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System Hardening Week 12.

 

Network automation offers several compelling benefits, and its impact on IT professionals is significant. Below are some advantages.

 

  1. Benefits of Network Automation:
    • It eliminates manual tasks by automating network processes. This boosts IT productivity, allowing professionals to focus on strategic initiatives that drive business growth.
    • Network automation enables faster provisioning of critical data services, optimizes network performance, and speeds up the rollout of new services and applications.
    • Previously infrequent network changes have become more frequent due to automation, reducing manual adjustments' time-consuming and resource-intensive nature.
    • It helps build a reliable network for an infrastructure-as-code approach that consistently maintains network state and configuration, enhancing reliability from data centers to edge locations.

 

  1. Impact on IT Professionals:
    • IT professionals must adapt to the changing landscape. Understanding APIs, programmatic interfaces, and coding fundamentals become essential.
    • I think automation allows IT teams to handle more tasks efficiently, freeing time for strategic work.
    • Automation minimizes the risk of errors caused by manual interventions, leading to more reliable networks.
    • IT Professionals skilled in network automation will be in high demand in the future as organizations seek to optimize their operations.
    • Automation enables quicker responses to business needs, making IT teams more agile and adaptable.

 

In summary, network automation empowers IT professionals to evolve, embrace new skills, and contribute to a more efficient, reliable, and agile network environment in the future. This blog is good and can be helpful to security professionals, as I have learned a lot from this experience. I think new students should make it a habit to write blogs,

 

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