#267 Nabil Bukhari: Exploring the Future of AI-Powered Enterprise Networking with Extreme Networks

What does the future of enterprise networking really look like?

In this episode, Extreme Networks’ Chief Product & Technology Officer Nabil Bukhari joins Craig to explore how AI, autonomous agents, and platform thinking are transforming the core infrastructure of modern businesses.

From managing mission-critical networks to building agentic systems that collaborate, troubleshoot, and scale autonomously - this is a deep dive into how connectivity is being redefined from the ground up.

Whether you’re a tech leader, CIO, product builder, or simply curious about how infrastructure evolves, this conversation reveals where the enterprise is headed next.

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(01:02) Introducing Nabil Bukhari & Extreme Networks

(05:24) Why Global Connectivity Is Still Accelerating

(07:54) How Enterprise Data Flows Across Modern Networks

(12:34) Networking for AI vs. Built-in AI

(14:12) Platform One & Agentic AI Systems Explained

(21:20) Human-in-the-Loop, Over-the-Loop, and Above-the-Loop

(23:35) Why AI Guardrails Must Be Baked into the Architecture

(27:33) Introducing the ARC Framework

(31:15) Persona-Based Interfaces for NetOps, CFOs & CMOs

(33:25) The Problem with Chatbots

(36:06) Enterprise vs. Public Networks

(38:38) Global Connectivity Infrastructure & Use Case Variability

(44:29) How Secure and Resilient Are Enterprise Networks?

(52:24) In-House AI for Critical Infrastructure