AI-Driven NOC/SOC Automation Project- ONUG Collaborative Update

NYC 2024

Generative AI (GenAI), based on widely-adopted Large Language Models (LLMs), has burst onto the scene and is poised to transform NOC/SOC operations by streamlining and automating many types of labor-intensive, operational workflows.

In 2024, the ONUG Collaborative AI-Driven NOC/SOC Automation project has been investigating the adoption of GenAI in network and security operations for a wide range of use cases, and surveyed IT professionals to learn how their organizations are utilizing GenAI, where they are finding the most business value and what they see as the key issues and concerns.

Attend this session to become better prepared to help your operations teams adopt GenAI and learn more about specific GenAI-enabled tools and technologies that leading IT organizations have been evaluating, testing and using on a daily basis.
Project team leaders will present their key findings and leading IT professionals will describe how their organizations are leveraging the power of this new technology, which promises to turbocharge AIOPs.

Speakers:

Michael Haugh brings over twenty-five years of experience and leads Product Marketing at Gluware. Prior to Gluware, Michael was VP of Product Management at ClearPath Networks. He has previously held roles in System Engineering, Product Management, and Marketing at Ixia and Spirent. Michael also worked at IBM Global Services and AT&T in Network Operations, Network Engineering and as a Design Engineer. Michael, Cisco CCIE #4334, AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner and holds a B.S. in Engineering from Southern Illinois University.

Pradeep Kathail is the CTO, Enterprise Networking at Cisco, and is responsible for architecture, technology and standards strategy, innovation, and incubation of new technology.

His current focus areas are trustworthiness of network, rules-based engines for network diagnostics and compliance, as well as new market disruption coming from software defined IT infrastructure. He has led many large-scale OS infrastructure and system development projects.

Prior to Cisco, Pradeep held various technology management jobs at Apple, Novell, SITA and IBM.

He holds a MS Computer Science degree from IIT Roorkee, India.

 

Parantap Lahiri is the VP of Network and Datacenter Engineering at eBay, based in San Jose, California. With over two decades of experience in network architecture and engineering, he has held leadership positions at major tech companies including eBay, Visa, Juniper Networks, and Microsoft. Lahiri is recognized for his expertise in data center networks, cloud architecture, and AI infrastructure, including GPU-based systems for AI workloads. He has co-authored award-winning research, holds multiple patents in the field, and is actively involved in developing infrastructure for AI-enabled environments. Lahiri holds a Bachelor’s degree in Electronics and Telecommunication from Jadavpur University and has completed executive education at Wharton.

Xiaobo leads a team to deliver leading edge technology solutions in support of Citi IT strategy. She drives critical solutions to secure Citi’s hybrid cloud environments to enable Citi to reduce risks and stay compliant while allowing Citi’s businesses to benefit from the opportunities that cloud services provide. Xiaobo started her career as a Network Engineer at Goldman Sachs in 2009 after she got her Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. She has been selected for “Rising Star Award” to represent Citi at the Women’s Bond Club in the financial industry in 2017. She is also on Palo Alto Network Vendor’s Cloud Customer Advisory Board.

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