For decades, network teams have been forced to choose between speed and stability. AI may finally be changing that equation. In this episode of The AI Forecast, Paul Muller sits down with John Capobianco, Head of AI and Developer Relations at Itential and author of “Automate Your Network,” to explore how AI is reshaping the future of network operations. Drawing on decades of experience in network engineering, John explains why network automation has struggled to gain traction and how AI, agents, and Model Context Protocol (MCP) could finally break the bottleneck.

Explore how a global supply chain company turned its data platform into a customer-facing product designed to operate at the speed of disruption. Boris Rabkin, Chief Information Officer at Ligentia, shares how the company executed that shift through a deliberate phased approach and a partnership with ThoughtSpot. He breaks down how to build a data foundation that scales, what it takes to embed analytics where decisions happen, and how to structure AI ownership and governance across a global regulatory environment.

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