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The recent Network Automation Forum’s Autocon4 (AC4) event in Austin made one thing clear. Network automation is maturing rapidly, and this year’s conversations shifted decisively toward business value, organizational readiness, and the role of AI as a core architectural component. Gluware played a central role in shaping that narrative, from the opening keynote to the introduction of the industry’s newest AI automation platform.

When it comes to network automation, greenfield projects often get the spotlight—they’re clean slates where you can design and deploy from scratch. But for most enterprises, the reality is far more complex. Networks are a patchwork of legacy systems, multiple vendors, and years of incremental changes. This is the brownfield challenge, and it’s exactly where the right automation strategy delivers the most value.

In a world where enterprise networks are more complex than ever, Gluware continues to set the standard for intelligent, multi-vendor, and multi-domain automation. Recognized by industry analysts and trusted by the world’s most demanding IT organizations, Gluware helps enterprises achieve the fastest time-to-value in network automation. Whether you’re working in brownfield, greenfield, or cloud environments, Gluware is designed to unify and simplify operations, transforming today’s networks into the self-operating networks of tomorrow.

As enterprises strive for greater agility and efficiency through network automation, trust remains the linchpin of successful adoption. No matter how powerful automation is, if it’s not trusted, it won’t be used.

At Gluware, we’ve architected our platform around these and other principles to foster deep operational trust. Below, we map Gluware’s capabilities to 10 key design imperatives that underpin trustworthy network automation.

Last week, I attended the Network Automation Forum (NAF) Autocon3 event in Prague. One point from the opening keynote particularly resonated with me: network automation often begins as a response to personal pain, repetitive, manual tasks that consume time and energy. While automation can deliver tremendous value to the broader organization, network engineers frequently struggle to articulate that value to management and secure the resources needed to scale their efforts.

The landscape of network automation is evolving rapidly, and nowhere is this more apparent than at the NAF Autocon 2 event. Following the excitement of Autocon 0, the inaugural event just a year ago, Autocon 2 has further solidified the growing momentum behind network automation. Professionals from various sectors gathered in the Rockies to exchange insights, share success stories, and discuss challenges, all pointing toward one undeniable fact: network automation is no longer a distant future—it’s here, and it’s advancing quickly.