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Why Your Network Is the Bottleneck to Every Strategic Initiative

Is your network your bottleneck? Here are 4 signs that you might need to rethink your infrastructure strategy, and 3 foundational elements of a platform that can solve it.

Karen Gallantry

Aug 13, 2026

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Stop Looking for a Source of Truth. Your Network Needs a Source of Intent.

NSoT (Network Source of Truth) has become the standard industry shorthand for the centralized database tasked with holding your network configuration data. But as enterprise networks grow increasingly complex, hyper-distributed, and software-driven, leadership teams must confront a difficult architectural reality: is a “Source of Truth” actually the right framework for managing infrastructure data? At Opsmill, […]

Karen Gallantry

Jul 29, 2026

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The Infrastructure Data Evolution: Moving from Point Solutions to Programmable Platforms

For IT leadership, the technical mandate of the last decade has been to automate network operations to eliminate human error, slash provisioning times, and match the agility of the cloud. To get there, some enterprises adopted a Network Source of Truth (NSoT), a centralized database designed to serve as the master digital blueprint of the […]

Karen Gallantry

Jul 21, 2026

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6 Signs Your Network Data Model Isn’t AI Agent-Ready

You all know I don’t have the infrastructure and network automation chops that you have. In my world (Sales, GTM, and Operations) I’m managing pipelines of a different kind. But even I can see your AI agent problem. Over the past six months, I’ve sat in enough rooms with enough technical teams to know that […]