It seems like AutoCon 0 (AC0) was just yesterday. We got a little bit of a breather, but things picked up right away. We had to process what we learned from your feedback and our observations on AC0, so we could decide what to do differently for AutoCon 1 (AC1). Let's give you a view of what's been happening since AC0 and changes we've made for AC1.

On 18 Jan 2024, we held a great panel discussion on NetDevOps Days (NDOD) becoming a part of NAF’s AutoCon events and many of you showed up with great questions and commentary. If you weren’t able to attend, here’s the TL;DR…

As we close out the year, we're excited to share some big news news: NetBox Labs' NetDevOps Days (NDOD) is merging into NAF's AutoCon event series! This marks a significant step forward in our shared mission to support and empower the network automation community.

Terry Slattery listened to a recent episode of The Hedge and shared great feedback with us; he didn’t feel we answered the question of “Why hasn’t network automation taken off?” We decided to do a follow-up podcast based on his comments on The Hedge, which is coming soon. But why wait until that pod gets published? Here’s a preview of our discussion with Terry and his view of higher level reasons that make automation difficult.

AutoCon0 is a unique opportunity for people to come together and make a real difference in the future of network automation. Online interaction is helpful, but meeting in person offers important dynamics that you don't get online.

We see great potential in network automation to both (1) make networks better and (2) make the lives of network engineers better. There’s definitely friction in the adoption of network automation, so we want to create community to determine why this is and accelerate the use of network automation.