Moderator: Richard Piasentin, Accedian is now part of Cisco Speakers: Craig Johnson, Forward Networks Josh Stephens, BackBox Justin Ryburn, Kentik

1. Mini-Track:
Observability
Richard Piasentin, Craig Johnson,
Josh Stephens, Justin Ryburn

2. Observability: Setup and Discussion
Long gone are the days where network operations was reactive. With observability network
operations is more proactive and has more recently entered into the predictive era.
How does observability contribute to proactive and predictive network operations?
Is observability a key component for network automation? Can you in fact close the loop without
observability?
What parts of the closed loop automation workflow rely on observability?
What is granularity/observability resolution required for each of these workflows in a closed
loop controlled network? Is the standard and good ol’ SNMP good enough or streaming telemetry
such as Model Driven Telemetry or OTEL approach is what we should be standardizing on?
Now that we’ve established that observability is essential for a closed loop control network to
validate that any corrective action the controller has taken is adequate – my final question is
how does observability help network operators better manage/optimize their capex/opex and unlock
new revenue opportunities?

3. Thank You!