The SNMP ↔ MCP comparison is worth paying attention to. SNMP standardized network visibility in the 1980s and transformed IT operations. MCP could do the same for AI agents. But operational AI creates a new challenge: AI is only as reliable as the operational data behind it. As AI agents connect across live systems, observability, security, and trusted real-time data become critical. The future of AI won’t just depend on smarter models. It will depend on better operational truth. It will depend on better operational data. netscout.link/6012BBsdDK

@NETSCOUT the SNMP comparison is interesting but SNMP worked because routers already had clean data, you just needed a standard way to pull it. most AI agent data is... not that