What if networks could heal themselves? Network outages and quality of service issues can have substantial costs and negative effects on a business: lost revenue, lost productivity, poor customer and employee experiences and more. As the tech industry evolves toward more intelligent infrastructure capabilities, we’re seeing the integration of AI, machine learning (ML), data analytics and automation into many areas of the technology stack—and networks are no exception. The promise of self-healing networks is beginning to come to fruition, as more advanced self-healing properties make it possible for networks to identify, remediate and predict problems without human intervention. The goal…

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