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David Goeckeler , Executive Vice President and General Manager of Cisco ’ s Networking and Security Business
Announcing the DNA Centre platform
Cisco is releasing new developer tools and open APIs into Cisco DNA Centre – the command and control centre for campus , branch and edge intent-based networks . DNA Centre turns the network from a combination of hardware devices into a single system . With the availability of network-wide APIs , Cisco now allows developers to easily program this system , tapping into all of the analytics and insight the network can provide .
With a rich API catalogue , DNA Centre allows customers to protect and inform their business like never before .
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Elevating network intelligence into business operations : DNA Centre helps enable developers to program the network as a single
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system through intent-based APIs . Now , developers can more easily create a new generation of networkaware applications , and partners can integrate the network into business processes Streamline IT processes across functions : DNA Centre helps enable network IT administrators to exchange information to automate processes across IT systems through software adaptors . Now , IT can move resources from operation to innovation
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Managing multi-vendor networks : DNA Centre gives developers and partners the flexibility to support multi-vendor networks via a software developer kit ( SDK ). This allows customers to simplify the complexity of heterogeneous networks and manage them consistently , as a single system
Already , 15 Cisco partners have built innovative solutions on the DNA Centre platform and are demonstrating them at Cisco Live .
Announcing the largest developer community for intent-based networking
Cisco is also announcing that its developer community , DevNet , has surpassed 500,000 members .
Intent-based networking represents the next generation of open , IP-based systems that we ’ ve seen can change the actual fabric of society . |
In building this large and active community , Cisco has introduced a new source of innovation as the network becomes increasingly programmable .
Cisco is announcing three new developer initiatives to fuel its innovation ecosystem :
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DevNet Ecosystem Exchange makes it easy to find and share an application or solution built for Cisco platforms . Business leaders and developers alike can use this online portal to discover partner solutions that span all Cisco platforms and products . It contains more than 1,300 solutions DevNet Code Exchange gives developers a place to access and share software to quickly build nextgeneration applications and workflow integrations . A curated list of sample code , adaptors , tools and SDKs is available on GitHub and written by Cisco and the DevNet community . Code Exchange spans Cisco ’ s entire portfolio and is organised according to Cisco platform and product areas DevNet DNA Developer Centre is a one-stop-shop for developers to build applications and integrations on the DNA Centre platform . It provides comprehensive resources , capabilities , use cases and learning materials for developers
Availability , services and support
The new DNA Centre capabilities are scheduled to be available during the summer of 2018 . Customers can purchase these new capabilities from Cisco and its partners via existing subscription offers .
DevNet ’ s Ecosystem Exchange , Code Exchange , and DNA Developer Center are available now .
Cisco and its partners offer a full lifecycle of services to help customers streamline the journey to truly intentbased networks . u
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