Transforming Campus Networks to Intent-Based Networking (Networking Technology) - Softcover

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Pieter-Jan Nefkens is a long-term Dutch-based IT and network consultant. From early on in his career he has been connecting devices and people, even before the Internet era. Pieter-Jan started his career immediately as an entrepreneur in IT with expertise in networking, security, virtualization, and active software development. Throughout his 20+ years of experience as a consultant, he has always been on top of new trends and technologies and applied them through implementation projects and consultancy to solve specific business problems of his customers, varying from small companies to large international operating enterprises. Pieter-Jan firmly believes that you can only consult and apply technologies if you have used them yourself. Pieter-Jan has always had a strong and close relationship with Cisco since the start of his career, resulting in his participation in beta tests and early field trials, often being one of the first to deploy a new network technology.

Sharing and applying new technology is in the DNA of Pieter-Jan, which resulted in his becoming a Cisco Champion since 2017. Besides networking consultancy, Pieter-Jan also participated in standardization processes for inland shipping across Europe.

Over the past years, Pieter-Jan has been working for both the Dutch government as well as his own consultancy company.

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Intent-Based Networking (IBN) enables you to create networks that capture business intent, automatically activate it across your network, assure that your network has responded properly, proactively detect and contain security threats, and remedy other network issues before users even notice. Intent-based networking makes networks dramatically more valuable, but few organizations have the luxury of building them from the ground up. In this guide, leading IBN expert Pieter-Jans Nefkens presents a unique four-phase approach to preparing and transforming existing network infrastructures, architectures, and organization to gain maximum value from IBN with minimum disruption and cost.
Writing for network consultants, network architects, network designers, and senior network engineers, Nefkens outlines the problems IBN is intended to solve, and illuminates its implications: not only for technical infrastructure but also for network architecture, team management, and culture. Drawing on his pioneering IBN experience, Nefkens makes specific recommendations, identifies pitfalls, and show how to overcome them.
You'll discover how to implement IBN with Cisco's Digital Network Architecture and DNA Center, and walk through several real-world use cases: large enterprise networks, worldwide campus networks, mid-sized enterprises, and smaller businesses.

• Introduces a unique 4-phase methodology for incremental, non-disruptive "brownfield" transformations, since you probably can't create a new network from the ground up
• Presents detailed guidance for implementing IBN with Cisco DNA and DNA Center
• Explains IBN's crucial implications for managing network teams and evolving culture
• Contains start-to-finish case study scenarios: large enterprise networks, worldwide campus networks, mid-sized enterprises, and smaller businesses

• Introduces a unique 4-phase methodology for incremental, non-disruptive "brownfield" transformations, since you probably can't create a new network from the ground up
• Presents detailed guidance for implementing IBN with Cisco DNA and DNA Center
• Explains IBN's crucial implications for managing network teams and evolving culture
• Contains start-to-finish case study scenarios: large enterprise networks, worldwide campus networks, mid-sized enterprises, and smaller businesses