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Intelligent Network Automation: Videos, Webinars and Tutorials
Build Bigger, Better Network Automation Up to 100X Faster with Gluware Labs
Gluware made significant announcements at AutoCon 3 including Gluware Labs, a platform to help network automation builders get start automating. Gluware Labs includes a community edition, training, an AI co-pilot, and more. Gluware also announced a collaboration with Red Hat. Mike Haugh, VP of Product Marketing at Gluware, sat down with Drew Conry-Murray of the Packet Pushers to discuss the announcements. This video was recorded on site in Prague at the AutoCon 3 conference in May of 2025.
Leverage Your Network (Literally) to Advance Your Career
At AutoCon 3 in Prague, Scott Robohn sat down with Ernest Lefner from Gluware to talk about lessons learned throughout his career: from his early days of pulling cable to becoming Chief Product Officer at Gluware and helping to found ONUG. Ernest talks about being a continuous technology learner, and also about the need to have people skills, how to learn from mistakes, and the benefits of giving back to the IT community.
Accelerate Your Network Automation With Gluware Labs and New Ansible Collection
We’re on the mic with the one and only Packet Pushers to explore the future of network automation. Don’t miss this conversation to take your network automation to the next level! In this episode: Learn how Gluware helps engineers and builders automate networks better and up to 100x faster, Hear about Gluware Labs – the only intelligent network automation builder program featuring dev/builder tools + community + training + free software, and Extend Ansible automation platform with Gluware to transform network operations into intelligent, self-operating systems that require minimal human touch.
Enabling Continuous Compliance for a Global Financial Gluware Customer
Regulated industries such as financials often feel the pain of a current audit or upcoming audit. Implementing network automation with a product like Gluware can enable continuous compliance. Julie Wehling, Solutions Architect, Gluware; and Greg Ferro, Co-Founder, Packet Pushers discuss a real-world customer use case in which a global financial services company used Gluware to automate network OS upgrades and standardize configurations to meet audit requirements. For more information, go to www.gluware.com. This interview was recorded live during the Packet Pushers’ LiveStream event with Gluware on June 28, 2022.
Advizex: Automating Security Audits & Remediation with Gluware
Advizex, a reseller and Gluware customer, discusses how it uses Gluware for security audits and remediation with its clients. This includes network and device discovery, addressing configuration drift, and managing multiple vendors using the Gluware platform. Packet Pushers host Greg Ferro is joined by Michael Burns, Network Architect at Advizex to discuss real-world use cases.
This interview was recorded live during the Packet Pushers’ LiveStream event with Gluware on June 28, 2022.
Getting Your CIO to Say Yes to Automation
Network engineers need to make a business case to get an automation project off the ground, and it needs to describe the benefits and value in language that non-technical executives can understand. This video offers tips and a simple blueprint to help engineers make the case to CIOs.
Introducing Gluware Topology
Gluware introduces a new Topology feature in its network automation platform. Gluware Topology maps the network using the Gluware model and engine to visualize the network. Benefits of the new capability include improved operations by showing what network devices are where, faster troubleshooting, and streamlining security and audit processes.
Introducing Network RPA No-Code Process Automation
Gluware is introducing a new feature on its network automation platform, Network RPA, or Robotic Process Automation. Network RPA enables no-code process automation, meaning network engineers can easily stitch together automation workflows using a visual interface.
Network RPA Compliance and Security Use Cases
The Gluware application suite that includes Device Manager, Config Drift and Audit, OS Manager and Config Modeling provide no-code automation to enable and maintain compliance and enhance security. Now, Network RPA enables defining automated end-to-end processes that ensure policies and procedures are executed manually, scheduled or event-driven providing continuous compliance and improved security posture.
Gluware Background And Evolution
Gluware focuses on real-world network automation capabilities in brownfield environments. In this video, part of the Packet Pushers LiveStream with Gluware from June 28, 2022, Greg Ferro talks with Gluware’s Ernest Lefner about the product’s capabilities, as well as new features including Network Robotic Process Automation (RPA) and Gluware Topology.