Hello Network Academy teachers:   Welcome to DevNet. We are pleased to have you join our community. We look forward to working with you and learning from your expertise in educating networking professionals. As part of the DevNet community, you will be working with product experts and industry leaders driving the future of networking.   Software Defined Networks…Network Automation…Network Programmability…Whatever you call it, digitization is driving new technologies that profoundly impact the job of the network engineer. Networks are evolving – becoming software driven. And that means jobs for network engineers are evolving – requiring new skills. Skills that will make your students more competitive in the evolving job market. Skills that make them efficient in managing networks, streamlining mundane tasks, and heading off problems before they become crises.   Programmability is not the only megatrend revolutionizing the job of the network engineer. Meet the Internet of Things where every device, every app, is looking for a place on your network. IoT generates much more network traffic. To be prepared for the jobs coming in IoT, your students will need to understand about coding and the coding process. Even if your students don’t become coders, they will need to know how to work with developers who are bringing IoT applications to the network.   APIs (Application Program Interfaces) are becoming an important element in working with an ecosystem of partners. APIs open up new opportunities for coders to create network aware applications, and network engineers to set policy for those applications in the network. Understanding these concepts will be important for your students in their future careers. DevNet can help.   DevNet is Cisco’s developer resource and community – a place where developers and network engineers worldwide can learn, code, inspire, and connect. DevNet provides a pathway of learning and hands-on practice for working with APIs and software tools to help in building innovative applications and programmable network solutions.   In DevNet, you’re part of a global community. It’s a place where you can connect with a global network of developers, network engineers, and other instructors teaching new skills in networking. A place where you can find out about events where industry leaders are presenting new technology developments, and students are able to participate in innovation challenges and hackathons, and even get early access to new APIs and technologies.   I invite you to explore DevNet services like DevNet Creations – a platform for ideas, inspiration and innovation where you can learn more about other’s projects and showcase your innovations.   As digitization continues to drive global economies, network engineers increasingly find themselves on the cutting edge of social change. DevNet is here to support you and your students. We provide a community for lifelong learning and professional development, so you and your students can be part of the next generation of global problem solvers.   Become a member of the DevNet community . It’s free and easy. I hope you’ll take a moment to join, fill out your profile, and start connecting with the many opportunities Cisco and DevNet have to offer.   Welcome to DevNet! ... View more

What an exciting time in the DevNet Zone at Cisco Live! I am completely in awe of our devs- they are completely engaged and hands-on knee-deep in code. Yeah! Here are some highlights for our last day! Forget Death by Powerpoint…Developers and Engineers Get Hands-on in DevNet Zone Workshops It’s no secret …developers and engineers love rolling up their sleeves and getting their hands “dirty” when it comes to playing with technology.  Last year, at CLUS-San Diego, we tested the idea of a “Developer Workbench” – a small group (only six seats) environment where participants could interact directly with the workshop leader as they learned about a tool or API. Fast forward to Cisco Live 2016, and DevNet Zone workshops have mushroomed from that single workbench test into four workbench locations, offering more than 50 different, hands-on workshop sessions.    DevNet Workshops cover a wide range of Cisco APIs and tools.  And many of the most popular workshops repeat each day of Cisco Live.  So while it may be Thursday , the last day of Cisco Live, there are still a chance for you to meet product experts and level-up your skills at a DevNet Zone workshop.  Here are just a few examples: Dev IoT - Learn to design, build and deploy an IoT application Ashutosh Malegaonkar and the DevIoT Team will show you how to build up a real IoT solution using Cisco DevIoT IDE.  You’ll get hands of experience at connecting sensor data and actuators to Cisco edge computing services, create rules/policies using Cisco Data-in-Motion at the edge, and add voice and text services via Cisco Tropo. APIC-EM API Hands-on Workshop APIC-EM is Cisco's SDN controller for the Campus and WAN.  All of the services running on the controller are available via a REST API.   In this workshop, Adam Radford takes you through the range of APIs on APIC-EM and gives you some tools and libraries to get stated with exploring them. NETCONF/RESTconf/YANG API  Workshop Let Ralph Schmeider show you how to write your first python application that uses RESTCONF and YANG to access device operation and configuration data. CMX API: Creating Context Aware Mobile Experiences The Cisco Enterprise Mobility Services Platform (EMSP) helps organizations quickly create, deploy and manage context-aware mobile experiences.  