In the evolution of enterprise infotech, automation tools and IoT (internet of things) have become more commonplace than we could have imagined. While automation is as old as industry itself, it has now forayed into network management and configuration as also organisational functions — human resource management, marketing, vendor management and consumer interactions. This slew of automation spilling into other functions has resulted in a semblance of a harmonised automated network and has given rise to tools that even automate the automation! Some of the top technology leaders from across industries analyse the path network automation is taking to spearhead digital transformation.