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Top-Down vs. Ground-Up: Two Paths to Intent-Based Network Automation and AI
Network automation built around intent, where the network is managed through policy rather than manual device-by-device instructions, is recognized as “the way to do automation” for any modern IT organization.
But how you get there depends entirely on where you start. And the two starting points are so different that they define almost everything about how hard the journey is, how long it takes, and what it costs.
June 22, 2026