In this workshop, Matt Denapoli shows you how EMSP integrates with Cisco’s Connected Mobile Experience (CMX) solution to provide indoor positioning. Device Programmability for Zero Touch Provisioning with Cisco Open Plug-n-Play Using Cisco Plug-n-Play solution, customers can do Zero Touch installs of Cisco gear in various deployment scenarios and deployment locations. Join Bhaskar Bhattacharjee to see how Plug-n-Play provides the same user experience for routers, switches, and wireless access points whether they are being installed in a campus, branch or data center. Ok, We Got YANG Data Models, Now What? Santiago Alvarez describes how to significantly simplify device programmability using APIs generated from YANG data models.  The YANG Development Kit (YDK) provides model-driven APIs that allow the network programmer to focus on the underlying structure of the configuration and operational data associated with the device. Spark APIs: a hands-on workshop Spark API’s, SDK’s and integrations allow developers to develop custom app’s, integrate software and service offerings, or enhance the Cisco re-selling experience.  In this workshop you’ll learn how Cisco Spark simplifies teamwork by making communication seamless, send messages, share files, and meet with different teams, all in one place Tropo APIs: a hands-on workshop Join Phil Bellanti to learn how to build a Tropo application.  You’ll learn how to get a phone number that’s answered by your code, or send and receive text messages from popular web programming languages. Deploying Applications with Cisco Shipped and Mantl This workshop will take specific application code and enable elastic, flexible, and portable application workloads that can be deployed.  You’ll learn how to leverage the Shipped UI to build and deploy a project, and leverage the data analytics to understand the application performance and behaviors. Mantl  - How to Use it Mantl, Cisco’s Open Source Containerization Platform, is an end-to-end, cloud agnostic, highly extensible, integrated stack for running container workloads and big data - including deployment automation, security, and monitoring.  In this workshop you'll explore applications ranging from simple batch processing to complex Lamba Architecture deployments. The above are just a few of the workshops available to you today in the DevNet Zone at Cisco Live. There’s so much to see and do, I can’t do it all justice in a blog.  Please, check out the complete DevNet Zone Thursday schedule of workshops and sessions at https://developer.cisco.com/site/DevNetZone.  Come visit! Susie ... View more

There has been so much action in the DevNet Zone. Developers have been getting hands on with code and new developers have made their first REST API calls. We're gearing up for Day 3 and expect the excitement to continue! I'm a little nervous because today I'll be giving my iTalk in the DevNet Zone- Please come see me today at noon! Here are a few highlights for today: Cisco Live Innovation Talk by Susie Wee - 12:00pm In Today’s Innovation-Driven Economy…Everyone is a Developer. Unleash Your Geek with DevNet (We will have a Meraki full stack giveaway!) When you think of a developer, you may think of an app developer, cloud developer, web developer, or mobile developer.  But in today’s innovation driven economy, everyone is a developer.  As programmable networks, network function virtualization, hybrid clouds, and the Internet of Things turn the network into a powerful platform for innovation, IT and Network Admins are becoming developers too. That’s why Cisco is continually launching new APIs and tools that enable cross functional teams of “developers” to work together to transform IT systems, deliver breakthrough capabilities, and perhaps launch the next disruption.  And that’s why I’m super excited to be giving an Innovation Talk at Cisco Live today.  I want to dig into some of the Cisco APIs and product launches that are fueling the innovation-driven economy.  And discuss the opportunities that automation, analytics, and programmability offer at all layers of the technology stack.  For example, how can Cisco’s Digital Network Architecture (DNA) accelerate and simplify enterprise network operations?  Or, how can the Meraki Cloud be used to automate network provisioning, get real-time location data to marketing, determine user demographics from Facebook, or analyze traffic patterns? If you’re at Cisco Live, I hope you’ll join me for my Innovation Talk in the DevNet Zone today at 12:00 before heading out to lunch. That’s just part of a great line up of sessions and workshops today in the DevNet Zone.  Here are some more that you may want to attend: VIRL – Your Network Simulation 'Swiss-Army Knife' – 9:00am Joel Obstfeld and Brian Daugherty will show how Network virtualization technologies, combined with context-aware configuration automation, enable a flexible environment for engineers, designers, educators and researchers to create highly functional network simulations. Transforming network operations from configuration automation through state validation with Ansible – 10:00am Special guest speaker, Peter Sprygada, will focus on the unique operational challenges facing organizations considering how to leverage the emerging trends of implementing agile practices to encompass the physical network infrastructure. WAN Automation Engine API Deep Dive – 1:00pm The WAN Automation Engine (WAE) provides multivendor and multilayer visibility and analysis for service provider and large enterprise networks.  