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That's Not a Job for an LLM: The Right Way to Apply AI to Network Operations

LLMs have sucked all the oxygen out of the AI conversation — but AI is much more than just LLMs, and network engineers have been using AI techniques (machine learning, statistics, fuzzy logic, expert systems, neural networks) for decades. So what should LLMs be doing in network operations, what shouldn't they be doing, and how do agentic AI architectures fit in?

What Is Mean Time to Resolve (MTTR)? (And How to Improve It)

Every minute a network incident goes unresolved costs your company money. Lost productivity, missed SLAs, degraded user experience, and, in other cases, direct revenue loss. For IT teams and network admins, the pressure to resolve incidents fast isn't just operational, it's existential.

A Bettter Way to Run Network Operations: How Actionable Correlation Eliminates Alert Chaos

Anyone who has spent time in a NOC knows how quickly a routine issue can turn into a scramble. A user in a branch office reports that a critical application is unavailable. Slack starts lighting up, dashboards begin to fill with warnings, and before long several teams are trying to answer the same basic question at once: what exactly is broken, where is it broken, and who owns the next move?

How the Internet Technology Has Improved Over the Years

The internet has gone from a slow, noisy dial-up connection to a fast, always-on utility that powers nearly every part of modern life. What once took minutes can now happen in seconds. What once felt like a luxury is now essential for work, entertainment, and communication. Understanding how internet technology has evolved helps explain why today's connections feel so different, and why newer options continue to raise expectations for speed and reliability.

Setting the Bar for Agentic NetOps

AI has quickly become part of the language of network observability. Many vendors across the observability landscape can describe, summarize, correlate, or explain some data or situation, leveraging basic LLM capabilities. At a distance, many of these offerings sound similar. They promise faster insight, efficient operations, and a more intelligent path through rising complexity. But the industry has reached a point where surface-level similarity is creating noise, not value.

Test network paths with TCP, UDP, and ICMP in Datadog

When developers and SREs design application tests, they often prioritize user workflows and API availability. Extending that suite with network tests that match your app’s traffic protocols can reveal whether issues originate in the network or application layer. In this post, we’ll explore how you can design effective network tests using the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP), User Datagram Protocol (UDP), or Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP), including.

N-Sight Quarterly Roundup - Q1 2026

In this short roundup, Mike Adler, Chief Technology and Product Officer at N-able covers the key N-sight updates delivered in Q1 and what is on the way in Q2, including: Script Hub public preview for multi‑OS script creation and execution Entra ID support for N‑able Login to streamline identity and access New security and operational signals including BitLocker visibility and reboot tracking Also, he discussed what will be available in Q2, for example: N‑zo AI assistant, expanded vulnerability management and Mac patching, and deeper workflow automation across scripts and assets.

N-central Quarterly Roundup - Q1 2026

Watch Mike Adler, Chief Technology Officer and Chief Product Officer at N-able, as he walks through the Q1 updates for N-central—and what’s coming next in Q2. This release cycle is packed with innovation designed to strengthen security, improve efficiency, and simplify day‑to‑day operations. In this video, you’ll discover highlights including.

Cove Quarterly Roundup - Q1 2026

Watch Stefan Voss, Chief Product Owner for Cove, as he breaks down the latest updates and shares what’s coming next. Discover exciting enhancement, including: Critical Configuration Changes allows you to create event-based notifications for changes made to backup policies Group-Based Data Protection lets you use Microsoft Entra ID security group to define which users are protected in Cove PST Export entering public preview.