January 2026

Wake up. Check the dashboard. Manually update firewall rules. Investigate configuration drift. Troubleshoot the same recurring issues. Schedule next month’s OS upgrades… Wake up. Check the dashboard. Manually update firewall rules. Investigate configuration drift. Troubleshoot the same recurring issues. Schedule next month’s OS upgrades… In the 1993 film Groundhog Day, Bill Murray’s character is trapped in a time loop, reliving the same day over and over. For many network operations teams, this isn’t just a movie plot – it’s their reality.

It’s Friday at 4 PM. Your network operations team is preparing for another OS upgrade weekend. The maintenance window is approved. The runbooks are ready. Everyone has cleared their personal schedules, knowing they’ll spend the next 48 hours remotely connected, methodically working through hundreds of devices.