Phil Gervasi

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[NEW BLOG] Rail-Optimized Networking for AI Training Workloads networkphil.com/2026/04/15/rai…

‼️Announcing the next (NY)NUG Buffalo event! 📆 May 7th, 2026 RSVP Here hubs.li/Q048kZ0l0 Thank you to our Sponsors: Platinum Sponsor: Cisco Gold Sponsor: Arista Learn More about Cisco:hubs.li/Q048kPgr0 Learn More about Arista:hubs.li/Q048lcZs0

[NEW BLOG] Choosing Between Leaf-Spine and Butterfly Fabrics in Modern Data Centers In this post, I look at differences between leaf-spine & butterfly architectures, including where each fits, tradeoffs, and why this decision is becoming more relevant networkphil.com/2026/03/26/cho…

[NEW BLOG] Understanding the A2A Protocol for Agentic AI in Network Operations In this post I break down the Agent2Agent (A2A) protocol and its relevance to network operations Read more on my website 👇 #more-6422" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">networkphil.com/2026/03/02/und…

I'm a big proponent of network automation, but I couldn't help myself with this one 😇

Check out my carefully curated classic collection of the finest memes in the networking industry! instagram.com/networkenginee…

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I’m not saying I NEVER documented my changes, but if recording changes involved Sharepoint, you better believe the running conifig was my documentation 😇 🥰

‼️The next (NY)NUG- NYC event is coming up! 📆 2/26/26 ⏰ 5 - 9PM 📍Spotify RSVP Here hubs.li/Q03Z83ND0 Thank you to our Sponsors: Platinum Sponsor: Arista Silver Sponsor: Network To Code Silver Sponsor: H5 Data Center Learn More about Arista: hubs.li/Q03Z82lK0 #NYC

[NEW POST]  A Network Engineer’s Guide to Understanding the Model Context Protocol for AI Integration In this post I break down: - What MCP is - How the architecture works - How MCP could be a foundational part of AI in NetOps networkphil.com/2025/11/11/a-n…

[NEW POST] Is Cisco Unified Edge a Step Toward Agentic AI at the Edge or Just Clever Packaging? networkphil.com/2025/11/06/is-…

To my friends and colleagues in the tech community, what is the ideal duration for technical/educational YouTube videos that you watch for both personal interest and for professional development? 10 minutes? 20 minutes? Or maybe you prefer much longer formal lessons? Thanks!

In a recent study by @TheFuturumGroup in partnership with @nokia, 86% of IT leaders rank reliability as the top data center network criterion. To learn more, read the blog → techstrong.it/sponsored/noki… And download the full reliability study → futurumgroup.com/research-repor…

GPT-5 is here. Rolling out to everyone starting today. openai.com/gpt-5/

[New Blog Post] Neocloud Rising 🔥 As AI adoption increases, we’re seeing a new infrastructure provider: Neocloud @scottrobohn breaks down what Neocloud is, why it matters, who the players are, and how it's reshaping the AI infrastructure landscape solutional.com/blog/tbxk4f0cb…

We just shipped automated security reviews in Claude Code. Catch vulnerabilities before they ship with two new features: - /security-review slash command for ad-hoc security reviews - GitHub Actions integration for automatic reviews on every PR