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Automation on the network: most hated ally or best loved enemy? IT professionals have a long-running love/hate relationship with automation tools. Automation is essential to scale and speed—but has tended to have problems in environments that are multivendor, multigenerational, and inconsistent in configuration. That is to say, most environments! John is joined by Dave Siegel, a pro with decades of experience building, operating, and automating networks. They dig into how IT teams can build a better relationship with the automation they depend on more and more each day. ON TAP: • “Lonely Blonde” American Blonde Ale, Fulton Brewing (Minneapolis, MN) • Kilchoman “Sanaig” Single Malt Scotch (Islay) WITH: Host: John Burke – CTO and lead researcher, Nemertes Guest: David Seigel – President of Siegel Group—“Focusing on transformative network projects” – IT After Hours – About THREE BEERS IT: A home for disinhibited conversations about the world of IT, the things that don’t get said until you’re on your 3rd beer…