IP Fabric, the leading network digital twin platform, today announced a major platform expansion that introduces application-aware infrastructure mapping and a redesigned cloud-native data model, both of which can be accessed via IP Fabric's hosted MCP server. Together, these capabilities make IP Fabric the first read-only platform that connects verified network and cloud data to the application layer, providing a full-stack deterministic data foundation for trustworthy AIOps, automation and network assurance.
New capabilities connect critical applications to the infrastructure beneath them, building a foundation for reliable AIOps and network automation.
As enterprises adopt AI and automation, the quality and context of the underlying data have become critical for success. Application inventories, network paths, cloud resources and security controls are often divided among APM platforms, CMDBs, cloud consoles, network tools and microsegmentation systems. This fragmentation limits what AI can reliably determine about the infrastructure that is supporting critical business services.
IP Fabric gives teams the unified, vendor-neutral visibility they need to understand the exact paths, devices, and controls that applications depend on. This visibility also gives AI and automation a current model of network, cloud and application behavior, rather than letting them infer those relationships from fragmented sources. IP Fabric's read-only architecture also preserves the separation of duties between the systems that execute changes and the ones that validate those changes were implemented as intended, which is an essential requirement for governing AI-assisted operations.
"Enterprises want AI and automation to take on more operational work, but neither can be trusted when the underlying data is incomplete or inferred," said Pavel Bykov, CEO of IP Fabric. "IP Fabric is the ground truth that organizations need to understand what critical applications depend on, what is at risk when the environment changes and whether the intended outcome was achieved."
IP Fabric's application infrastructure mapping capability introduces applications, workloads and flows as first-class objects within the platform. Through IP Fabric's existing hosted MCP server, users and AI agents can query evidence-grade application, network and cloud context using natural language.
IP Fabric now understands and models cloud environments the way cloud providers do. Its cloud-native approach treats VPCs and VNets, subnets, virtual network interfaces, route tables, peerings and security policies as first-class entities, providing a clearer and more accurate view of how hybrid multi-cloud environments are connected.
The model strengthens path analysis within cloud environments, across peered networks and between cloud and on-premises infrastructure. It also evaluates AWS Security Groups, network access control lists, and Azure Network Security Groups to determine whether traffic is permitted or blocked, showing the policy that is responsible. This gives IT teams and AI agents the verified, current network and cloud truth needed to resolve incidents faster, understand change impact and reduce operational risk.
With IP Fabric, teams and AI agents can address questions such as what infrastructure an application depends on, what changed affecting an application, which applications rely on a device before upgrade, which control is permitting or blocking a path, and which applications a compromised workload could reach.
The release also introduces Cloud Consumption Units, a transparent approach to cloud discovery licensing that makes it easier to plan for expanding coverage. Additional enhancements include labels for organizing network objects, broader discovery coverage, deeper NetBox integration and cloud site separation.
With this release, IP Fabric gives cloud, network, security and application teams a shared foundation for understanding how infrastructure supports critical business services. It also gives AI and automation the verified context needed to support operational decisions at scale. The new capabilities are included in IP Fabric version 8.1, which is available now.
About IP Fabric
IP Fabric is the first application-aware cloud and network digital twin platform, offering a unified and continuously validated view of on-prem, cloud, and host-level environments to improve stability, security and spend. Within minutes, the platform creates a read-only view of devices, state, configurations and interdependencies, normalizing multi-vendor data and revealing operational truth through automated intent checks. Trusted by industry leaders like Red Hat, Major League Baseball and Air France, IP Fabric delivers the foundation for end-to-end network governance.
