Evolving Interconnect Fabric and SDN in the Cloud to Meet the Needs of AI

At the IEEE Hot Interconnects (HOTI) Symposium in August 2025, Deepak Bansal, CVP and GM of Azure Networking at Microsoft, presented “Evolving Interconnect Fabric and SDN in the Cloud to Meet the Needs of AI.”

Deepak Bansal’s keynote explores how AI is transforming every industry and driving unprecedented demands on cloud infrastructure, particularly in networking. He highlights SRv6 as one of the key technologies required for the new backend network strategies.

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Key presentation highlights