Imagine if there were an easier way to reduce the amount of network downtime, limit the risk of human error and increase the speed by which changes to the network can be completed. This could free up time so the network operations team can focus on strategic matters such as architecture planning that increases ROI for the business. Traditional networks continue to face deployment and management challenges. Provisioning, monitoring and troubleshooting services are a painstakingly manual process. While compute cycles can be delivered in seconds, traditional network architectures are unable to scale for the digital era. This is where network programmability and network automation come into play. Companies can realize a great return on investment when they employ network programmability and network automation. Enterprises gain business insight from data derived from the network. Companies can use wireless infrastructure, for example, to determine foot traffic patterns within a supermarket. Identifying a store’s busiest areas allows a retailer to better target customers via the strategic placement of products and signs. This insight also could aid in planning where to expand wireless coverage in specific areas of a building.