Clarence Reynolds, TelecomTV (00:02):
Enterprise networks face unprecedented challenges as hybrid work. IOT devices and cloud applications converge to create complex management demands. And with security threats evolving and IT teams stretched thin, AI powered networking solutions have emerged as a critical response. Joining me today is Dobias van Ingen from HPE Aruba Networking to explain how intelligent automation is transforming enterprise connectivity. Dobias, thank you for being with us.

Dobias van Ingen, HPE (00:30):
Oh, thank you very much for inviting me.

Clarence Reynolds, TelecomTV (00:33):
So how does Aruba Networking Central, simplify network management?

Dobias van Ingen, HPE (00:38):
Yeah, I've been thinking about that a lot. And the way I want to explain to you, did you have children? Adult. Adult, but they have been living at home once? Yes. And did they play video games? Of course. And too much all the time. Okay, let me ask. And they complain sometimes that they were lagging behind. They get less latency, they blame the wifi or the infrastructure. Right. Okay. Let me show you one thing. This actually is my house real time live.

Clarence Reynolds, TelecomTV (01:03):
Okay.

Dobias van Ingen, HPE (01:03):
So I'm not sure my children will be happy right now, but let's see. So I click on them and what we are doing, every client that is connecting to the infrastructure, we profile them. Meaning I can click on the client and I can show you search for Sony, for example, and I found my Sony devices. But if I want to do this more easily, I can show the classification. You can see I have Samsung, I have dishwashers, I have everything in my house. So I can show you that. And even better, I can give you a full blown view of what's going on there. But let's get back to this Sony. So we go back to Sony, and now one of my children is going to complain, they lose and they always blame the network. So I can show it to you here, the full blown connectivity.

(01:50):
I can give you the connectivity performance and Hoover over what is happening at what moment in time, so you immediately know, right, performance or not. I can even give you the full view of the connectivity steps. In this case, everything is green. So I can say you're just a bad player and the network is not the problem. Or I can look at classification. Let's say maybe security wise is going up, gaming platform, Sony, PlayStation, time on the network, the different application they're using. I can even compare PlayStations with each other and I can see if there's maybe roaming problem from one x point to the other. We do this for both wire and wireless. So this way we give you an optimized experience, full visibility, and we can immediately look at security from one single platform.

Clarence Reynolds, TelecomTV (02:34):
So you can see the devices, but how do you know who access and when they access those devices? And can you secure it?

Dobias van Ingen, HPE (02:42):
That's a good question. So let's look. We just saw the amount of application, everything, but we can even click on application here and we can see exactly what application is being used. And if I click on PlayStation here, I can even dive in what is the application, but also what is the upstream, downstream, what is the latency? So in general, what is the health of the application performance that I'm accessing? And we do this for wired and wireless. So we can even compare if there is a difference between the two.

Clarence Reynolds, TelecomTV (03:11):
Now, does AI help with understanding what's happening in, for instance, a home, both wired and wireless?

Dobias van Ingen, HPE (03:19):
It's a good question. So AI is a big term in this industry. You've probably heard on this event also a little, but let's talk about, I think it's easier to talk about what can AI do for you? So how can it make me more visible, more efficient, make my life easier? So if I go back to the site, I go back to the site, you have a little brain here I can tick on, and now all of a sudden I get to my network optimization or security, I can get in-depth device and how I should upgrade my firmware or how I should move from a better security environment and what is the impact on the clients and maybe don't support this or in this particular case, let me show you one nice one. This is my house again. You probably see the PlayStation again. I can click on it and say, okay, give me a recommendation who is talking to what and I can immediately implement a policy on it. So that's how we can start. Maybe not talk about ai, it is ai, but let's talk about how we make life of people easier and more secure.

Clarence Reynolds, TelecomTV (04:20):
So how do you see AI shaping the future of networking?

Dobias van Ingen, HPE (04:24):
Yeah, so what we do is we now have all this access point. We have all the wire twitches, all the devices that we have. We using them as a sensor. So we are collecting the data, send it into a central data lake, and then we can do smart things to optimize them, make it easier to troubleshoot, giving better visibility, to do better security.

Clarence Reynolds, TelecomTV (04:44):
So what kinds of enterprises would benefit from AI in the network?

Dobias van Ingen, HPE (04:50):
I was hoping you asked me a question, which one? Not actually, because if you're looking at it is I think every education, hospitality, healthcare industry, I think they all benefit from it. And maybe it's a little bit more verticalized in some form. Maybe you optimize OT or an industrial line or a student. But in the end, I think we need to provide best experience to people that are accessing our infrastructure regardless of the vertical market.

Clarence Reynolds, TelecomTV (05:17):
Dobias, thank you very much for showing us this platform.

Dobias van Ingen, HPE (05:22):
Thank you very much and hope to see you next time.