Data Analytics for IT Networks: Developing Innovative Use Cases, 1st edition

Published by Cisco Press (October 24, 2018) © 2019

  • John Garrett
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Title overview

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.

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Table of contents

  • Chapter 1 Getting Started with Analytics
  • Chapter 2 Approaches for Analytics and Data Science
  • Chapter 3 Understanding Networking Data Sources
  • Chapter 4 Accessing Data from Network Components
  • Chapter 5 Mental Models and Cognitive Bias
  • Chapter 6 Innovative Thinking Techniques
  • Chapter 7 Analytics Use Cases and the Intuition Behind Them
  • Chapter 8 Analytics Algorithms and the Intuition Behind Them
  • Chapter 9 Building Analytics Use Cases
  • Chapter 10 Developing Real Use Cases: The Power of Statistics
  • Chapter 11 Developing Real Use Cases: Network Infrastructure Analytics
  • Chapter 12 Developing Real Use Cases: Control Plane Analytics Using Syslog Telemetry
  • Chapter 13 Developing Real Use Cases: Data Plane Analytics
  • Chapter 14 Cisco Analytics
  • Chapter 15 Book Summary
  • Appendix A Function for Parsing Packets from pcap Files

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