Decision Insights Coverage

AI workloads require coordinating GPUs, storage, and apps, making networking a core factor in AI scalability and ROI via openness and standardization.

A migration report details moving from STP-based Layer 2 to SONiC leaf-spine with MCLAG, using parallel build and a firewall-based gateway.

Itential’s Spec-Driven Development adds a five-stage, approved lifecycle for infrastructure automation, improving traceability and governance.

Itential says MCP server design should focus on outcomes, curated tools, bounded resources, guardrails, and failure handling for production reliability.

The blog compares AI adoption to early cloud, stressing deterministic execution boundaries and spec-driven intent before agents touch production.

Observability can’t by itself remediate issues in hybrid and multivendor estates; the blog describes AIOps orchestration and closed-loop operations.