REINVENTING THE SCIENCE OF NETWORKS

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1 REINVENTING THE SCIENCE OF NETWORKS A SMART NETWORK MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE

2 Rapid technology developments are creating a new economic landscape which continues to exert pressure across every aspect of an enterprise. The journey towards a fast, flexible and agile business has begun for every enterprise, whether large or small. The enterprises are now preparing for going Beyond Digital. Open API-based frameworks are redefining the provisioning, management, and orchestration of multi-vendor environments. Robotic Process Automation (RPA) is changing business operations in nearly every vertical of the economy. Automating human-enabled tasks and incorporating open frameworks are helping corporates surpass conventional performance trade-offs to achieve high levels of efficiency and quality. Enterprise Network Challenges Distributed Control Vendor lock-ins Error prone human initiated changes Longer time to Provision, Configure & Troubleshoot Service level improvement Process scalability

3 HCL NetBot: Automating enterprise networks through workflows, tools and platforms NetBOT is a Network Automation framework that automates the complete lifecycle of network devices, from provisioning to policy-based change management, compliance and security administration. It leverages RPA innovations, machine learning and cognitive engagement. With an interactive dashboard and in-built workflows for auto remediation, NETBOT enables a well-planned and methodical maturity roadmap. It takes into consideration current IT systems maturity, business goals and planned IT roadmap in providing a pragmatic network automation journey. HCL Solution Levers Envisioning a smooth transition from manual legacy to machine-based network automation, HCL has taken a phase-based approach. We believe that flexible execution of repetitive tasks with stringent control improvements can help enterprises organize themselves for the future.

4 Scripts & workflows library In-built library containing scripts and automation workflows for task automation Machine controlled network self healing Machine supervised end-to-end network self-healing. From pushing bulk configurations, access-lists, etc., to multiple devices in one go with test commands for validation and automated vendor ticket creation for logging ISP-related network tickets Central management & visibility console A highly interactive user dashboard for single source of truth for deep analytics and network insights Wired, wireless & UCC Network automation workflows spanning across use cases in Wired, Wireless, and Unified Communication platforms Express discovery & provisioning Vendor-agnostic instant network device discovery and automated device provisioning through network controller integration workflows. Includes real-time topology updates and CMDB synchronization. Non-invasive third party tool & framework integrations API-based integrations with any third party tools through REST/SOAP APIs or CLI-based access. The roadmap includes integration with SDN frameworks for end-to-end orchestration.

5 Business & IT benefits By infusing automation workflows into their network infrastructure, enterprises can realize the following key benefits: Automation adoption across network provisioning, change management & multi-tenant orchestration Agile design and architecture ensuring ease of business & accelerated time to market. Real time problem detection, remediation and Optimization, making networks more self-aware Use of nested workflow completely eliminates human intervention bringing improved RoI

6 HCL s NetBot journey comprises of: Assessment & due diligence: The bottlenecks and repetitive tasks are assessed and mapped with automation workflows. An implementation strategy roadmap is created which sets the course for RPA. Architecture & strategy: A detailed plan for solution design is built basis customer feedback to support scalability, feature control and high agility with niche tools. Roll out run sustain: NETBOT allows for code to be integrated frequently and in small increments for resiliency and scale. From RPA to machine cognition: NETBOT s product roadmap includes data extraction, decoding and enrichment through self-training, which sets the course for machine learning and artificial intelligence. Through continuous training and pattern analysis, NETBOT can predict and prevent incidents prior to their occurrence and hence sets the stage for cognitive automation.

7 Conclusion With 25+ years of delivering network services, we enable technology led organizations with innovative network products and solutions. We have highly skilled, certified networking professionals with experience of working across multiple engagements of varying scale and complexity. Driven by our Automation and Autonomics CoE governance, we provide complete automation planning and orchestration of Network Services from strategy (technology platform or vendor), design, implementation and managed services across all facets of data and collaboration networks in the enterprise. We have simplified and implemented network automation workflows for some of the key Fortune 500 enterprises bringing benefits from RPA, machine learning and cognitive intelligence. Our proven methods in automation planning have successfully addressed the challenges of DevOps scalability in projects, providing customers with a capability to reduce operations costs and increase the speed of adoption. FOR MORE INFORMATION OR ANY QUERIES, PLEASE CONTACT ITO@hcl.com.

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