Dave Duggal, founder and CEO of EnterpriseWeb, will give a presentation at the upcoming AutoCon 4 event in Austin, on November 19, 2025. The event hosted by the Network Automation Forum brings together enterprise and telecom network engineers to share experiences and insights.
Title: Network Automation shouldn’t be a pain in the graph: Everything you always wanted to know about graphs, but were afraid to ask
Abstract: Automation tools, stacks and strategies are evolving rapidly with the rise of Generative AI and Agentic AI. Organizations are struggling to keep up while maintaining a coherent architecture. It’s widely understood that graphs are central to grounding AI with domain context, but not all graph technologies are created equal. This talk will explore the rising expectations for autonomous networking and the foundational requirements. The presenters will objectively compare different types of graph technologies (Semantic Web, Labeled Property Graphs and SQL-based approaches) from a functional and operational perspective so network engineers can understand the affordances and constraints of each relative to business objectives.
