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Decision Insights Coverage • February 4, 2026
Gartner forecasts widespread agentic AI adoption in IT operations by 2029 and calls for orchestration, governance, and auditability.
Decision Insights Coverage • February 4, 2026
Itential outlines using orchestration to automate PCI scope analysis and support a large-scale application migration.
Decision Insights Signals • February 4, 2026
Tellabs and Cornerstone released a report that PON reduces complexity, lowers cost and enables vendor-neutral SDN at scale.
Decision Insights Signals • February 3, 2026
SoftBank Corp. and Ericsson Japan K.K. demonstrated and deployed an AI system that improved 5G downlink throughput by 24%.
Decision Insights Signals • February 3, 2026
Dell’Oro Group says campus Ethernet switching rebounded in 2025 but AI component demand pushed prices higher.
Decision Insights Signals • February 3, 2026
Broadcom Inc. introduced an 802.11bn Wi‑Fi 8 AP and Trident X3+ switch with a unified architecture; it was sampling to early access customers.
Decision Insights Signals • January 31, 2026
NVIDIA’s post‑Mellanox influence coincided with Ethernet overtaking InfiniBand in data center switch and port counts, industry reports said.
Decision Insights Coverage • January 28, 2026
Itential says AI agents require orchestration, guardrails and visibility for safe deployment in enterprise network operations.
Decision Insights Signals • January 27, 2026
Mplify detailed expanded Carrier Ethernet certifications and a transition path for MEF 3.0 certified members.
Decision Insights Signals • January 27, 2026
Mplify updated Carrier Ethernet certifications, offering Carrier Ethernet for Business now and targeting Carrier Ethernet for AI in Q2 2026.
Decision Insights Coverage • January 24, 2026
Aviz Networks' APB 2.11 adds 400G platform support, GRE tunneling, ONIE zero-touch provisioning and CLI improvements.
Decision Insights Coverage • January 24, 2026
Aviz Service Node R2.3 adds deeper subscriber exports, DPI payload extraction, multi‑NIC support and in‑service DPI upgrades.
Decision Insights Coverage • January 23, 2026
Itential says FlowAI produced a production network interface health agent in minutes for the author’s team.
Decision Insights Coverage • January 22, 2026
Itential summarizes Lumen's staged shift from scripts to governed AI-assisted network automation.
Decision Insights Coverage • January 21, 2026
Aviz Networks combined SONiC, observability and a Network Copilot to help retailers deploy networks with more visibility and vendor neutrality.
Decision Insights Coverage • January 21, 2026
Aviz Networks' ONES 4.1 unifies orchestration across GPU, front-end and storage fabrics and adds telemetry operators can customize.
Decision Insights Coverage • January 21, 2026
ASN-DPI uses deep packet inspection to identify applications, protocols and traffic categories across enterprise and telecom networks.
Decision Insights Coverage • January 18, 2026
Aviz tested ONES telemetry collectors at scale and measured consistent low latency while validating resource use with a gNMI simulator and Datadog.
Decision Insights Coverage • January 17, 2026
Aviz Networks and Marvell describe a SONiC integration that pairs Marvell switch silicon with Aviz's ONES for AI fabric and edge deployments.
Decision Insights Signals • January 16, 2026
Dell'Oro Group raised five-year forecasts for 5G Mobile Core Network and MEC, citing demand for lower-latency AI applications.
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