Friday, October 9, 2026 · Dan Abreu · You told Michael Pasqualoni you are off today (time-off approved in ADP) · Four meetings on the calendar anyway, two overlapping at 9 and 10 AM
Schedule
Today — Friday, October 9
Tentative6:30–7:30 AM ET — DTCC - NetBrain Automation Connect
Marked tentative. Michelle from R&D was to join to look at the WAN router CPU-spike case, which the team agreed to raise to blocker (see DTCC notes below).
Tentative7:30–8:30 AM ET — EY - automation session
Microsoft Teams · Org: Anvesh Kosna · NB: Edgar Sanchez, Pradeep Gaddameedi, Shaun Watson, Amlan Mukherjee · EY: Sunil P D, Siva Pillai, George Munjanattu, Chella Adisesh, Varadharajan R, Praveen Biligiri Vijaya, Pradeepto Mazumder, Rajesh Kumar Singh
Marked tentative. Agenda: automation requirements, implementation plan and deliverables. Siva said AI enablement is blocked on the InfoSec review and asked about Meraki Golden Assessment templates; he planned to cover both on this call.
Conflict9–10 AM ET — CIBC - NetBrain Weekly Meeting
Microsoft Teams · Org: Laky Singh · NB: Appachu KP, Ian Ballantyne, Reza Shokraie, Terry Fera, George Jiang · CIBC: Vadim Sclear, David Mullings, Margaret Chen, Jim Dalby
Jim Dalby just said CIBC has been busy and has freeze periods coming (see Emails), so the NSX testing timeline is worth raising here.
Conflict9–10 AM ET — Dream Team Weekly Forecast Meeting
Zoom · Org: Michael Pasqualoni · Dream Team, Steve Klonsky, Michael Watson, Walter Boan, Kevin Witt, Peggy Butler, Michael Gannon, Craig Curtis, Ann Caron, Rabia Hammad and others
Weekly forecast call. Overlaps CIBC. Michael P. knows you are out today.
Conflict10–10:30 AM ET — NetBrain | Bi-Weekly Sync-up | SMBC
Microsoft Teams · Org: HarshaVardhan Khareedu · JRI America: Chuck Roy
Roadmap, priorities and progress check-in. Note: Chuck cancelled the SMBC upgrade yesterday (missed change management), and Harsha proposed a placeholder for next Thursday 10 AM–1 PM ET.
Conflict10–10:30 AM ET — EY|NetBrain - Monthly Cadence Call
Microsoft Teams · Org: Shaun Watson · NB: Edgar Sanchez · EY: Siva Pillai
Monthly 30-minute touchpoint. Overlaps the SMBC sync.
Cancelled9:30–11 AM ET — DTCC - NetBrain Automation weekly
Zoom · Org: Sandeep Attaluri
Cancelled. No action.
PTOAll day — Amlan Mukherjee out (planned leave, Oct 8–9)
Relevant for EY follow-ups. Also an all-day “Prospecting List” block on your own calendar.
Tomorrow — Saturday, October 10
Nothing scheduled.
Important Emails
Action Required
ActionEY — InfoSec review is blocking AI enablement
Sivaprasad Sivadasan Pillai (EY) · 2:49 AM ET · unread
Siva says AI enablement is pending closure of the InfoSec review, a few items still lack evidence, and he has had no response from NetBrain InfoSec after the last connect (his earlier email is attached). He also reports his Golden Config templates show nothing for Meraki and asks whether to run them manually. Someone at NetBrain needs to chase InfoSec. This also ties to the EY renewal: Ramki M. says he is waiting on EY’s internal team before finalizing the contract term.
ActionDTCC — open support case list, customer concerned about growth
Deepak Pareta · 6:00 AM ET · unread · also posted in Teams
Deepak sent the open-case list with analysis and next steps after Shiladitya reported Bill is concerned the open count keeps growing. Adoption blockers: #00195885 (traffic failing at firewall during path analysis, Palo Alto topology data missing), #00194782 (One-IP table DNS resolution), #00194142 (Infoblox, 443 connectivity now restored; DTCC will watch 3–4 days to see if the count drops from 100). Krishna’s Oct 8 notes add: WAN router CPU-spike case moved to blocker with R&D joining, and a patch for the firewall issue needs a manual upgrade.
