Why do we need automation?

There are several reasons for why automation is important for networks today:

• Lower costs: Using automation solutions (either developed in-house or purchased from vendors) will reduce network operation complexity and the time required to provision, configure, and operate network devices
• Business continuity: Automation will reduce human error during service creation over current infrastructure, and hence, allow businesses to reduce the service time to market (TTM)
• Business agility: Most network tasks are repeated and by automating them, you will increase productivity and drive business innovation
• Correlation: Building a solid automation workflow allows the network and systems administrators to perform root cause analysis faster and increases the possibility of solving the problem by correlating multiple events together