It can play a critical role in answering key questions of network resource availability and, when appropriate, can automate and simplify traffic engineering mechanisms such as RSVP-TE and Segment Routing. In this session Josh Peters and Marcelo Silva will focus on use-cases and APIs for developers. Introduction to Cisco IoT Tools for Developers – 2:00pm Mike Maas and Angela Yu will present an overview of Cisco’s portfolio of IoT products – showing you how Cisco’s newest tools help developers connect, secure, and manage data streams from devices to applications. Cisco Enterprise NFV - How the Programmable API Creates a New Model for Deploying Services and Applications to Remote Offices – 2:00pm Madhavi Cherukuri and Yanping Qu will show you how Cisco Enterprise NFV Architecture transforms traditional branches from deploying purpose-built hardware platforms, to deploying, orchestrating, and managing Virtual Network Functions (VNF) – creating a new model for deploying services and applications to remote offices. Spark/Tropo -Integration Platforms as a Service Real-World Use-Cases – 4:00pm Casey Bleeker will show you how Cisco Spark and Tropo collaboration features can be combined with hundreds of cloud APIs to build sophisticated, flexible workflows via a new breed of 'programmable web' solutions from 'Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS)' partners like Built.io, Zapier and IFTTT. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg for what’s available today in the DevNet Zone.  Please, check out the complete DevNet Zone Wednesday schedule of sessions at https://developer.cisco.com/site/DevNetZone.  Or download the DevNet Zone mobile app from the Apple or Google App Store. Happy Wednesday!  See you in the DevNet Zone! ... View more

Maybe I should be used to it by now (Las Vegas is, after all, DevNet’s third CLUS), but I’m not.  I continue to be amazed at the range of sessions, coding classes, and workshops in the DevNet Zone, and the learning opportunities they offer attendees.  Several of the most popular coding classes and workshops repeat each day.  So if you weren’t able to fit a particular session into your schedule on Monday, please check the DevNet Zone schedule to see if it’s available other times during the week. You can find the DevNet Zone schedule athttps://developer.cisco.com/site/DevNetZone.  Or download the DevNet Zone mobile app from the Apple or Google App Store. In addition to ongoing classes and workshops, Tuesday’s DevNet Zone schedule features several executive panel sessions and special guest speakers that you won’t want to miss. Developing Fully Automated Control and Management Systems – 9:00am Cisco’s Andres Vega Arias leads a panel of experts from Cisco's major automation engines to discuss how application policies are represented across enterprise and data center networks, and how Cisco customers can best engage with their APIs.  Andres is joined bypanelists Mike Dvorkin – a recognized thought leader in distributed systems and policy-driven automation and operations; Sasha Ratkovic -- CTO and Founder of Apstra, and a thought leader in domain abstractions and data model driven automation; and John Willis -- Technical Evangelist and Director of Ecosystem Development at Docker, Inc. Cisco Executives Discuss the Internet of Things – 10:00am John Oberon, John Apostolopoulos, and Vikas Butaney join me to discuss what Cisco is doing to develop a suite of software services to provide secure device connectivity, scalable data transport, and application enablement for IoT customers, developers, and thing makers to connect, manage, and move billions of messages from millions of devices.  You’ll also hear what Cisco is working on with Gateway-as-a-Service software, which includes provisioning and management of the edge appliance. And how all of these services will be hosted and managed to provide customers with an effective route to market for their IoT applications and services. Disrupt Yourself: Putting the Power of Disruptive Innovation to Work – 11:00am The idea is simple, but powerful: disruptive companies and ideas upend markets by doing something truly different – they see a need, an empty space waiting to be filled, and they dare to create something for which a market may not yet exist. Join special guest speaker - Whitney Johnson as she demonstrates how you can put the power of disruptive innovation to work. To help your company in unexpected ways, dare to innovate. Dream big dreams. Do something astonishing. Ops Happens: DevOps After Deployment – 1:00pm Listen to enough conversations about DevOps and it can start to sound like “deployment, deployment, deployment”. But what about the rest of the lifecycle? What does DevOps mean for other traditional operations activities like incident management, problem management, scaling, performance tuning? In this session, Damon Edwards will be taking a look at the DevOps-inspired principles and practices being leveraged by enterprises to transform their operations activity. Introducing DNA, Cisco’s open, software driven, Digital Network Architecture – 2:00pm Come hear Cisco business and engineering leaders discuss DNA and how developers can take advantage of its open, programmable, interfaces, to turn up network functions with a few clicks, and free your IT staff from time-consuming network configuration tasks, so they can focus on innovation that positively transforms their business.  I’ll be joined on this panel by Jeff Reed, Ravi Chandrasekaran, and Sachin Gupta. Addressing the What’s, Why’s, and How’s in this New World of DevOps – 3:00pm DevOps means different things to different people – such as developing and implementing software in an agile way, or adding operations disciplines to application delivery.  But what does it mean to you?  How do you navigate through the myriad of DevOps tools available?   How does a DevOps frame-of-mind and process affect your development and deployment of cloud-based micro-services applications?  I’m joined in this discussion by Michael Olson, Senior Product Manger at Puppet; Brian Wheeler, CTO at Morpheus Data; and Anand Sharma, Cisco IT Architect. Don’t’ forget, you can see all the DevNet Zone schedule of sessoins at https://developer.cisco.com/site/DevNetZone.  Or download the DevNet Zone mobile app from the Apple or Google App Store. Enjoy your Tuesday at Cisco Live!  I hope to see you in the DevNet Zone. ... View more

