The Present State of Network Operations by Kannan Kothandaraman


Since Selector’s founding in 2019, the team has learned that networks didn’t “go away”—they grew more complex across service providers and enterprises. Kannan Kothandaraman, CEO & Co-Founder at Selector, focuses on operations pain points: too many tools, fragmented data, alert overload, and the gap between correlation and true root cause needed for automation. The approach: consolidate tools and clean data, apply ML for correlation, add observability that ties business context to infrastructure, and then use LLMs and MCP to simplify interfaces. The goal: AI that augments, not replaces, engineers.

What You’ll Learn:
Why networks have become more complex, not simpler, and how that impacts operations.
How tool sprawl and fragmented data create noise and slow down troubleshooting.
Why clean, contextual data is essential before applying AI or automation.
How observability and natural-language interfaces help engineers focus on service outcomes, not endless alerts.

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