Cisco DNA Analytics and Assurance vs. Selector Analytics

So not everyone is in need of a smart AI checking their network metrics looking for issues before they happen or finding and alerting on problems that the network staff may not have noticed, but if you have the budget for it, it could be a huge time saver for your whole department.

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Selector Analytics has proven very useful for our SRE and DevOps teams. It addresses our concern of being able to monitor network health and gives good analytics for our needs. It also helps with problem identification quickly so that we can resolve any potential issues. Getting an idea of network health allows us to identify potential problems beforehand, and we can take measures to fix them.

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• Identify devices and their connectivity to the network
• Troubleshoot device connectivity paths
• Give us visibility into possible issues with network devices

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• Network Health Monitoring.
• Realtime Actionable Insights.
• Identifying ways to fix problems.

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• Early on the product was unstable. Since fixed.
• The need to contact the BU when TAC cannot solve the issue. This happens all the time.
• Upgrades to the product are not smooth and take a great deal of time.

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• Dashboard Customizations would be good to have.
• Integration with tools such as Slack.

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Cisco DNA Analytics and Assurance definitely has a steep learning curve. While it's had an upgrade to its onboarding, it's still a very technically heavy application that requires knowledge of Cisco networking and terminology. I think keeping that in mind helps with the expectations, but anyone can use the application with a little training and experience.

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We moved away from Solarwinds during the breach. Haven't touched them with a 10 foot pole since.We looked at Splunk but decided to stick with a Cisco product since we are a Cisco shop

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• Loads of time saved diagnosing network issues.
• Much effort saved having to determine network performance metrics by hand.
• The Cisco brand is generally safe and trusted so you get that additional peace of mind.

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• Helped us identify problems faster.
• Insights to identify ways to prevent future problems.
• Helps us resolve problems faster.
• Reduced our server costs - as we know when to scale up and when to scale down.

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