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Gluware is a network automation platform that delivers multivendor automation for brownfield networks. Jeff Boone, Gluware’s VP of Engineering, discusses how Gluware’s GluAPI enables integration with third-party tools and vendors for use cases such as ticketing, inventory management, and more.

This video was recorded on May 14, 2019 in New York City as part of Gluware Intent ’19, a live event hosted by the Packet Pushers and sponsored by Gluware.

Gluware is a network automation platform that delivers multivendor automation for brownfield networks.

In this sponsored podcast, recorded live in New York City, the Packet Pushers dive into network automation and learn about Gluware’s capability to bring automation into brownfield environments and derive business intent from existing networks.

The podcast also digs into real-world use cases from Gluware customers Merck and Terracon, including configuration management and OS upgrades.

Our guests are Jeff Gray, CEO of Gluware; Michael Haugh, VP of Product Management at Gluware; Jamie Hughes, Infrastructure Architect at Terracon; and Salvatore Rannazzisi, Associate Director, Merck.

The podcast hosts are Greg Ferro and Ethan Banks, co-founders of the Packet Pushers.

Gluware customer Merck describes its network automation journey, the problems it was trying to solve, why it selected Gluware, and how it uses Gluware in production today.

Salvatore Rannazzisi, Associate Director at Merck, describes the organization’s need to automate tasks including configuration changes across hundreds of routers, and to support the adoption of Microsoft SaaS applications. He walks through actual use cases including inventorying the network and automating campus switch management.

Sal also candidly discusses the technical and human challenges of bringing automation into a production network, including getting support from business leaders and engineers, and the upfront work required to implement an automation platform.

Packet Pushers co-founder Ethan Banks introduces the session, and Michael Haugh, VP of Product Management at Gluware hosts the conversation.

This video explores core features of Gluware’s automation platform, including device management with hardware/software inventory, config modeling, config drift and audit, and OS upgrades.

The presentation also includes product demonstrations to show how the platform works, and explores real-world use cases with Gluware customer Merck.

Packet Pushers co-founder Ethan Banks introduces the session. Michael Haugh, VP of Product Management at Gluware hosts the conversation. Alex Araujo, Sales Engineer at Gluware, runs the demo. Salvatore Rannazzisi, Associate Director at Merck, provides commentary on how he’s using the software in production.

Learn how global engineering firm Terracon brought automation to its production network. Jamie Hughes, an Infrastructure Architect at Terracon, discusses network operations challenges, why he didn’t want to have to learn programming languages to get started, and how he’s using Gluware to get quick automation wins in standardizing configurations and upgrading network device OSs. Ethan Banks and Drew Conry-Murray from the Packet Pushers host the conversation along with Don Seiler, VP of Strategic Accounts at Gluware.