Why (and How) Networks Should Run Themselves

Understand

The proliferation of networked devices, systems, and applications that we depend on every day makes managing networks more important than ever.

• The increasing security, availability, and performance demands of these applications suggest that these increasingly difficult network management problems be solved in real time, across a complex web of interacting protocols and systems.
• Alas, just as the importance of network management has increased, the network has grown so complex that it is seemingly unmanageable.
• In this new era, network management requires a fundamentally new approach.