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Open Source vs. Commercial Tools Panel

on YouTube 30m
Panelat Network Automation Summit at Interop 2020 · 2020-10-05..10-06· [open-source, networking]

speakers

name:Terry Slattery
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name:Samir Parikh
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name:Michael Haugh
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name:Brad Thornton
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name:Daren Fulwell
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resources

video:https://youtu.be/1C-5lXBUvhY
slides:none on file

summary

Panel compares real tradeoffs: total cost of ownership includes staff time to build and maintain vs vendor support, Ansible and YAML/Jinja/Python plus REST APIs are the common stack, and one customer moves to a commercial product and deploys in two months when timelines compress. Expect to instrument prechecks postchecks and logging because automation failures are inevitable and troubleshooting demands visibility so this group favors a buy borrow build mix with Ansible at the center and an always-logging strategy.

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chapters (7)

  1. 0:00Introduction to panel
  2. 1:06Cost comparison and TCO
  3. 5:59Timeline and implementation speed
  4. 11:13Staff expertise and education
  5. 16:28Target customer personas
  6. 21:24Troubleshooting differences
  7. 24:31Summary and final thoughts

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