Some context We have all heard that digital disruption is causing a market change. And, we have probably also heard about the application economy. These two things are tied together with the Internet of Things and what enterprises are trying to do for their business today. The number one priority for businesses today is increasing revenue. And, one of the key ways they intend to increase revenue is through digital innovation. With that in mind, let’s take a look at a few things that may help you if you are participating in this industry makeover. Digital Disruption, Digital Network Architecture and Cisco DevNet When people talk about digital disruption today, they are usually thinking of killer applications like Uber, or airbnb. For sure, they are thinking of something in their mind that almost certainly involves mobility, analytics, cloud, and networking. But, what I notice is that most people are thinking of the app – far more than the underlying technologies. What I think is incumbent on us technology professionals is to make sure that we are fully versant in all of the technologies. We need to truly understand what goes into a digitally disruptive application in order to be able to help companies understand what they need in order to build that application that will actually increase their revenues. A mobile application that is really just a mobile version of a static web site is not going to cut it. That’s a waste of time and money. The types of things that are working are applications that make innovative uses of analytics, location services, collaboration and even better – all of these tied together to create a truly unique customer experience. The Uber application utilizes outdoor location services (GPS) in combination with a mobile experience that has analytics (cloud based) built in and a new super convenient economic payment method – all built in to a single app. And then there’s the underlying network, there’s a set of tools for automation and orchestration based on the shift to software-defined networking. Programmable networks make it possible to deploy policies for QoS and access control to keep your network safe, secure and performing at its best. However, this requires a change in how people work as they deploy, manage and operate their networks. Network and IT admins and operators are now power users of large software systems, so they need software skills to do their jobs well. This is where Cisco Digital Network Architecture (DNA) and Cisco DevNet can really help you. Cisco DNA has the bulk of the underlying technologies organized and built into a solution that makes understanding, utilizing, securing and running digitally disruptive networks and applications easier than ever before. And, in some cases, it actually makes things possible that you would be hard pressed to do another way. We have also created a DNA Community of Interest in DevNet where you can connect with your peers who are on the same journey of digital transformation in their networks and IT systems. Cisco DevNet is the one-stop shop where you can come to learn about this technology, practice coding this technology, and see how others have solved problems with inspirational stories of innovation on the Cisco technologies – including Cisco DNA. We’re Bringing this to Cisco Live, Las Vegas! At Cisco Live, we will have over a dozen different learning opportunities on this front, associated with the DevNet zone. We will have proctored learning labs where you can get started with DNA. Are you interested in how to make sure your mobile applications are secure? You can learn about that at Cisco live. Are you interested in how you can use location services to make your mobile application more immersive and customer friendly? You can learn that at Cisco Live. Are you interested in how you can make a collaboration capability in your application work better? You can learn that at Cisco Live. All of these things are part of Cisco DNA. And you can learn all about DNA at Cisco Live – in the DevNet Zone. DevNet is here to help Cisco DevNet is the single resource for everything “developer” at Cisco. We are here to help you learn, code, and get inspired. We have learning labs, sandboxes and more, ranging from the SDN controllers in the enterprise network and data center to the Internet of Things. Please, let me know your thoughts. If you haven’t already, come visit us on DevNet. Thanks for reading! Susie ... View more

