In a world full of uncertainties, I think networking professionals have a lot to be optimistic or even excited about right now. With a positive mindset, there are new and innovative technologies to learn, along with the abundance of opportunities that come from “the largest infrastructure build-out in human history”.
Starting with AI infrastructure. At the World Economic Forum in Davos last month Jensen Huang referenced several crucial skills required for the coming AI world and directly mentioned network technicians. Networking is not only foundational to AI infrastructure but it’s one of the biggest levers for optimisation of GPUs, reducing cost and improving performance. Automation will of course play a role but the scale of the coming build, the complexity of the technology and the pace of innovation mean that the skilled human will be very much in demand.
The more traditional networking market for enterprises and service providers will also see automation and the emergence of agentic AI but medium term, this will almost certainly be augmentation rather than replacement. The diversity of requirements, architectures, solutions and vendors, means that skilled and knowledgeable humans will be required end to end throughout the network lifecycle from advisory, through to transformation and operations.
This week I will be in Amsterdam for Cisco Live, and I am very excited to learn about the innovation shaping the future of networking. On an Explorer Pass, I will be focusing my time on key sponsors rather than sessions. On my wish list are the following and I hope that in coming weeks I can share a little more information on each.
AMD
IP Fabric
Forward Networks, Inc.
Alkira, Inc.
cPacket
NVIDIA
Radware
Aviz Networks
Megaport
Cisco 360
Cisco AI PODs
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