Hello, Welcome to the April edition of the DevNet update, your connection to Cisco DevNet. Wherever you are in your digital transformation journey, we have the APIs, tools, resources, communities, and more to help you every step of the way. There's never been a better time to join DevNet!
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Bringing the Best and the Brightest to DevNet Create
Why should you come to DevNet Create? It's the only industry-wide developer event that brings together application developers, infrastructure and DevOps engineers, and IT Pros to work together to define and build modern applications on a programmable infrastructure. Join the brightest experts in the industry from Amazon Alexa, Cloud Native Computing Foundation, Google, Microsoft, Bitly, Mozilla, AppDynamics, HOWDY.ai, Cloud Foundry, Meraki, Rundeck, SolidFire, Maker Faire, Cisco and more! This event is all about you, the industry and what we can do together - it's not about Cisco, it's about our future. Read 3 reasons why you need to buy your ticket today and check out the detailed agenda!
Come learn, connect, and get hands-on (BYOD) in our mini-hacks, learning labs, classrooms, workshops, keynotes, and birds of a feather sessions that focus on 2 main tracks: - Track 1: IoT & Apps - Where Apps meet People, Places, Things, and Business
- Track 2: Cloud & DevOps - Where Apps meet Microservices, Deployment, Security, and Analytics
Register for DevNet CreateGet your ticket today - seats are limited and tickets are selling fast - don't miss out!
When: May 23-24
Where: Bespoke in San Francisco
 Tell Us Your Story
We also invite you to write your story on the DevNet Create blog. Tell us what you think on the topics of when apps meet infrastructure or when apps meet people, places, things, and the cloud. Below are just a few of our recent blogs, go here for more: Back to top
Cisco Live and our new Network Programmability Journey
With #CLUS quickly approaching, we are busy planning how you can learn, code, get inspired, and connect in the DevNet Zone. Come prepared by joining DevNet and get ready to innovate using Cisco technologies and platforms through our hands-on workshops, learning labs, classrooms, demos, and industry leading panels.| Plan Your Network Programmability Journey using our new Learning Path |  To help you make the most of your time in the DevNet Zone, we are introducing a new Learning Path called Network Programmability Foundations. Why?We understand that Network Programmability is a huge topic, it can be overwhelming and difficult to know exactly where to start. Network Programmability Foundations provides you with a list of sessions and activities scheduled throughout the week covering both core programming and network programmability topics that you can use to plan your journey. Read the details and find it in the Cisco Live Catalog. |
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Events Taking Place Before Cisco Live
Get ready for and register for the DevNet Women in Tech session and join the fun in our #CiscoChat, details below:- Live #CiscoChat on Twitter! Join our live chat taking place Sunday, June 25th at 4pm PDT. Search on #CiscoChat in Twitter and click Latest to contribute and follow along.
- DevNet Women in Tech: Intro to IoT! Get ready for DEVNET-1055 and attend the pre-session webinar on Thursday, June 15th at 9:30 PDT. The webinar will provide you with the necessary information and fundamental skills to get the most out of the Sunday Women in Tech Workshop.
As you can see, there will be a lot of ways you can learn, code, get inspired, and connect - but don't think we won't have fun in the process! We have some exciting activites in the works with fun prizes, rewards, and IPAs. So grab your Explorer Pass today and start planning your time in the DevNet Zone. We can't wait to see you!DevNet Express Events Coming to Las Vegas: June 24 - 25th
A DevNet Express event lets you listen and learn, and then put it into practice. Whether you want to be hands-off and just listen & learn, or hands-on and code in a safe environment with Cisco experts, a DevNet Express helps you do just that. You don't have to be going to Cisco Live to register or participate! - DevNet Express: Cloud Collaboration for IT Pros: This free, 2-day event will bring together Cisco Spark and Tropo and show you how to develop using APIs. It's for you if you have a network background and/or low development experience and need guidance to code.
Don't wait to register - seats are very limited and the event will sell out! - DevNet Express: Data Center Infrastructure: This free, 2-day event is all about Data Center Infrastructure - UCS, NX-OS, ACI, UCS Director, and more. You'll leave with the knowledge and experience to make Data Center architecture and design choices. Combined with hands on labs you’ll build an appreciation of how to accelerate the delivery of secure, robust IT infrastructure. Seats are very limited - don't wait to register!
