AI, machine learning, and neural networks are not new ideas. So what changed now? Over the last 5-6 years, advances in software, hardware, and scale have brought machine learning to the forefront, enabling new products and technologies. In this episode, Bob Friday, CTO of Mist, a Juniper Company, discusses the changes that have enabled his company and others to bring AI to the enterprise. We focus on four key questions:
- When did you start to see that AI was going to be a major force in the enterprise networking world?
- How have Google and other companies enabled AI through advances in open source software?
- How about hardware? There have been many advances over the last decade, from GP-GPUs to faster and lower-latency networking in storage. How has this enabled AI?
- How are large neural networks enabling AI in the enterprise?
Episode Hosts and Guests
Bob Friday, CTO of Mist, a Juniper Company. Find bob on Twitter at @WirelessBob.
Stephen Foskett is the Organizer of the Tech Field Day Event Series and President of the Tech Field Day business unit, part of The Futurum Group. Connect with Stephen on LinkedIn and follow him on X/Twitter, on Mastodon, or on Bluesky. Learn more about Tech Field Day and information on upcoming events on their website.
Andy Thurai, technology influencer and thought leader. Find Andy’s content at theFieldCTO.com and on Twitter at @AndyThurai.