Knowledge session
AUTOMATION DEEP DIVE: SOURCES OF TRUTH

Automation and Sources of Truth are typical buzzwords, but rarely mean the same thing. At One Zero IT, we see many organizations struggling with the same questions:

• Where do you start?
• How do you position SoT within your IT landscape?
• How do you keep automation from making everything more complex instead of simpler?
• How do you ensure that data is actually reliable?
• How does SoT touch your business processes and workflows?
  
  

During this interactive knowledge session on March 10, Mahmoed Hassan (Network Automation Engineer) and Tom Lenders (Automation Consultant) show not how it should be done, but how it can be done. Indeed, Mahmoed and Tom will each shed light on automation and SoT from their own experience, with different perspectives and different tooling. Because every organizational need is also different.

We invite you to think and discuss and share best practices together for your next step in automation!

What topics are covered?

• Automation and Sources of Truth: concepts and their relationship
• Sources of Truth in perspective
• Theory vs. practice: multi-vendor, multi-tenant and organizational complexity
• Intended, observed and hybrid states
• Case studies and demos of tooling such as Nautobot and Infrahub
• Open disucssion on implementation forms, choices and tooling
  
  

After this session:

• Have a clear understanding of the concept of Sources of Truth and why it is crucial for success with automation
• Understand different forms of implementation and when which choices make sense
• Can you better determine where your organization stands and what could be a next step
• Do you have concrete insights and practical examples
• Have you gained new connections within automation

Whether you are just getting started with automation or already have multiple initiatives underway, you will leave with new perspectives, ideas and sharper questions.

For whom.

IT managers, architects and engineers. No prior knowledge is required, anyone with an affinity for the subject is welcome!

The session is in Dutch.

Practical information

Date and time: March 10, 2026, 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. (lunch included)

Location: Van Deventerlaan 30-40, 3528 AE, Utrecht