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Upgrade Your Ninja Tool Belt with Cisco IOx 1.3
The official Cisco IOx 1.3 release is out! You can now deploy your apps to up to 150,000 IOx connected devices using Fog Director and its APIs. IOx adds greater support by publishing microservices which can be consumed by IOx apps through RESTful APIs. What does this mean? It means greater flexibility, versatility, and functions as services capability in the network edge. Here's how to get started:Back to top
Discover [and Submit Your Own] Solutions in DevNet Creations
With DevNet Creations, you can showcase your solutions and discover others that are built with Cisco APIs. It's a platform of ideas, innovations, and inspirations - all designed to get you involved and inspired. Want to submit your idea and be featured below? Log in and go here! Check out the following: | Terraform UCS Provider: What's Cool?
Harshicorps popular Terraform enables you to safely and predictably create, change, and improve production infrastructure. It is an open source tool that codifies APIs into declarative configuration files that can be shared amongst team members, treated as code, edited, reviewed, and versioned!
Check it out! |
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New Sandboxes and Updates
Check out our new - just released - DevNet Sandboxes! Find the latest from our Sandbox team below:- New - UCCX 11.5 Sandbox: Everything you need to develop against the popular Finesse, UCCX, and SocialMiner APIs!
- New - CMX Cloud Sandbox: Running the Connected Mobility Experiences (CMX) software in a Cisco supported and maintained data center that is accessible and delivered as a software subscription. Both software and support are included in the service.
- New - CMX Presence Sandbox: Contains the latest version of CMX Presence and is tied to a simulated environment with a virtual campus, building, floor, access points, and clients allowing you to utilize the complete range of APIs offered by the CMX REST interfaces.
- Updated Smart+Connected Digital Platform (CDP): Cisco CDP is a platform that provides rich API for retrieving information from connected cities and device collections including sensor data, users, locations and capabilites. The API provides access to real time and historical data from the connected sensors and devices. Check out the latest updates!
- Not only do we provide Sandboxes - we blog too! Meet our team and read our latest blogs.
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DevNet Social Login Survey: Only 2 Questions!
Please complete the 2-question survey to tell us which one you would choose for DevNet. We value your input!Back to top
Recent Event Highlight
- {codemotion} Rome: What an amazing event and thanks to everyone that attended! Attendees had fun using QuizBot created by Italtel. To use QuizBot, download the Cisco Spark app, open Cisco Spark and add quizbot@sparkbot.io email to your contacts. Follow the bot instructions and play the Quiz. Give it a try and grab the code here! The code has been opensourced, it's Java, data persisted in PostgreSQL, and hosted on Amazon.
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Upcoming Events
Don't miss these great upcoming events!Lead Beyond: Accelerating Innovative Women Changing the World with IEEE | Launched 3 years ago, the IEEE Women in Engineering International Leadership Conference (WIE ILC) provides professional women in technology support through highly interactive sessions designed to foster discussion and collaboration. WIE ILC focuses on providing leading-edge professional development for mid-level and senior women. 2017 WIE ILC is two full days featuring five tracks, twelve custom workshops, and more than 100 speakers from around the globe. Don't miss the opportunity to learn, share, and engage with likeminded individuals and companies in the engineering and technology industries. Click here to visit the conference website and find out more. Use discount code ILC2017TEN to receive 10% off your registration.Back to top
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| Maker Faire is the Greatest Show (and Tell) on Earth! |  | What is Maker Faire? It's a family-friendly showcase of invention, creativity, and resourcefulness, and celebration of the Maker Movement. It's a place where people of all ages and backgrounds gather together to show what they are making and share what they are learning. Making enthusiasts from around the Bay Area and beyond will gather May 19-21 for the 12th Annual Faire to take in a wide variety of projects across all sorts of topics including kinetic art, robotics, engineering, fire art drones, food making, science, health, microelectronics, arts and crafts, DIY, music, and more. Tickets and more information availablehere. A special discount is available for DevNet members, click here to save 10% on the Friday pass.
Don't miss the Maker Faire keynote (Makerspace to Marketplace) at DevNet Create! |
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Come Meet Us Out and About
Please come see us as we are out and about! Find our full list of events here.Back to top
About DevNet and the DevNet Update
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