Morning Briefing

Thursday, August 6, 2026  ·  Dan Abreu  ·  MetTel and Ernst & Young opportunities flagged stale for Next Steps updates · tomorrow's 9 AM CIBC Weekly Meeting conflicts with the Dream Team Forecast Meeting

Schedule

Today — Thursday, August 6
TentativeOptional9:00–10:00 AM ET — GTM Enablement Office Hours — Drop In Anytime!
Zoom  ·  Org: Michael Gannon  ·  All Sales
New biweekly schedule kicks off this week — alternating Tuesdays and Thursdays going forward. Drop in as needed.
Tentative10:00 AM–12:00 PM ET — DTCC | Training: Day8
Zoom  ·  Org: Shiladitya Sen  ·  NB: Rakesh Mandava, Ian Ballantyne, Dan Abreu, Krishna Makani, Sankar Sagi, Shawn Murphy, Suresh Viswanathan, Jason Lucia  ·  DTCC: Quinones-Ruiz, Pillitteri, Claffey, and full DTCC training roster
12:00–1:00 PM ET — Empower / NetBrain - Incident Response Workflow Enhancement (Ongoing Series)
Teams  ·  Org: Jeff Notaro  ·  NB: Suneet Tatikonda, Mike Christopherson, Ian Ballantyne, Dan Abreu  ·  Empower: Suraj Pradhan, Mario Rivas, Paul Gann, Bryan Roberson, Tewodros Eshete, Armando Euceda, Benjamin Rizkowsky
Cancelled2:00–3:00 PM ET — Netbrain x IGM - Bi-Weekly Cadence
Org: Michael Edobor
Tentative2:00–2:30 PM ET — DTCC/NetBrain: CSM Health Check (Bi-Weekly)
Zoom  ·  Org: Ian Ballantyne  ·  DTCC: William Claffey, Chris Pillitteri, Highpoint team  ·  NB: Dan Abreu, Shiladitya Sen, Muralikrishna Kirthi, Krishna Makani
Tentative4:00–4:30 PM ET — Empower/NetBrain: CSM Health Check (Bi-weekly)
Zoom  ·  Org: Ian Ballantyne  ·  Empower: Armando Euceda, Salim Khadarwadi  ·  NB: Dan Abreu, Suneet Tatikonda
Standing agenda: active requests, platform usage, training/enablement, and support engagement.
Tomorrow — Friday, August 7
Conflict9:00–10:00 AM ET — CIBC - NetBrain Weekly Meeting
Teams  ·  Org: Laky Singh  ·  CIBC: Vadim Sclear, Jim Dalby, David Mullings, Margaret Chen  ·  NB: Appachu KP, Dan Abreu, Ian Ballantyne, Reza Shokraie, Terry Fera, George Jiang
Overlaps the Dream Team Forecast Meeting, also 9–10 AM — worth resolving which one Dan attends before tomorrow.
Conflict9:00–10:00 AM ET — Dream Team Forecast Meeting
Zoom  ·  Org: Michael Pasqualoni  ·  Dream Team distribution, incl. Dan Abreu
Overlaps the CIBC - NetBrain Weekly Meeting (9–10 AM).
Cancelled9:30–11:00 AM ET — DTCC - NetBrain Automation weekly
Org: Sandeep Attaluri
Tentative10:00–11:30 AM ET — DTCC - NetBrain Weekly Automation
Zoom  ·  Org: Krishna Makani  ·  DTCC: William Claffey, Quinones-Ruiz, Chris Pillitteri, full DTCC-NB group  ·  NB: Shiladitya Sen
Tentative11:30 AM–12:00 PM ET — NetBrain/HP Cadence
Teams  ·  Org: Highpoint (sperdomo)  ·  NB: Dan Abreu, Ian Ballantyne  ·  Highpoint: nspencer-maggs, lmend
Tentative12:30–1:00 PM ET — MSCI - Current State & Next Steps - Internal Sync!!
Zoom  ·  Org: Ravish Dangi  ·  NB: Ravish Dangi, Pradeep Gaddameedi, Abhishek Shee, Dan Abreu, JyotiRanjan Muduli, Edgar Sanchez, Rameshkumar Pittala
Prep: the open question on MSCI's "networkoss" AI bot usage (3,802 queries in 7 days) is resolved — Ramesh confirmed with the MSCI team on Aug 5 that it's a legitimate service account used for API calls, with more usage detail to follow. Good context heading into this internal sync.

Important Emails

Action Required
ActionMetTel/QA AI opportunity flagged stale — 103 days since last Next Steps update
Salesforce Chatter digest  ·  "Your Daily Digest for NetBrain Technologies Inc"  ·  12:44 AM ET today
Automated Salesforce bot @-mentioned Dan and Michael Pasqualoni directly on the MetTel/QA AI opportunity (Amount $0, close date 8/31/2026, SE Rabia Hammad) — needs a Next Steps update in Salesforce.
ActionErnst & Young PS-AMS 2026 opportunity flagged stale — 69 days since last Next Steps update
Salesforce Chatter digest  ·  "Your Daily Digest for NetBrain Technologies Inc"  ·  12:44 AM ET today
Same automated digest also @-mentioned Dan and Michael Pasqualoni on the EY/PS-AMS 2026 opportunity ($50,000 ARR, close date 12/1/2026, SE Rabia Hammad) — also needs a Next Steps update.
ActionNetBrain LIVE 2026 registrations behind pace — help needed from customer-facing teams
Celina Chan  ·  "NetBrain LIVE 2026 registration - Customer-Facing Teams, Help Bring the Right Customers"  ·  11:05 PM ET yesterday
41 registrations against a goal of 200; asking AEs/CSMs to invite champions and submit VIP ticket requests (only 44 of a typical ~300 submitted so far).

Action Items

TodayUpdate Next Steps on the MetTel/QA AI opportunity
Salesforce flagged it stale at 103 days since the last update — Dan and Michael Pasqualoni were both @-mentioned.
TodayUpdate Next Steps on the Ernst & Young PS-AMS 2026 opportunity
Flagged stale at 69 days since the last update; $50,000 ARR at stake.
TomorrowResolve the 9 AM conflict between CIBC Weekly Meeting and Dream Team Forecast
Both land 9–10 AM ET Friday — decide which to attend or delegate before tomorrow.
This weekSubmit VIP ticket requests / invite customers for NetBrain LIVE 2026
Registrations are well behind the 200 goal (currently 41) — August is the critical push month.