Triple-T Presentations by Palo Alto Networks, Megaport, NetBrain, Opengear, IP Fabric, Rubrik
Hear from these AI Networking Sponsors as they present Tools, Technologies and Techniques that that map to solutions that enable trusted Infrastructure to drive business value in today’s Enterprise.
Here’s the lineup:
5:00 pm – AI-powered Zero Trust Management – Palo Alto Networks Triple-T
Being a network security practitioner is complicated. The threat landscape continues to intensify in terms of attack sophistication, scale and speed. Staying secure demands a deep understanding of users, applications and attackers coupled with rapid response capabilities and optimal utilization of a constantly evolving toolset. Network security teams find themselves stretched thin and burdened with heavy workloads.
With Strata Cloud Manager, you have a comprehensive view of what’s going on and how to configure your security services to create the best outcomes. You can view apps that have the highest volume of threats, identify where policies might be lax and track how your security services are performing over time. Palo Alto Network’s helps security teams quickly and easily find, understand and address threats before they turn into trouble leveraging the power and simplicity of Precision AI.
5:00 pm – Leveraging NaaS for Distributed AI Workloads – Megaport Triple-T
How enterprises can leverage the scale and agility of a Network as a Service platform like Megaport to enable connectivity for distributed AI workloads across data centers, public cloud providers, and GPUaaS clusters. In this Triple T presentation, we’ll show you how to build out on-demand network connectivity between a GPUaaS provider and a Cloud Service Provider.
5:00 pm -Revolutionizing Network Operations with AI & Automation – NetBrain Triple-T
AI and network automation are transforming network operations, enabling full-stack observability and actionable insights. NetBrain’s no-code network automation platform empowers teams to enhance troubleshooting, change management, and workflow efficiency. By integrating AI, teams can use natural language to query networks, auto-discover configuration designs, create network maps, run diagnostics, and validate configurations. This session will explore the synergy between no-code automation and Generative AI, providing real-time, contextual observability through automated dashboards.
5:15 pm – Enabling AI: The Critical Role of Opengear in Network Infrastructure Management for AI – Opengear Triple-T
In the rapidly evolving world of AI, the focus is often on the algorithms and data driving innovation. However, behind every successful AI deployment is a robust, secure, and resilient Out-of-Band Management network. In this presentation, we will explore how Opengear plays a crucial role in enabling AI by supporting the deployment and management of the infrastructure that makes AI possible.
5:15 pm – Expediting AI Readiness: Unleash the Power of IP Fabric’s Normalized Data Models – IP Fabric Triple-T
Are you interested in leveraging AI in managing your multivendor network environment? Perhaps you have already implemented AI but are missing pieces to see a full picture. In this session we will discuss the limitations of traditional data collection methods, the importance of normalized stateful data, and the power of harnessing this new information for feeding and training AI models.
5:15 pm – Rubrik Triple-T Presentation Details to be announced shortly
Matt Meabon has spent time in multiple areas of technology in his career. He began his career
in sales at CDW before moving into an engineering role focusing on Netapp and VMware. While
at CDW he worked with customers in NYC helping them move physical workloads to virtual
systems. Matt then moved to Northern California to assist larger strategic customers’ journey to
cloud-based workloads. After working at technology partner Kovarus focusing on RedHat and
Dev/Ops solutions Matt moved back to Rochester NY in 2018. He joined Palo Alto Networks
helping their technology partners get up to speed on security implementation best practices. In
2020 Matt stepped in to lead the US Channel Engineering team helping train Palo Alto Networks
technology partners on products and solutions. He then led the Northeast Commercial
Engineering team working with customers in NYC and New England. Most recently Matt leads
the Strategic Northeast Solution Consultants focusing on all areas of the Palo Alto Networks
platform.
He currently lives in Rochester, NY with his wife of 20 years and 5 kids. He is a passionate
sports fan and of course, suffers through the annual Buffalo Bills football season.
Jordan is a seasoned technology leader with over 25 years of experience in the networking hardware/software and data center space, currently serving as the Director of Strategic Solutions, Networking & Security at Megaport. Throughout his career at industry leaders like Equinix, Ciena, and BT, he’s held various engineering, sales engineering, and leadership roles, developing expertise in Carrier Ethernet, SDN, orchestration, and cloud technologies. During his time at Ciena, Jordan and his team executed a number of large scale NFV & orchestration deployments focused on enabling enterprises and carriers to leverage the scalability and velocity that NFV provides. Jordan’s strong foundation in network engineering stemmed from his early career. He began as an IP/MPLS WAN network engineer for British Telecom before transitioning to a sales engineering role, managing accounts across the US and Western Europe. Jordan holds a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) in Information Systems from Georgia Southern University.
Dan Baxter is a seasoned out-of-band (OOB) professional with more than 20 years of experience in network resilience and management. As Director of Sales Engineering for the Americas at Opengear, he leads the U.S. Sales Engineers and Solution Architects teams. Dan’s extensive career includes senior roles at Cyclades, Avocent and Emerson Network Power. At Opengear, his focus is on helping hyper-scale and enterprise customers find practical applications for OOB solutions, ensuring network resilience, reducing complexity, and delivering tailored advice for NetOps, DevOps, and SD-WAN environments. His commitment to innovation and customer satisfaction makes him a trusted advisor in the rapidly evolving field of network engineering.
Justin Jeffery has spent the last ten years working as a NetDevOps Engineer at two of the largest US
telecom providers and one of the largest financial providers in the world. He holds a CCNA, CCNA
Security and is well versed in Python. He enjoys solving problems in a programmatic fashion to
promote Network Automation. Outside of his career Justin has also been an adjunct faculty member
teaching students about computer science and networking.
Having been with IP Fabric since October 2021, Justin uses his vast experience and knowledge of
Automated Network Assurance in his role as Customer Success Solutions Architect to educate and
support prospective and current customers through customized product demonstrations aimed at
addressingtheir specific requirements.
