Analytics for networks

Learn about tools to harness and make sense of your data

Your network is smarter than
you think

Do you have untapped potential?
The network has never been so fundamentally important to businesses. It’s where everything is connected and where innovation begins. And now, it’s your most powerful source for analytics insights.

Analytics that adjust to your needs
Today, network operators are starting to use the network to gather data and statistics and identify trends and patterns—such as pinpointing an outage that’s causing performance problems or measuring the impact of new processes. Cisco Digital Network Architecture (Cisco DNA) allows organizations to use analytics to gain a deeper understanding of the network, ultimately enabling smarter, data-driven decisions.

Greater intent, greater insights

In the past, network delivery was more about configuring individual components than orchestrating the overall network. Today, intent-based networking is reshaping the way we think about network service delivery. Rather than telling your network exactly what to do and how to do it, an intent-based approach tells the network what you want out of it—and trusts the network to deliver. When IT teams don’t have to spend as much time sweating the small stuff, they’re free to focus on outcomes and innovation.

The network is on your side

Cisco DNA Assurance delivers three
key values for IT:

1. Troubleshooting

Cisco DNA Assurance correlates network information so it’s easier and faster to identify faults and subsequently perform root cause analysis of an issue. Cisco domain expertise informs the correlations as well as the remediation options.

2. Predictive, proactive performance optimization

Cisco DNA Assurance uses machine learning to uncover trends that may affect future performance. By proactively identifying potential issues, IT can mitigate hazards before they impact user network experience. In fact, they can ensure that the network is always running at optimal performance even if there are no reported issues.

3. Analytic insights delivered to Cisco DNA Center for closed-loop automation

With Cisco DNA Assurance and Cisco DNA Center automation, Cisco is laying the foundation for the self-driving network. When fully integrated, analytics collects data from the network infrastructure, determines a course of action based on the mined insights, and ultimately directly automates the changes to take action back to the network itself. It’s a cycle that proceeds without IT intervention, freeing up IT teams to focus on strategic plans instead of routine maintenance.

How does it all work?

Collect data

Cisco DNA Assurance collects from a comprehensive set of network data sources and provides software development kits to integrate third-party telemetry sources. Built-in sources include NetFlow, Syslog, Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), wireless controller, and streaming telemetry.

Condition data

After data is collected, it’s sorted and organized by various features, including time, network element, user, device, application, location, and other network attributes.

Add correlations

Cisco DNA Assurance uses algorithms and our domain expertise to evaluate collected data and determine correlations between observed events and potential causes. The user doesn’t have to wade through volumes of data to manually determine the root cause. The solution determines relations and provides the information in an easy-to-use dashboard: Cisco DNA Center.

How does it all work?

Machine learning

When machine learning is applied, the solution can evaluate trends and proactively determine which conditions tend to lead to performance issues. These predictive analytics can also be fed into Cisco DNA Center so IT can take action on discoveries.

See in Cisco DNA Center

All insights from Cisco DNA Assurance are displayed in Cisco DNA Center, where they can be easily and quickly viewed. Cisco DNA Assurance provides guided remediation so that IT can quickly put these insights into action, before users are even aware of an issue. As the self-driving network is fully realized, analytic insights will build the roadmap for automation actions.

Ready to dive into the
self-driving network?

The reality of the self-driving network is closer than ever. When you understand your network better, you’re better prepared to proceed with data-driven decisions. Cisco is there to help you move confidently in the direction of insights.

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