Opengear: Building Network Resilience for the AI Era, Cisco Live Podcast

Smart Out-of-Band management gives IT teams secure access when the primary network is down, “The days of designing your network assuming that it’s always going to be up and not fail are over,” Quirk says

By Doug Green

“Visibility without control is really just awareness,” says Patrick Quirk, GM of Opengear.

In this Cisco Live podcast, Patrick Quirk joins Technology Reseller News to discuss how Opengear is helping enterprises rethink network resilience as AI, edge computing, hybrid cloud and cyber threats make infrastructure more distributed and more business-critical.

Opengear provides Smart Out-of-Band management: an independent, secure path into critical infrastructure when the primary network is unavailable. That means IT teams can monitor, troubleshoot and restore systems even during outages, cyber incidents or other network disruptions.

“The days of designing your network assuming that it’s always going to be up and not fail are over,” Quirk says.

The challenge is that many traditional monitoring and management tools depend on the same production network they are meant to protect. When that network fails, organizations may lose access at the exact moment they need it most. Opengear’s platform is designed to preserve control, giving engineers a way to diagnose issues, reboot devices, push fixes and recover services remotely.

Quirk says AI is raising the stakes. AI workloads are moving beyond centralized data centers into edge environments, regional sites and hybrid infrastructure. As a result, every connection point becomes more important. At the same time, AI-enabled threats are moving faster, increasing the need for secure, resilient recovery capabilities.

For enterprises, resilience is no longer simply a backup plan. It is becoming part of the operating architecture for AI-era networks.

At Cisco Live, Opengear is showing how Smart Out-of-Band management supports secure access, automation, centralized orchestration and faster recovery across distributed environments.

Visit Opengear at Cisco Live booth 5023.

Learn more at www.opengear.com.