In the past few years, we have seen huge advancements in the field of technology and everything has changed drastically because of these technological advancements and networking is no different, it has become complex in the past few years owing to rapid technological advancement and changes.
Due to networks becoming increasingly complex, it has been difficult for companies to operate without automation.
Network automation is the process of automating different tasks such as configuring, provisioning, managing, and testing network equipment using the latest technology.
Networking companies and service providers automate their processes to increase efficiency, minimize human errors and lower operating costs.
As processes like network configuration, device provisioning, and network management become automated, these allow the companies to become more efficient, and productive and make their network scalable and stable.
Network automation has various benefits as we have discussed below.
Minimizes the Risk of Human Error
Manual processes related to networking are usually lengthy and cumbersome. These lengthy processes are prone to human errors no matter how skilled or capable the IT staff is.
No matter how capable the members of the IT staff are, at the end of the day, they are human and can make mistakes.
Instead of carrying out these tasks manually, automating them would help to reduce the chances of any sort of error occurring.
Apart from the human error occurrence, automating network processes would make the network more reliable since it will prevent the network from breaking down.
Reduces Workload
Automation can also help reduce the workload on IT staff and allow them to focus on important and strategic tasks that would help the business grow.
After automation, the staff members would only have to overlook the processes and see if they are being performed correctly without any error.
Although they have to stay alert in case any problem arises, most of the time it reduces the workload of the staff members.
Along with automation, the software usually documents all the configuration changes made in network devices on 192.1681.1 or any other gateway, which further reduces the burden and allows the IT staff to focus on other initiatives that would promote the growth and development of the business.
Helps to Standardize Processes
Automation can also help to standardize processes throughout the company. When processes are standardized throughout the network then everything goes smoothly and even worrisome situations that can cause huge problems can also be avoided.
With processes standardized, even daily activities like maintenance and backup also become a part of the routine.
Standardized processes also allow the administration tasks to be handled with ease. If a network administrator leaves for a while then the administrative and network could easily be overlooked by the next person in line because all the repetitive tasks are automated and need to be overlooked only.
This can also allow a company to reduce its staff members but it might not be necessary since there are many tasks that cannot be automated and can be run by skilled and capable individuals only.
Increases Resilience of the Network
Automation also helps to increase the resilience of the network. For a network to perform optimally, regular updates and maintenance are required that need to be run without any failure or error.
In manual optimization of network processes, one needs to be highly alert and monitor the whole process until the process is completed successfully because of the effort that is involved, whereas with automation all the updates and changes are undertaken on a regular basis without any failure which helps to increase resilience and performance of the network.
In addition, there are various tools that come with network automation that allow easy monitoring of the network’s performance through 192.168.0.1. These tools also alert the staff beforehand of potential errors that can occur so the staff can act in a timely manner and prevent network downtime.
Improves Scaling
Automation of network processes can also help in improving the scaling ability of the company. With various processes automated, new services, devices, and applications are rolled out in a timely and speedy manner based on already established and reusable processes.
It also allows the network to handle any increased demands before there is any impact on the performance. In manual networks, this scalability is not possible unless there is a significant investment in time and a skilled workforce.