Hurray- Cisco Live 2016 is here! We are once again hosting the DevNet Zone (Monday–Thursday, 8:00–5:00), and we’re excited to bring you over 200 sessions, workshops, and demos to extend your learning and skills across a wide variety of Cisco technologies and platforms. There’s so much happening in the DevNet Zone at Cisco Live, it’s hard to know where to begin.  To help you sort through all the opportunities, we have a great tool for you online where you can sort the full list of DevNet Zone activities by day or topic to find the sessions of greatest importance to you. Check it out here https://developer.cisco.com/site/DevNetZone  It’s only Monday, and it has already been an active pre Cisco Live weekend here in Las Vegas: Digital Network Architecture “Springboard” Event: Our two day “DNA Springboard” gave participants a concentrated event to understand the programming interfaces needed to manage network controllers and devices, or develop applications to do the same. Using Learning Labs and Sandboxes participants learned how to use the APIC-EM REST API to automate network management, control, configuration and policies, they also learned how to programmatically control physical and virtual network elements or devices (that don’t have the benefit of a network controller) using RESTConf/NETConf protocols and YANG data modeling.  DevNet Hackathon At the two-day (sold out!) Hackathon, participants were able to develop collaboration-enabled mobile and enterprise apps using Cisco technology, and help save the world’s honey bee population while doing it!  That’s right, as part of a Cisco Corporate Social Responsibility initiative called ‘Connected Bees’, hundreds of volunteers are measuring bee living conditions and movements using IoT technology. Hackathon participants were able to use this data and compete for an $8,000 prize pool working with a compelling set of APIs and platforms:  Tropo - to trigger collaborative notifications Spark - to enable group communication Zeus - to monitor virtual machine data Relayr - to read IoT sensors and data Meraki - to get real live location data using beacons Shipped - to help to develop and push your application into the cloud Women in Tech “Do-ers” workshop DevNet’s “Women in Tech ‘Do-ers’ workshop” on Sunday was all about the Internet of Things.  This was a great opportunity for women and men of all technical skill levels to get an introduction to REST APIs, learn the basics of electronics / Arduino prototyping, and create their first IoT app with our DevNet Creations project DevIoT. Great stuff!  But that was sooo last weekend.  Now the main event is underway. Here are just a few of the Monday sessions and workshops taking place today, July 11, 2016, in the DevNet Zone: Open Source - Is it a good bet for developing your next application? David Neary, Phil Robb, Lauren Cooney, and Charles Eckle join moderator Lew Tucker to  discuss if the marriage with open source software and the open source community has been all they hoped it would be. Cisco Meraki Developers: Cloud as a Platform Overview Learn how to automate network provisioning, use beacons in your app, get real-time location data to marketing, log everything for PCI, determine user demographics from Facebook, analyze traffic patterns, and do all of this with one solution hosted by Cisco on the Meraki Cloud. From Vision to Prototype: Practical Strategies to Drive Innovation Adriana Gascoigne, Founder & CEO of Girls in Tech, knows what it takes to push a new business idea from the ideation phase to devising a true product concept. In this presentation, Adriana will guide you through the critical steps of innovating your idea into a viable product, Getting Started Developing Tropo Applications Phil Bellanti shows you how Tropo works using real-life examples.  You’ll learn how to create your own voice and SMS applications in minutes. APIC-EM Coding for Enterprise Network Controllers APIC-EM is Cisco's SDN controller for the Campus and WAN.  All of the services running on the controller are available via a REST API.  This hands on coding session takes you though developing small python applications to take advantage of the API's. ACI Coding for Data Center Network Controllers Gain the skills required to operate Cisco ACI. In this class you will be taught how to build your own scripts, and execute them, building towards a reusable simple python application to provision and manage the system. Cisco Enterprise NFV - How the Programmable API Creates a New Model for Deploying Services and Applications to Remote Offices Join Madhavi Cherukuri and Kartik Shetty to learn about the different component of Enterprise NFV, the available REST and NETCONF APIs and how you can use these APIs to model your own service. CMX API: Creating Context Aware Mobile Experiences Get hands-on experience using the EMSP SDK for delivery of “Here I Am” and “Point-To-Point Mapping” for customers with access to the CMX solution. IoT 201: building applications with IoX IOx applications enable Fog computing.  In this session you will learn about IOx and how to build a simple application from the ground up using the IOx SDK. And don’t forget to check out the complete DevNet Zone schedule at https://developer.cisco.com/site/DevNetZone : Please come by and code with us! Susie VP and CTO of DevNet ... View more

Cloud-managed wireless access points have greatly simplified the deployment, operation, and management of wireless networks; and Cisco Meraki has the world’s first enterprise-grade solution. The Meraki platform not only simplifies management, but it also provides a simple but powerful set of APIs that opens up many possibilities for developers. I’m happy to announce that we are now making Meraki APIs available to a larger community of developers through DevNet. Meraki Platform APIs allow you to do things like build a custom hotspot splash page for your wireless customers; see user traffic in your retail location with real-time location; and derive marketing insights based on people’s movements. A developer can build apps that recognize and reward customers and drive customer loyalty. The Meraki Dashboard allows remote access to your Cloud managed network infrastructure, and Meraki Dashboard APIs allow you to integrate Meraki into your daily workflow of deploying, managing, and operating your networks with the monitoring