Nigel Hickey

Your best network engineer just gave notice. How much of what they know lives in a system vs. only in their head? Tribal knowledge isn't just an operational risk. It's an automation ceiling. Let me know how you handle this👇️ #NetworkEngineering #NetOps #Automation

Automation isn't a destination. It's a series of plateaus. Most teams aren't stuck because they lack tools. They're stuck because nobody gave them a map for the journey. Where's your team right now? 🤔

#Latvia hockey = dirtiest country team tactics I’ve ever seen… Olympic referees are the worst. @NBCOlympics @NHL These untalented referees need to go.

@PaulShaheen @usahockey @NBCOlympics That’s because refs are on the wrong side of the paycheck.

After a Q Hughes goal disallowed for offsides, Latvia comes back to tie. A Matthews hit on the play but no penalty.. #latvia ⁦@usahockey⁩ ⁦@NBCOlympics⁩

Seems like international hockey refs just don’t know how to call penalties or offside moments. #LetsGoGermany 🇩🇪@NHL #PaidRefsAreBack

NBC is prohibiting the NHL from posting Olympic clips so they're MS paint animating them. Pretty dope, actually.

📣 Introducing Agentic NetOps—the latest evolution of our platform.  Autonomous AI now diagnoses complex network issues faster and executes remediations more safely across hybrid-cloud environments.  Our goal: reduce network outages by 50% YoY.  💻: okt.to/no4SIB

@heathbarj Great* 🤣🤦🏼‍♂️

@heathbarj Race to see you, my friend! Looking forward to some integration conversations!

When in Amsterdam… Legends reconnect! #CiscoLiveEMEA #VMwareFamily @heathbarj

Zero Outage Lounge opens tomorrow at nhow Amsterdam RAI! 🇳🇱  Get more from your Cisco installation: AI automation demos, hybrid cloud visibility, outage prevention talks & networking.  Feb 10-12, steps from Cisco Live!  Register: okt.to/xvYiUb

For the second year in a row, I’ve run into legends at this wonderful @Gartner_inc IOCS Conference! It’s been too long brother…So great to see you this week!! @Veeam @tsmith_co 🎉

🎤 From the ONUG NYC AI Networking Summit, NetBrain’s Dan Abreu shares what network pros are focused on in 2025: AI-powered troubleshooting, hybrid observability, multi‑cloud, and dashboards built for real operations. Watch the full convo with our own Brian Soetaert 👇

Did you know B.B. King was a legit computer nerd? 🎸💾 The King of the Blues owned a Commodore 64 in the early 80s and fell completely in love with the Commodore Amiga starting in 1986. He had at least two Amigas on the road and a souped-up one in his Vegas studio. He called his main Amiga “Lucille II” and used it to write songs, program drums, lay down horn sections, and arrange entire tracks with software like Bars & Pipes and Deluxe Music Construction Set — then he’d just play Lucille live on top. Straight from a 1987 AmigaWorld magazine interview: “I use it primarily for learning songs… I enter melodies from sheet music and then play along in real-time with Lucille. It’s real useful and lots of fun.” While the rest of the music world was slow to go digital, B.B. was out here sequencing blues on an Amiga computer he grinningly called his second lady. Absolute legend — on stage and in the studio. 👑

This guy built a custom seat for his dog on this motorcycle and the pup freaking loves it

Creating the HBO intro in 1982 by Liberty Studios in NYC.

Some spend life chasing the perfect wave. Others become the reason someone else finds theirs

Some of the smartest humans I’ve ever met at past companies…say the dumbest, most uneducated, and underhanded racist babble all over X. #LostRespect4You 🤷🏼‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️ #DoBetter

⏱️ The biggest challenge network teams face right now? Mean Time to Repair (MTTR).  Daniel Omukoro from General Datatech breaks it down: customers want issues fixed immediately. NetBrain helps make it happen. #preventoutages  Watch our interview from NBL25 ⬇️  🎤: @vCenterNerd

Thousands of MCP servers are already live, but most security teams don’t have a clear strategy yet. Get this guide and learn: - Key risks with local and remote MCP servers - Real-world threats like prompt injection and supply chain compromise - Steps for safely using MCP tools