TNO063: Automating Human-Centric NetOps is Finally Achievable

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Scott discusses the advancements in AI for automating human-centric NetOps with Avi Freedman.

Scott sits down with Avi Freedman, CEO and co-founder of Kentik, to discuss if AI has advanced enough to automate human-centric NetOps. Together they caution against vendor hype regarding closed-loop network automation despite the progress AI has made. Avi also shares his personal experiences in the industry and the hard won lessons he learned along ... Read more »

People in this episode

Host: Scott

Guest: Avi Freedman

Topics covered

• AI
• NetOps
• automation
• network management
• vendor hype

Keywords

• AI
• NetOps
• automation
• network
• Kentik
• vendor hype
• industry experiences

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Kentik

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