and management tools you already use. Today, I am thrilled to welcome Meraki developers on Cisco DevNet and would like to invite all developers to join our new DevNet Meraki Community of Interest. This space is for you as a Meraki architect, developer, and operator, to continue to build your knowledge; connect with peers; and ask questions to a community of experts. You can also be the expert to help a fellow developer with their hard problems. We hope this community will come together to solve problems and create innovations for our customers and drive the business outcomes for your organization. To start this journey, we brought a number of Meraki developer tools into DevNet and have added new developer resources as well. Meraki developer center is at https://developer.cisco.com/site/meraki/ Learning Lab to add a custom splash page using ExCap API. https://learninglabs.cisco.com/lab/permalink-wifi-hotspot/step/1 Full-stack Meraki setups for developers to use. https://meraki.cisco.com/lp/free-demo The DevNet Meraki Community of Interest for developers to share their experiences and ask questions. https://developer.cisco.com/site/meraki-community DevNet Creations, a tool for developers to share what they are building with Meraki Platform. Some highlighted creations including Splunk add on for Meraki, Internet of Lego Wifi hotspot for social OAuth, and Turnstyle Wifi marketing solution. We look forward to working with you in the Meraki community of interest. Join us in person next week at the DevNet Zone at Cisco Live Las Vegas, meet other community members, and learn from the experts. You can also win some Meraki gear! We hope to see you there! http://www.ciscolive.com/us/learn/sessions/session-catalog/?search=Meraki Susie ... View more

There have been tremendous advances in networking over the last few decades, and Cisco together with our innovation ecosystem played a major role in driving this. We feel that the network is on the brink of another major transformation in how networks are managed, deployed, and operated which greatly advances the next generation of cloud applications and IoT experiences. This transformation requires advancements in technology and in how people work. Cisco is driving this with our Cisco Digital Network Architecture, which we call DNA. Today, together with Jeff Reed and Rob Soderbery, I’m happy to announce that we are creating a DevNet Community of Interest for DNA. This gives network developers, architects, and operators a place to come together to learn, exchange ideas, inspire and most importantly, innovate. We hope to build a vibrant community to tackle and solve the hardest problems together. I’m super excited about this new addition to our DevNet Communities. DevNet is continuing its journey, and this journey includes supporting communities of interest within DevNet. It’s become abundantly clear that our DNA community deserves it’s own place within DevNet. We’re building upon the DevNet tools and resources that are already in use. For example, in just the last six months: We released the DevNet DNA developer center at http://developer.cisco.com/networking We created DevNet DNA learning tracks at http://developer.cisco.com/site/networking/learn (free, but you need to register and login) We hosted many DevNet events with DNA, including code camps and hackathons. Next up is the DevNet Zone at Cisco Live Las Vegas During this time, DevNet developers have actively used the DNA APIC EM learning labs and the DevNet DNA Sandbox, making these the highest used assets in DevNet. This new DNA community of interest is here for you to take part in the growing community of practitioners and innovators who are defining and driving this industry, that is, you! It is also a place for you to advise us on our products, APIs, strategy, and other ways we can help you in you work and in your career. I can’t stress enough how important your feedback and advice is to us. Engagement from each and every one of you is what powers DevNet and keeps us invigorated. These communities are free, so come on in and be part of our DevNet DNA community, you can register to become a member here. Also, mark your calendar for the DevNet Zone at CiscoLive Las Vegas in July. A warm welcome to everyone who joins and participates in our newest DNA community! ... View more

I lead Cisco’s developer program, Cisco DevNet , and I’m excited to share what our Apple and Cisco partnership and the WWDC announcement of iOS 10 means to DevNet and iOS developers. Specifically, iOS 10 includes many rich enterprise functionalities and Apple and Cisco have been working closely to optimize the user experience of iOS devices running on Cisco networks. And DevNet is here to make this available for iOS and DevNet developers. You can get hands on now with the DevNet Apple APIs that make Apple and Cisco products work better together and leverage the new iOS 10 capabilities. Why does this partnership make sense to DevNet and iOS developers? Apple is the global leader in mobility. iOS is the most advanced mobile operating system and businesses are putting iOS at the center of their mobile strategy. Cisco is the global leader in networking and collaboration. Nearly all Fortune 500 and Global 500 companies use iOS devices and Cisco networks. Now Apple’s developer program and Cisco DevNet are giving developers the tools to create even better apps that work well on enterprise networks and giving network and IT admins and operators the ability to seamlessly manage iOS devices, apps, and data as part of their network and IT environment.  