Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining first information indicative of one or more historical operating characteristics of a network; obtaining second information indicative of one or more current operating characteristics of the network; comparing, via a first computer-implemented process that requires no manual intervention, the first information to the second information to make a prediction of a potential future network event, resulting in a predicted future network event; classifying, via a second computer-implemented process that requires no manual intervention, the predicted future network event into one of a plurality of classes of network events; and responsive to the classifying, facilitating, via a third computer-implemented process that requires no manual intervention, an action to at least partially avoid an occurrence of the predicted future network event. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: In one example, the present disclosure describes a device, computer-readable medium, and method for minimizing customer impact during network access migrations. For instance, in one example, a method includes detecting a change in an access network that affects a first network circuit connecting a customer premises to a first provider edge router and provisioning a second network circuit in response to the detecting, wherein the provisioning comprises taking an action to preserve a wide area network internet protocol address of the customer premises on the first network circuit in the second network circuit.

Abstract: Devices, computer-readable media, and methods for reclaiming and reallocating stranded Internet Protocol assets are disclosed. In one example, a method includes acquiring a plurality of reports detailing the usage and availability of a packet-switched network, classifying, based on the plurality of reports, a plurality of hosts in the packet-switched network, identifying, based on the classifying, a first host of the plurality of hosts from which to reclaim an Internet Protocol asset, and reclaiming the Internet Protocol asset from the first host and reassigning the Internet Protocol asset to a pool of available Internet Protocol assets.

Abstract: Facilitating multiple step network configuration activation automation based on parallel processing is provided herein. Operations of a system include based on a determination that a network activation is to be implemented on target equipment, parsing the network activation into a first group of initialization portion actions and a second group of active target actions. The operations also can include implementing, via first parallel processing, the first group of initialization portion actions on the target equipment. Further, the operations can include, based on a second determination of a completion of the implementing of the first group of initialization portion actions, implementing, via second parallel processing, the second group of active target actions on the target equipment during an implementation period. The target equipment are equipment of a virtual local area network.