Mike Vizard talks with Shashi Kiran, Chief Marketing Officer at Nile, about how AI demand, supply chain volatility and rising infrastructure costs are reshaping enterprise networking. Kiran explains why organizations are rethinking CapEx-heavy refresh cycles in favor of network-as-a-service models that improve predictability, automation, security and operational efficiency. The conversation also covers autonomous networking, AI-driven infrastructure planning, OpEx budgeting, network security convergence and why the network is becoming a strategic control point for AI-era IT.