Apple and Cisco are working together to make the mobile experience for iOS users the best it can be on Cisco networks in three ways: Optimized Wi-Fi connectivity: We’re optimizing how the iPhone and iPad communicate with a Cisco wireless network to give people the best network performance possible. Prioritized “fast lane” for business critical iOS apps and data: There are a lot of apps and data moving through your network but not all of it has the same importance to your business. By enabling QoS to prioritize iOS business apps, you can classify and give top priority to the apps most critical to your business, putting them in the fast lane. Integrated voice and collaboration solutions: With iOS 10, VoIP apps like Cisco Spark integrate with iPhone for a seamless calling experience. Now you can deliver enterprise voice services to employees right on their iPhone. What does this mean for developers? What does this mean for network and IT admins and operators? And let’s geek out a bit while we’re talking about it. App developers can get the best network performance for their apps by using QoS to differentiate different types of data in iOS 10. Cisco fast-lane enabled networks will recognize the QoS markings from iOS 10 devices with fast lane capabilities and then do the work of carrying this prioritization from the iPhone or iPad through the network. For example, real-time voice and video data can be treated differently from less-time critical web page data, thus enhancing the performance of your app and your network. Also, fast-lane enabled iOS devices and Cisco WiFi networks will recognize each other quickly to give the best possible wireless performance. For a bit more technical detail, QoS has been around, but it’s traditionally difficult to implement from the user/app/device through the network because of inconsistency in how QoS service classes are used. Apple increased the number of QoS services classes from five to nine, which allows the developer to more finely specify and prioritize the different classes of data their app uses. These nine QoS services classes also allow a better mapping to the QoS prioritization that wireless access points and network routers use. These classes are aligned with IETF QoS service class specifications, which ensures consistency with the internet because they map to 802.11 access categories and DSCP settings in IPv4/IPv6 headers. Network and IT admins and operators can seamlessly integrate iOS devices into their corporate data networks by pushing profiles to the devices (using mobile device management or other techniques) which specify which apps are business-relevant and should receive upstream QoS treatment. These profiles allow network operators to increase the performance of their networks and apps by knowing the relative priority of business apps and data. Cisco Spark is an enterprise solution for team collaboration. Cisco Spark offers enterprise messaging, team rooms, and voice and video calls. The Cisco Spark iOS app is seamlessly integrated with iOS in that users can tap a contact in their address book and instantly make a VoIP call without having to launch a third-party app. They can also answer calls right from the lock screen, use connected headsets, or take advantage of call waiting to switch between calls. Cisco Spark will be using the new features in iOS 10 to ensure that the voice and video over IP calls can be delivered to iPhone and iPad a with the highest levels of quality of service. The iOS 10 SDK is in beta now and we are working closely with Apple to make all these capabilities available for developers and IT and network admins and operators to use. Cisco will be releasing new wireless access points and networking devices and providing software updates for our existing Cisco networking devices to take full advantage of these capabilities. For users, it means great enterprise-class performance on iPhone and iPad. For network and IT admins and operators it means great control of the devices, data and apps on their networks. How can DevNet help? DevNet is Cisco ’s developer and innovation program. We give developers the learning and coding resources needed to develop with Cisco platforms and APIs. DevNet’s learning and coding resources are available at http://developer.cisco.com. DevNet Learning Labs are free, self-paced labs that help people learn coding 101 (with REST, JSON, XML, and python) or networking 101 as well as deep dive into Cisco APIs ranging from collaboration to software-defined networking and work with open source. You have to register to use the Learning Labs, but all the Learning Labs are free.  The DevNet Sandbox is a place for developers to code on real Cisco kit, ranging from live networks to contact centers. Jump in and code on real kit! DevNet Labs is a place to showcase DevNet Innovations made by Cisco and by DevNet developers. Take a look at the innovations that exist, or submit your own innovation. Cisco Developers can help businesses with their digital transformations using the intelligent network services as announced today. Here are a few DevNet APIs that you can use today: Connected Mobile Experience (CMX ) enables developers to create indoor location services that are "iOS friendly" with Cisco's WiFi access points in the following ways. Cisco access points will: Natively filter out iOS Locally Administered MAC addresses to ensure privacy Provide support for detecting iBeacons via CleanAir and display of iBeacons on CMX screen and access to data via API Provide high performance indoor location services. Cisco's Hyperlocation capability underwent extensive testing with iOS devices Cisco Spark for Developers Cisco Spark for Developers puts team collaboration capabilities in the hands of developers