NETWORK AUTOMATION

Networking the AGN Way

Vendor-neutral consulting to plan, design, test, and deploy automation your team can trust - built around your objectives, not a product we sell.

Your Trusted Automation Partner

Whether you're automating a single workflow or transforming your entire network operation, AGN is your trusted partner through the entire process. We are vendor-neutral and do not sell an automation product of our own — so the solutions we recommend are chosen for one reason only: they are the best fit for your objectives and your team's capabilities.

Our Philosophy

A design-first approach

We believe understanding your organization and your objectives should be the first step - before considering the myriad automation choices available to you. Too many network operators choose a product first and then try to shoe-horn their objectives into that product's capabilities.

We take the opposite view. Establish your requirements first, and choose your product second. It's the only way to land on a genuine best-fit rather than a compromise you'll be working around for years.

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What We Do

From planning to deployment

We offer each of the following either as a standalone service or as part of an overall planning-to-deployment automation project. Start wherever you are on your automation journey.

Planning

We work closely with you to evaluate and understand your automation goals in the context of your business. We assess your capacity for different approaches - from fully custom-coded, to open source, to commercial packaged solutions - and help you decide on the right one. From there, we recommend the right solutions within that approach and help you evaluate the available options.

Design

We follow the Network Automation Forum's Network Automation Framework, giving you a full, functional view of every piece a solution requires — and making it obvious when an element is missing. We start with an identified workflow, match the framework's elements to that workflow, and use the framework as a guide for choosing the software and platforms that fulfill each element.

Reliable Testing

Every solution is thoroughly tested and validated in a lab environment before it ever touches your production network — so you deploy with evidence, not hope.

Deployment

Whether we're developing a bespoke automation solution or programming the glueware that ties together the APIs and MCPs of different platforms across your infrastructure, we have the experienced talent to drive your automation rollout.

Knowledge Transfer

We provide the training and user guides specific to your deployed automation solution, so your team can confidently operate, maintain, and evolve what we build together long after go-live.

Mix and match, or go end-to-end. 

Engage us for a single phase to fill a gap, or partner with us across the full lifecycle from first conversation to a running, documented solution.

How We Design

Guided by the Network Automation Framework

In our Design practice we work from the Network Automation Forum's (NAF) Network Automation Framework — a standardized reference model that defines the functional building blocks of any automation solution and how they interrelate. Mapping tools to functions tells you, before you build, whether an essential component is missing.

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The Network Automation Framework. Source: Network Automation Forum.