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AI Boom or Bust Session 3: Real-World Use Cases You Can Deploy Today

You’ve seen the vision. You’ve built the blueprint. Now it’s time to put AI to work. In this fast-paced, tactical session, we’ll showcase real-world MSP AI implementations — what’s working, what’s not, and how to adapt these examples to your own business.

4 SLOs for Streaming and Digital Content Platforms

Streaming and digital content platforms operate on tight performance metrics. Success hinges on speed, consistency, and reliability. How fast can you ingest data, and how quickly can you make content available across global audiences? These are just a couple of the key Service Level Objectives (SLOs) that define the efficiency of your platform. By tracking measurable goals, platforms ensure seamless experiences for both users and partners.

Lifting Smarter: Tech's Changing How We Rig and Stay Safe

For ages, moving heavy stuff with rigs has been key to big projects like bridges and power plants. But things were pretty old-school: lots of manpower, clunky steel, and checking stuff by hand. Now, tech's shaking things up, changing how it's all done, from planning to doing to watching. Think new materials, sensors that talk to the internet, fixing stuff before it breaks, and using data to make calls. Rigs ain't just strong anymore; they're getting brainy, safer, and work better. Here's how tech's making lifting different and why picking the right sling seller matters.

How Drones Help Farmers Address Uneven Crop Growth by Providing Real-Time Plant Health Data

Uneven crop growth is one of the most frustrating challenges for farmers. A field can look healthy from afar, yet patches of underperforming plants often reduce yield potential and create uncertainty about where to intervene. Modern farming tools, especially drones equipped with advanced sensors, are changing how growers respond to this problem. By capturing real-time plant health data, these devices allow farmers to detect variations early, make precise adjustments, and prevent small issues from spreading across an entire field.

AI for Network Leaders by Selector - Strategic Imperatives in an AI World by William Collins

Strategic Imperatives for Infrastructure Leaders in an AI-Enabled World William Collins, Director of Technical Evangelism at Itential, explores the strategic imperatives facing infrastructure leaders in today’s AI-enabled world. He unpacks the Gartner Hype Cycle, the true monetary costs of network downtime, and shows how Itential + Selector can close the loop on AIOps with autonomous agents and MCPs.

AI for Network Leaders by Selector - Building Your First RAG App by John Capobianco

Building Your First GenAI RAG Application John Capobianco, Head of Developer Relations at Selector, walks through a 6-step process for building your first GenAI RAG application. From foundational building blocks to the path toward full AI agents, RAG remains a powerful tool with huge ROI. Even in a world of autonomous agents and MCPs, RAG is still one of the best ways for network engineers and IT leaders to query dozens of sources and unlock real value.

AI for Network Leaders by Selector - AI Agents and MCP by John Capobianco

AI Agents & Model Context Protocol John Capobianco, Head of Developer Relations at Selector, dives deep into AI Agents and the Model Context Protocol (MCP). In this session, John demonstrates Selector MCP in action — running as a client-server, connecting multimodal inputs, and even talking to Selector using microphone + TTS audio via Gemini CLI. He also showcases Sebastian Maniak’s Claude Desktop integration, where Selector MCP powers a chatGPT-like UI for network engineers. A practical look at how MCP is transforming AI into a true digital co-worker.