Data Analytics for IT Networks: Developing Innovative Use Cases

by John Garrett

Use data analytics to drive innovation and value throughout your network infrastructure Network and IT professionals capture immense amounts of data from their networks. Buried in this data are multiple opportunities to solve and avoid problems, strengthen security, and improve network performance. To achieve these goals, IT networking experts need a solid understanding of data science, and data scientists need a firm grasp of modern networking concepts. Data Analytics for IT Networks fills these knowledge gaps, allowing both groups to drive unprecedented value from telemetry, event analytics, network infrastructure metadata, and other network data sources. Drawing on his pioneering experience applying data science to large-scale Cisco networks, John Garrett introduces the specific data science methodologies and algorithms network and IT professionals need, and helps data scientists understand contemporary network technologies, applications, and data sources. After establishing this shared understanding, Garrett shows how to uncover innovative use cases that integrate data science algorithms with network data. He concludes with several hands-on, Python-based case studies reflecting Cisco Customer Experience (CX) engineers’ supporting its largest customers. These are designed to serve as templates for developing custom solutions ranging from advanced troubleshooting to service assurance.

472 pages, Paperback

Published October 24, 2018

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Reviews

[John Banner · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was not the typical book that I expect from Cisco Press, however I think it lived upto is name well. This is less of a book about networking, and more about developing Data Analytics Use Cases, using the context of networking.
I think this would be a valuable read for anyone who is looking to build analytics use cases, regardless of the field. The book looks at how to approach the process, where and how to find network data, provides an overview of algorithms and common use cases and then develops a few of these in the network domain into useful examples.
Disclaimer: while I am a Cisco employee, my only connection to this book is as an interested reader, looking at how to better apply the tools and techniques.