Nokia Event-Driven Automation platform aims to reduce network disruptions and service downtime by driving human error in network operations to zero .

Aimed at driving human error in network operations to zero , Nokia ’ s new platform reduces network disruptions and application downtime while also decreasing operational effort by up to 40 %.

On-going Digital Transformation and the rise of AI applications , coupled with data centre workforce shortages and skills gaps , are driving webscalers , enterprises and service providers to scale and adapt their data centre infrastructures to meet exponential demand and evolving workload requirements .

Nokia ’ s new infrastructure automation platform is designed to overcome these barriers while providing a new path to addressing key challenges in today ’ s data centre network environment .

The risk of human error and associated network downtime is mitigated through EDA ’ s integrated Digital Twin , preand post-deployment checkpoints , highly responsive multi-dimensional observability and a robust CI / CD methodology with revision control . Simplicity in operations is enabled through intent-based declarative automation , GenAI assistance and a low-code / no-code approach to building customised dashboards .

EDA easily integrates into multi-vendor , multi-domain environments with support for a wide range of IT service management systems , event notification systems and cloud management platforms .

As a modern software platform , EDA builds on Kubernetes , a cloud automation and orchestration environment with millions of users worldwide , for its cloudbased microservices architecture . The platform adopts Kubernetes constructs to bring an intent-based , event-driven and declarative approach to network automation and complements it with network-wide transactions .

Further , through leveraging Kubernetes resource model , APIs and toolchain , EDA enables network resources to be easily consumed in the same fashion as other data centre applications .

The new Nokia platform complements the company ’ s Service Router ( SR ) Linux network operating system and extensive portfolio of data centre switching and routing platforms to provide webscale and enterprise organisations access to fully modernised data centre networks .

By breaking down barriers for organisations to adopt automation in the data centre , EDA ushers in a new era of highly reliable , simplified and adaptable lifecycle management to data centre networks designed for an AI world . �

As more critical workloads move to the cloud , interruptions in cloud services can have significant economic , safety and social implications . Increasing automation in cloud and networking operations is essential to respond to demand while reducing service disruptions .

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Despite the benefits of network automation , a study by Enterprise Management Associates shows that most organisations have automated less than half of their data centre network management tasks . Barriers to adopting automation include a lack of scalable , open , multi-vendor solutions ; legacy systems and complexity requiring skilled resources ; and a lack of trust in fully automated systems delivering the right outcomes .

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