At NetBox Labs, we frequently hear from IT leaders and network engineers on the progress of their IT and network automation initiatives. Network automation has lagged compared to automation in other areas of IT. We often hear that “keep the lights on” work prevents network engineers and architects from progressing their network automation strategies. Networking...

Leaders in enterprise IT, financial services, hospitality, education and retail rely on NetBox Labs to build and manage their complex networks Tuesday, April 30 – NEW YORK – NetBox Labs, the commercial steward of the leading network source of truth, NetBox, today announced impressive customer momentum- including more than 60 customers and seven Fortune 500...

In part two of this series, we’re focussing on the Design stage of the network lifecycle. As I mentioned in the introduction blog the purpose of this series is to show how network automation supported by NetBox can be applied across the network lifecycle, following a workflow perspective. Some teams have very simple processes which...

Over the last year at NetBox Labs, we’ve had hundreds of conversations with NetBox users, network automation engineers, and many others in our community.  One of the most common needs all of them have is making it easier to get data into NetBox’s data model. Whether you’re merging legacy data into a newly deployed NetBox...

Staying ahead in the field of network management requires a combination of innovative tools. Enter Nornir, a framework that has been causing a stir in the network automation industry. Nornir Inventory is a solid network management solution created to optimize network operations, increase efficiency, and increase productivity. In this article, we’ll dive into Nornir Inventory’s...

What is Network Automation? Network automation has become crucial in the rapidly evolving network management and development landscape. It aims to streamline network operations, improve efficiency, enhance reliability, and reduce the potential for human errors. Network automation involves software and tools to automate computer network configuration, management, and operation. It includes programming, scripting, and orchestration...

We estimate that NetBox can be found in more than 10 thousand organizations worldwide, and we know that many of those organizations are successfully using NetBox to power their network automation initiatives. In this blog post you’ll learn about: The reasons to automate are everywhere Network automation is growing in popularity as networking teams seek...

We’re thrilled to announce that NetBox Labs has successfully completed the SOC 2 Type II audit. Security is always in focus for us, and this marks a big milestone in our commitment to maintaining high standards of security and data protection. Today’s achievement builds on  the SOC 2 Type I compliance we achieved last year,...

If you’re familiar with the NetBox Heroes podcast series, you know we typically interview one guest per episode. But in the latest installment of NetBox Heroes, we did something a bit different. We had the pleasure of speaking with two network pros: Alex Gittings and Daren Fulwell from IP Fabric, a provider of network assurance...

In a recent webinar we explored how to get started with Network Automation using NetBox and Ansible, and one of the tasks we automated was backing up network device configuration files. We then took that one step further and compared the running configuration file ie. the actual state of the device with the intended state...