ActionCIBC — NSX POC timing squeezed by freeze periods
Jim Dalby (CIBC) · Oct 8, 4:09 PM ET · unread
You asked whether NSX testing is still on the table. Jim says it is, they have been busy, and freeze periods are coming: month-end every month, Oct 19–Nov 11, Nov 27–Dec 3, Dec 14–Jan 2. Statutory days Oct 12, Nov 11. Kickoff needs to land before Oct 19 or wait until after Nov 11. Rabia Hammad and Abhinav Agrawal are cc’d.
ActionTD — AI lab on hold pending TD processes; Michael P. asked a question
Irwin Chan (TD) · Oct 8, 4:19 PM ET · unread
Irwin says a form is required, so the AI function in the lab waits until other review processes finish; TD will hold internal calls with TD Sourcing first. Earlier he said to hold off on R13 because they need to test against current production versions. Separately, Michael Pasqualoni asked you: are they using NetBrain’s AI or their own? If their own AI, the quote does not need to be signed.
FYI
FYIEY — domain health check #194888 at 65%
Siva Pillai, Ajay Tammineedi · unread
Siva: about 90 Arista devices had credential issues fixed, about 15 WOC devices removed as decommissioned, about 48 China-based devices removed. Ajay is closing the case. Anvesh noted in Teams that CLI success was only 38% before the cleanup.
FYICorebridge — post-meeting summary from Andrew Wentzell
Oct 8 · unread · next meeting Oct 13
Fixed Aruba AP automation by switching a static device group to a dynamic “Aruba IAP” search (five missing devices now covered); added site definitions for sites 3111 and 5049. Device reachability map totals still do not match the intent dashboard, so Andrew will open a support case and bring support to the next call. Corebridge (Prajakta, Harshdeep) to do a pre-check call with Pavan and schedule the R13 upgrade.
FYIEmpower — Capability Development Program, Cohort 1
Srinivas Kuppelur · unread
Srinivas confirmed access and enrollment in the End-User Learning Plan. Rahil Sheikh did the same yesterday.
FYIGong — JetBlue NetBrain Training recording ready
Oct 8 · unread
Call recording and analysis from yesterday’s JetBlue training session.
Messages Requiring Response
TeamsTeams group chat — Vivek Anand asks if you want to join the training sessions
Teams · Oct 9, 6:42 AM ET
Vivek told you the weekly cadence you are part of was cancelled yesterday and the group ran an end-user training session instead, and asked whether you want to be added to the training sessions. Chalapathi Raju replied “Make sure you add Dan to all communications.” Your answer is still open.
Action Items
Answer Michael Pasqualoni on TD: NetBrain AI or their own AI?
If TD is using its own AI, the quote does not need to be signed. TD says the AI lab is on hold until its form and sourcing reviews finish.
CIBC NSX POC — secure a kickoff date before the Oct 19 freeze
Jim Dalby confirmed interest but flagged freezes Oct 19–Nov 11 and beyond. Coordinate with Abhinav Agrawal and Rabia Hammad; raise on today’s CIBC weekly.
Get NetBrain InfoSec to respond to EY
EY’s AI enablement is stalled on missing InfoSec evidence and no reply. Siva wants it closed ASAP.
DTCC — send list-price quote and protection/incentive terms to Highpoint
bbelloli (Highpoint) said Oct 8 they need a list-price quote now and want to know deal protection and any exclusive incentives; he asked you to call Justin (JPullis) that afternoon. Confirm that happened and send the quote.
DTCC — track escalated support cases
Case count is growing per Bill. Watch #00195885 (firewall path), the WAN CPU-spike case now at blocker, and the Infoblox count (check in 3–4 days).
Schedule MSCI sync for Tuesday Oct 13 at 1:30 PM ET
Demetrio Leon Guerrero (MSCI) confirmed he is available then for the licensing and planning sync. Send the invite.
Respond to TD on Tuesday Oct 13, 2–3 PM ET project sync
Irwin Chan proposed that slot and asked whether it works for Danny Deng and Karan Patel. It sits right after the MSCI slot above.
Reply to Vivek Anand about the training sessions
Yes or no on being added; Chalapathi already asked for you to be on all communications.
Corebridge — follow-ups before Oct 13
Andrew to pull in support on the dashboard mismatch; Corebridge to schedule the R13 upgrade after the pre-check call.