Re: 2025 State of Network Automation Survey - Requesting Your Participation

[Chris Grundemann via NANOG <nanog () lists nanog org>]

On Mon, Sep 22, 2025 at 11:03 AM Mel Beckman <mel () beckman org> wrote:

> Chris,
>
> What do you mean by “If you have enable on a production network”?

This survey is for anyone who operates a network; meaning you have edit
('enable') access to switches, routers, firewalls, or optical transport
equipment on a production network, or you lead a team that does.


>  -mel
> “nouning verbs weirds them”
>
> On Sep 22, 2025, at 9:58 AM, Chris Grundemann via NANOG <
> nanog () lists nanog org> wrote:
>
> Tl;dr: If you have enable on a production network, we need YOU to respond
> (no automation experience required):
> https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/StateOfNetworkAutomation_2025
>
>
> The 2025 State of Network Automation Survey closes in two short weeks!
> *Deadline
> to respond is noon MDT (GMT-0600) on Monday, 6 September.*
>
> This survey is for anyone who operates a network; meaning you have edit
> ('enable') access to switches, routers, firewalls, or optical transport
> equipment on a production network, or you lead a team that does.
>
> All experience levels welcome! Even if you have zero automation experience,
> your response is valuable. Those with more advanced automation will see
> additional questions.
>
> All responses are anonymous, and only aggregate data will be published by
> the Network Automation Forum.
>
> If you already took this year's survey - please consider sharing the survey
> link with others to help ensure the widest possible reach.
>
> Thanks!
> ~Chris
>
>
> PS - We have had an amazing response, with almost 400 respondents (382 as
> of right now); after you complete the survey you will instantly see how all
> those others responded. And the more responses we get, the more useful and
> powerful the final results will be for all of us.
>
> PPS - The NANOG PC has scheduled the survey results readout for NANOG 95 on
> Tuesday after lunch: https://nanog.org/events/nanog-95/agenda/
>
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 17, 2025 at 3:39 PM Chris Grundemann <cgrundemann () gmail com>
> wrote:
>
> Hey all! It's that time of year again... Survey time.
>
>
> The 2025 State of Network Automation Survey is open!!!
>
>
> No automation experience required - please share with everyone who has
>
> edit access on a production network, regardless of how automated that
>
> network might be.
>
>
> https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/StateOfNetworkAutomation_2025
>
>
> For consistency, and ability to track trends, most of the questions are
>
> word-for-word repeats from prior years surveys. This year I deleted a few
>
> questions that don't seem relevant anymore, and I made a few questions
>
> optional, rather than required, in hopes of MANY more responses -- I also
>
> built in some logic, so that *folks who have ZERO network automation
>
> experience / deployment can still answer the survey easily*, in hopes of
>
> more accurate data collection.
>
>
> There are also some new questions, all suggested by the Network Automation
>
> Forum community.
>
>
> Finally, you will notice that we (now with NAF backing) moved off of the
>
> free Google form to a much sleeker SurveyMonkey survey. w00t
>
>
> Again - we invite anyone and everyone with enable on a production network
>
> to complete the survey, and we hope that everyone here will share the
>
> survey in other foraa as well - mailing lists, newsletters, social media,
>
> discord, slack, reddit, etc, etc.
>
>
> Survey results have been submitted as a talk for NANOG 95 in October. And
>
> will be available publically one way or another before the end of the year.
>
>
> Thanks!
>
> ~Chris
>
>
>
>
>
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