Cisco Technology, Inc.

Ali Ebtekar

Mark Stephan Shurtleff

Min Jung Chu

Xiaoyuan Dai

Jiang Wu

Chang-Hung Chang

Shaolong Luo

Haiyan Weng

Daniel Robert Garrison

Eskild Timme Hansen

Rony Gotesdyner

Pachongjit Tittiranonda

Antonio Nucci

Brian Richard Sarbin

Barry L Bruins

Martin Beverley

Brian Sarbin

Xiaoyun Dai

David Digirolamo

Methods are provided in which a computing device obtains, from one or more disparate data sources, inventory data of a plurality of network resources in a plurality of domains of an enterprise network. The inventory data includes configuration information of the enterprise network. The method further includes the computing device selecting one or more contextual insights that apply to the inventory data of the enterprise network from contextual information related to one or more networks and configuration of the one or more networks and generating one or more contextual guides specific to one or more affected network resources of the enterprise network based on the one or more contextual insights.

Cloud portal system for managing networking and computing equipment by generating contextual guides specific to affected resource(s)

Techniques for receiving operational preferences for operating network devices, and determining software updates for the network devices based on the operational preferences. A recommendation system may determine a group of network devices in a device network based on the network devices in the group performing a common functional role or have common attributes. The recommendation engine may further receive the operational preferences for the group of network devices from a user associated with the device network. These operational preferences may be continuously, or periodically, evaluated against actual operating conditions of the group of network devices to determine whether a risk metric associated with the actual operation conditions violates an operational preference. In some instances, the recommendation system may provide the user with access to a recommendation to run updated software that is more optimized for the network device and that satisfies the operational preferences of the user.

Determining customized software recommendations for network devices

According to one embodiment, a network device associates each tile object of a plurality of tile objects with a tile set. Each tile object includes one or more parameters of a communication network, and each tile set linked to one or more context objects for a dashboard interface. The network device further determines a dynamic context for the communication network, and identifies at least one tile set linked to a context object of the one or more context objects that matches the dynamic context (the at least one tile set includes one or more associated tile objects). The network device also determines a respective display position (e.g., defined by the dashboard interface) to each tile object of the one or more associated tile objects, and provides the dashboard interface for display, with each tile object of the one or more associated tile objects displayed according to the respective display position.

Enhanced user interface systems including dynamic context selection for cloud-based networks

Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for dynamic troubleshooting workspaces. A system can collect network statistics for a network and, based on the statistics, present a first workspace having a first set of interface components, each of the first set of interface components representing a respective network context, and each of the first set of interface components including a first set of objects associated with the respective network context. Next, the system can associate selected interface components from the first set of interface components to yield associated interface components, and dynamically present a second workspace having a second set of interface components selected based on the associated interface components, each of the second set of interface components representing a different respective network context related to the associated interface components, and each of the second set of interface components including a second set of objects associated with the different respective network context.

Dynamic troubleshooting workspaces for cloud and network management systems

Display screen with a graphical user interface

Remote control for video management

In an embodiment, a method comprises: receiving a first request for network management information, the first request identifying at least one of a user, a user device, or a user application; determining a first set of user information for a given user, the determination being based on the first request and data stored in a network database, identifying one or more interrelations in the first set of user information that represent logical connections within the first set of user information; creating a first information tree rooted at data representing a user location and organized according to the one or more interrelations, the first information tree being based on the first set of user information and being created in memory of a network management computer; and displaying, based on the first information tree, the one or more interrelations and the first set of user information, network management information for the user.

Integrated view of network management data

Profile switcher panel display screen with a graphical user interface

In an embodiment, a data processing method comprises: a computer obtaining occurrence data representing one or more performance measurements collected for a network device and associated with one or more data metrics; monitoring the occurrence data; determining one or more current trends that are reflected in the occurrence data; determining one or more predicted trends for the network device; determining, based on the predicted trends, one or more future events that are predicted to occur at the network device at a future time; determining, by applying a site policy to the one or more future events, one or more preventive actions for the network device to prevent occurrence of the one or more of the future events.

Managing network devices based on predictions of events

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Palo Alto, CA, United States of America

Ali Ebtekar