around the world. An upcoming SDK for iOS will enable Apple’s developers to use Cisco Spark services within their popular mobile apps. Help us make it great by requesting access to our beta. Sign up for beta access Tropo is a cloud API for voice and messaging. Use Tropo APIs to build voice and text-based applications that work great within iPhone and iPad mobile apps, such as click-to-call and two-factor authentication Cisco Instant Connect SDK an enterprise Push to Talk (PTT) solution supporting both group and individual communications and collaboration The combined power of Apple and Cisco: Businesses can rest assured that their employees will have an awesome user experience on the devices they love to use as they adopt new ways of working in the enterprise. Final Note We’ve been working heads down in the lab with Apple to bring the enterprise mobile experience to a whole new level. We’re excited about getting our iOS and DevNet developer ecosystems involved. We will have more announcements on our progress in the coming months. Please do roll up your sleeves with Cisco and Apple APIs and SDKs now. Let us know how it goes and how we can help! Thanks! Susie Susie Wee  @susiewee VP and CTO of DevNet Cisco Systems ... View more

Hi Hackers! As you know, we're about to have a 24-hour hackathon in the DevNet Zone at Cisco Live! Right now we're having a briefing for the hackathon to go through the different technologies, platforms, toolkits, and APIs that will be available to you during the hackathon. What do you think of the briefing? Which technologies and SDKs are most interesting to you? Do you have any questions for us as you prep for the hackathon? Please feel free to leave your thoughts, comments, and questions here. Let's continue the discussion now through Cisco Live and beyond! Thanks! Susie ... View more

Hi all, The DevNet team is busy gearing up for DevNet at Cisco Live in San Francisco on May 18-22. It's just 16 days away... Yikes! I just got off a call with the DevNet team and you can imagine the excitement and nervousness in the air as we're in the final weeks of preparation. We'll have awesome hands-on labs, a 24 hour hackathon, and theater presentations on lots of fun topics. There will be a lot for developers to do with software-defined networking (APIC EM and onePK), location-aware wireless (Connected Mobile Experience CMX), Internet of Things (IOx), Collaboration (Jabber Guest), network topology UI (NeXt), and data center (UCS director). I know that's a lot of acronyms, so I'll write more about these next week. But, I wanted to quickly tell you about another innovation that we will be showing publicly for the first time at Cisco Live! While my DevNet team is working hard, my Innovation team is busy gearing up for Cisco Live too. We'll be showing an innovation project that we've been quietly working on for the last two years which just got some press in eWeek. Our innovation project is on Augmented Collaboration, which is a user experience innovation and technology innovation around next-generation collaboration. You probably know of Cisco's TelePresence, WebEx, and Unified Communications products and hopefully you've used them. I'm a huge fan of immersive video collaboration and I've built teams across the oceans using this technology. Augmented Collaboration is an exploration on "what's next" in collaboration. Our project name is Project Spring Roll. The name came from the fact that this was a Cisco Tech Fund project was approved in the spring and we use agile methods with rolling iterations. And, spring rolls are tasty and the name has a bit of an Asian flair, which matches my innovation team which is based in Shanghai. We took an experience-driven approach to Augmented Collaboration. We started with the problem statement, which was to enable a truly interactive video and content collaboration experience for people across geographies. We then jumped into the experience design, thinking hard about what people do and how we could help them solve the problem. We then did our technology innovations to build a system that delivered that experience. We then developed Project Spring Roll, which is the immersive augmented collaboration experience which is shown in the pictures below. Spring Roll/Augmented Collaboration has a number of features: Head-to-toe TelePresence Video Seamless integration of video communication and interactive content collaboration Shoulder-to-shoulder whiteboard collaboration TelePresence and WebEx integration When you do innovations like this, you never really know how they're going to turn out. It's the nature of innovation. I have to say, I'm really proud of the team because the solution we created is a very compelling user experience. Augmented Collaboration is one of those things where you have to experience it to really get a feel for it's impact. So, I'm excited to announce that we will have Spring Roll set up in the DevNet Zone at Cisco Live in San Francisco on May 18-22. This will be the first time that we have Spring Roll in a public location. Please note that Spring Roll/Augmented Collaboration is not a product. Rather, it's an innovation that allows us to explore new user experiences and technologies, and hopefully we learn more about whether people value the experience and over time we will decide if it should be a product. Putting my DevNet hat back on... please register for DevNet to see Spring Roll and other cool Cisco technologies. And, if you're already planning to attend Cisco Live, then please come by the DevNet Zone to take a look at Spring Roll. Thanks! Susie --- Susie Wee VP and CTO of Networked Experiences Cisco Systems ... View more