructure.

Jun 6, 2022

2 min read

Video Infrastructure Automation

Infrastructure Automation and DevOps Solutions

From WWT's DevOps practice, Matthew Perry, Senior Director of DevOps Enablement and Tyler Hatton, Technical Solutions Architect, discuss the challenges that our customers face around DevOps. They also review how WWT can help customers in this practice and WWT's capabilities and solutions in DevOps.

May 31, 2022

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8 Critical Considerations for AI Deployments

May 26, 2022

7 min read

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: Skills Development

We're back with another round of Inside the ATC, with Automation experts Nick Thompson & Tyler Hatton. This series highlights the most recent content, labs, experts and case studies around a particular topic you can find on our Advanced Technology Center Digital Platform, wwt.com. There's a lot there and we want to help you find what you really need, wherever you are in your Automation journey.

Apr 05, 2022 • 10 am (CDT)

Article NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP

F5 Certificate Rotate with Vault and BIG-IP

Use Docker, Ansible and Terraform to create a Certificate Authority with Hashicorp Vault and F5 BIGIP. Ephemeral certificates are rotated every 2 minutes.

May 16, 2022

1 min read

Lab Open Banking

WAAP for Open Banking Lab

This lab demonstrates the use case for securing a Open Banking transaction initiated by a PSU (Payment Service User) by logging into the TPP (Third Party App).

May 9, 2022

2 min read

NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP in Google Cloud With Terraform

The agility of the cloud is best utilized with the proper automation practices in place. This would include CI/CD pipelines or enabling Infrastructure-as-code (IAC) through cloud automation.

May 9, 2022

8 min read

News Infrastructure Automation

Braintrust: What's the next big milestone in factory automation?

Protocol's experts, including WWT's Tim Householder, weigh in on the biggest questions in tech.

May 3, 2022

1 min read

Briefing Cloudify

Cloudify Cloud Management Platform (CMP) Briefing

Cloudify provides infrastructure automation using 'Environment as a Service' technology to deploy and continuously manage any cloud, private data center or Kubernetes service from one central point while leveraging existing toolchains: Terraform, Ansible and more. Use Cloudify to import existing automation templates and scripts and automatically convert them into certified environments. Manage them using the Cloudify console or export these environments to ServiceNow and enable users to deploy, continuously manage and maintain them as part of approval workflows.

Apr 19, 2022

1 min read