AI is changing the network. Is your infrastructure ready?
AI isn’t just changing what organisations do with technology. It’s changing the network underneath it.
Traffic patterns are shifting. Bandwidth demands are growing. And network teams are being asked to manage increasingly complex environments, often without the resources to keep adding more people.
So, could AI itself become part of the answer?
In this episode of SCC Simplify, Matt Walker, Mark Ramsden and Gbenga Osoba explore what happens when AI meets the network, from switches that can configure themselves to AIOps that could help teams move from reacting to problems to anticipating them.
But greater automation brings a different challenge.
When AI recommends a fix, how do you know you can trust it?
The conversation explores why human oversight still matters and how organisations can find the right balance between using AI to simplify network operations and retaining the expertise needed to validate the decisions it makes.
There’s also the infrastructure question. As AI creates new traffic patterns and places greater demands on connectivity, technologies such as Wi-Fi 7 and next-generation networking are becoming an important part of the conversation.
The episode explores:
- How AI is creating new network traffic patterns
- The shift from reactive management towards predictive operations with AIOps
- The role of Wi-Fi 7 and next-generation connectivity
- How automation can support overstretched network teams
- Why human oversight remains critical when AI recommends network changes
- The infrastructure considerations organisations may not yet have planned for
AI isn’t just transforming applications.
It’s redefining how networks need to be designed, managed and secured.
Watch the full episode to hear Matt, Mark and Gbenga discuss what this means for network and infrastructure teams, and the questions organisations should be asking as AI adoption accelerates.
Ready to talk about what AI means for your network?
If the topics discussed in this episode reflect challenges or opportunities within your own network environment, speak to SCC about how to prepare your infrastructure for what comes next.