The data question every IT manager dreads — and how to answer it in 10 seconds

Every IT manager knows this meeting. The exec asks: "How many devices haven't been patched in the last 30 days?" You say: "I'll get back to you on that." Then you spend 45 minutes pulling data from three different systems, writing a query you have to look up from last time, formatting it into something readable, and sending a Slack message that arrives after the meeting is over. That cycle is the norm. It doesn't have to be. Why this keeps happening It's not that the data doesn't exist. It's in your database, your RMM, your ITSM. The problem is the gap between the question and the answer . Most people who ask data questions can't query a database. Most people who can query a database are busy with actual engineering work. So every question becomes a ticket, a delay, a context switch. What changes with MCP Model Context Protocol lets AI models connect directly to your data sources. Instead of writing a query, you ask a question. Connected to your device database: "How many devices haven