Analyzing data with machine learning (ML) algorithms and artificial intelligence (AI) will become the common starting point for many technology. ML can make predictions based on network data. And in the broader sense, AI can take intelligent action based on those predictions.
In 2020, analytics tools built on ML and AI will get better and more powerful. Instead of being yet another management platform no one logs into, they’ll be built right into networking platforms.
That doesn’t mean routers and switches will be doing network analysis for us. Remember we’re also seeing a trend toward completely automated networks managed by some sort of controller. I believe advanced analytics will be baked right into these automation platforms, which will evolve into validation mechanisms and the beginnings of a self-operating network.
I don’t think we’ll see completely autonomous networks in 2020. But I do think we’ll see advanced analytics and automation—major components of intent-based networking—become so common that we’ll discuss self-remediation as the very real next step in software-defined networking.
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