Abstract: Methods are provided in which a computing device obtains telemetry data associated with a network technology used in an enterprise network. The network technology is deployed using one or more assets of the enterprise. The methods further include the computing device determining, for each deployment of the network technology, a progression along an adoption lifecycle of the network technology, based on the telemetry data, generating, based on the progression of each deployment of the network technology, a first action set and an alternative second action set, different from the first action set, for further progression along the adoption lifecycle and providing the first action set and the alternative second action set for the further progression of the network technology along the adoption lifecycle.

Abstract: Methods are provided in which a computing device obtains telemetry data associated with a network technology used in an enterprise network. The network technology is deployed using one or more assets of the enterprise. The methods further include the computing device determining, for each deployment of the network technology, a progression along an adoption lifecycle of the network technology, based on the telemetry data, generating, based on the progression of each deployment of the network technology, a first action set and an alternative second action set, different from the first action set, for further progression along the adoption lifecycle and providing the first action set and the alternative second action set for the further progression of the network technology along the adoption lifecycle.

Abstract: A device is configured to support one or more virtual networking functions at a branch in a network. The device receives from a central control entity a command to deploy a particular virtual networking function, the command including or accompanied by a deployment file that identifies an external port at which the particular virtual networking function is accessed externally at the device. The device maps the external port to an internal port on an internal management network of the device, and stores a portmapping entry for the particular virtual networking function based on the mapping. The device sends to the central control entity a notification containing portmapping information that indicates the internal port to which the external port is mapped.

Abstract: A device is configured to support one or more virtual networking functions at a branch in a network. The device receives from a central control entity a command to deploy a particular virtual networking function, the command including or accompanied by a deployment file that identifies an external port at which the particular virtual networking function is accessed externally at the device. The device maps the external port to an internal port on an internal management network of the device, and stores a portmapping entry for the particular virtual networking function based on the mapping. The device sends to the central control entity a notification containing portmapping information that indicates the internal port to which the external port is mapped.