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Enhancing Migration Procedures with AI and Agent-Supported Pre and Post Checks In the evolving landscape of network management, ensuring seamless migration procedures is important in order to maintain operational continuity and performance. This ses...

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Using natural language to enhance decisions with AI and the cisco Hierarchical Crosswork Orchestrator (HCO) Operations Track: Breakout Cisco’s Hierarchical Crosswork Orchestrator (HCO) leverages the Sedona Hierarchical Query Language (SHQL) to enab...

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This session will explore the integration of Cisco Network Services Orchestrator (NSO) and AI chatbots to automate the provisioning of configurations to Cisco Next-Gen Firewalls. Participants will learn how to streamline the automation of firewall p...

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Paving the path for Autonomous Network Planning using APIs and AI Agents Operations Track: Breakout The purpose of this session is to provide an update on the advanced Predictive Analysis tools of Crosswork Planning. We will also discuss the feature...

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Fleet Upgrade: Creating Custom MOPs via UI Operations Track: Breakout In this session, we’ll explore the latest advancements in automating image and OS upgrades through a new, intuitive user interface. Attendees will gain insights into how the Flee...

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Driving Adoption with Crosswork Network Controller: Leveraging Brownfield Service Discovery, Workflow Automation, Service Assurance, and Traffic Engineering Operation Track: Breakout Deploying the Crosswork Network Controller (CNC) in brownfield en...

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Step Towards Autonomous Operations Using Cisco CNC Premier Operations Track: Breakout As networks grow in scale and complexity, the demand for intelligent, self-healing infrastructure is becoming critical. In this breakout session, we’ll explore how...

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Simplify Infrastructure Visibility and Control Operations Track: Breakout Infrastructure visibility is vital for a seamless experience—it’s how you manage complex networks with ease. Cisco Crosswork Network Controller ESSENTIAL provide operator full...

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Swisscom Taking Test Driven Development to the Next Level with pyATS In this session, we will explore the journey of Test Automation at Swisscom and our vision for Test Driven Development. We will discuss the initial use of CXTA/Robot framework that ...

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Provision Cisco Network Services Orchestrator (NSO) Observability with Splunk Observability gives the Cisco Network Services Orchestrator (NSO) Operator and Developer the "bird view" during various operations. This is especially important when thin...

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NSO Use Case: Enabling All-Photonics Network by automating distributed DC As a use case of NTT's next-generation information and communications infrastructure called "IOWN" (Innovative Optical and Wireless Network), our team is working on utilizing ...

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Service sync on a brownfield network: it's a journey, not a destination. Nearly a decade ago, Crown Castle kicked off a network automation adventure with Cisco NSO. Today, that decision underpins the streamlined delivery of services on our nationwi...

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Simplifying Radio Deployments: MasOrange’s API-Driven Automation with Cisco NSO This talk presents MasOrange’s innovative use of Cisco NSO to automate radio service deployment. By shifting to intent-based automation with APIs and creating NED emula...

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Mastering Service Design: Insights from Over a Decade of Experience Developing SP-scale Automation - Part 2 Designing services presents significant challenges on its own. When you incorporate operational state, reactive services, CFS abstractions, ...

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The Methodology of Testing: Scaling out Network Service Orchestrator (NSO) to 25,000 Devices Although Cisco Network Services Orchestrator (NSO) is a carrier-grade solution, there is little data about scaling and performance. This session shares the ...

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