What does the future of enterprise networking really look like?
In this episode, Extreme Networks’ Chief Product & Technology Officer Nabil Bukhari joins Craig to explore how AI, autonomous agents, and platform thinking are transforming the core infrastructure of modern businesses.
From managing mission-critical networks to building agentic systems that collaborate, troubleshoot, and scale autonomously - this is a deep dive into how connectivity is being redefined from the ground up.
Whether you’re a tech leader, CIO, product builder, or simply curious about how infrastructure evolves, this conversation reveals where the enterprise is headed next.
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(00:00) Preview
(01:02) Introducing Nabil Bukhari & Extreme Networks
(05:24) Why Global Connectivity Is Still Accelerating
(07:54) How Enterprise Data Flows Across Modern Networks
(12:34) Networking for AI vs. Built-in AI
(14:12) Platform One & Agentic AI Systems Explained
(21:20) Human-in-the-Loop, Over-the-Loop, and Above-the-Loop
(23:35) Why AI Guardrails Must Be Baked into the Architecture
(27:33) Introducing the ARC Framework
(31:15) Persona-Based Interfaces for NetOps, CFOs & CMOs
(33:25) The Problem with Chatbots
(36:06) Enterprise vs. Public Networks
(38:38) Global Connectivity Infrastructure & Use Case Variability
(44:29) How Secure and Resilient Are Enterprise Networks?
(52:24) In-House AI for Critical Infrastructure
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