AutoCon 1 Opening Keynote - Dinesh Dutt

Dinesh opened up the conference by challenging the audience to think and speak about network automation differently and to avoid network automation myths that are holding us back.

[@RogerPerkin]

Excellent stuff, so good to watch this again after an amazing event!

[@VideoDonuts]

This was a good summary of what to consider and obstacles we face when we attempt to automate tasks at the individual or perhaps the small group level.

[@VideoDonuts]

I respectfully disagree with the premise of slide 21 (and perhaps the entire presentation) that says 'time saved' should be a primary promise/goal of automation, and failure to achieve that is why we are not automating more. At a business level, 'time saved' has nothing to do with achieving strategic objectives. While at the individual level, a network engineer can indeed invest a small amount of time (relatively) automating to make their job and life at work much easier by automating away the low-skill/high-volume/low-value tasks.

[@huntertreadway1711]

Well thought out and thought provoking presentation. I really enjoyed it, and have a lot of food for thought.

[@leekorean81]

What a good session