Patrick Mosimann

Solutions Engineer
Swiss Networking team

With over 19 years of experience across roles as customer, partner, competitor, and now Solutions Engineer at Cisco, I specialize in designing and implementing innovative network solutions focused on Software Defined Access (SDA), Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE), and network programmability. As a Cisco Live Distinguished Speaker, STLDP Innovation Coach, Career Mentor, and part-time instructor, I’m passionate about empowering individuals and teams—and giving back to the community as founder of the Swiss Cisco NetOps User Group. My technical focus spans automation with Ansible and Terraform, infrastructure-as-code workflows, and building AI-ready networks.

Articles

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  Enterprise Networks

  From NetDevOps to AgenticOps: Real-World Use Cases with the Network MCP Docker Suite

  5 min read

  Patrick Mosimann - Friday, 7 November 2025 - 0 Comments

  The final part of the series focuses on real-world use cases and what I call the journey from NetOps to NetDevOps to AgenticOps. I walk through concrete scenarios, connect them

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  Enterprise Networks

  Network MCP Docker Suite: Seven MCP Servers for AI-Driven Network Operations

  3 min read

  Patrick Mosimann - Friday, 7 November 2025 - 0 Comments

  In Part 2, I introduce the open-source Network MCP Docker Suite: seven MCP servers for Meraki, Catalyst Center, IOS XE, NetBox, ISE, ThousandEyes, and Splunk. I show how AI assistants

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  Enterprise Networks

  When Networks Understand What You Want – Not Just What You Say: The MCP Protocol Revolution

  3 min read

  Patrick Mosimann - Friday, 7 November 2025 - 0 Comments

  What if your network could actually understand what you want, not just what you type into a CLI? In this first part, I explain the Model Context Protocol (MCP), why

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  Enterprise Networks

  Simplify Network Issue Reporting with a Python Application and Cisco DNA Center API

  2 min read

  Patrick Mosimann - Thursday, 27 April 2023 - 0 Comments

  This blog post explores how to use a Python application to report network device issues managed by Cisco DNA Center. The application uses Cisco DNA Center API to access the

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  Enterprise Networks

  Cisco DNA Center PnP Onboarding Automation Using Webhook Notification

  3 min read

  Patrick Mosimann - Tuesday, 4 April 2023 - 0 Comments

  To automate the network device onboarding process, we’ve developed a Python Flask application that utilizes webhook notifications in Cisco DNA Center. Read more

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  Enterprise Networks

  Energy reduction on Cisco Catalyst Series Switches

  4 min read

  Patrick Mosimann - Wednesday, 28 September 2022 - 0 Comments

  At the moment, energy efficiency and sustainability are probably the number one topic across Europe or even worldwide. In general, the Cisco Catalyst 9000 Switches have multiple benefits regarding energy

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  Enterprise Networks

  How Cisco SD-Access helps to solve challenges in Healthcare #2

  3 min read

  Patrick Mosimann - Wednesday, 11 October 2017 - 0 Comments

  The healthcare industry faces unique challenges when it comes to the identification, classification, and authentication of medical devices. Rigid guidelines prevent tampering with or modifying the hardware and software on

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  Enterprise Networks

  How Cisco SD-Access helps to solve challenges in Healthcare #1

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  Patrick Mosimann - Wednesday, 19 July 2017 - 0 Comments

  Cost pressure in the healthcare results in better utilizing of costly medical devices. On the other side this devices are connected to the network to share important telemetry data in

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