From Scripts to Platforms

What’s Really Holding Back Network Automation?

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Bridge the Gap Between Scripting & Scale with Real Data, Expert Insight, and a Customer Perspective

New research from EMA reveals a surprising truth: after years of vendor innovation, why are 64% of enterprises still building network automation with homegrown scripts? And what needs to change to move beyond automation as a side project to a scalable, strategic function?

In this live session, join Shamus McGillicuddy, VP of Research at EMA, Eric Anderson, Sr Service Reliability Architect for Armstrong World Industries, and William Collins, Tech Evangelist at Itential, and for a candid discussion of the findings – and what they mean for both engineers and IT leadership.


We’ll Explore:
  • Why homegrown automation remains dominant despite its limitations
  • The tension between engineering flexibility and leadership’s need for governance
  • How platforms can support both high-code and low-code paths to scale
  • What Armstrong learned from evolving Python scripts into orchestrated, self-service workflows

If your team is stuck between one-off scripts and platform-scale goals, this session will offer real-world insight, new data, and actionable takeaways for moving forward.

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Reserve your spot now and see what’s really holding back your network automation.

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From Scripts to Platforms: The Path to Scalable Network Automation