Cisco has introduced innovations to help organisations accelerate secure AI adoption and drive value from AI investments through next-generation networks, security, observability, and collaboration.
Innovations
Jeetu Patel, president and chief product officer, Cisco. "We're witnessing an unprecedented surge in innovation as organisations embrace agentic AI to automate workflows and solve complex problems. Cisco has a rich history of helping companies run their infrastructure; today, we're building on that foundation to power the next generation of AI."
Cisco unveiled the following new products and enhancements to help customers navigate the shift to agentic AI during the Cisco Live:
· Workplaces: Cisco announced new devices to power campus, branch, and industrial networks, as well as AI-powered unified management. Cisco's AI-powered Room Vision PTZ camera claims to create a cinematic experience during meetings. The Jira Workflow Automation in the Cisco AI Assistant for Webex Suite aims to boost efficiency, while the Webex AI Agent intends to streamline customer self-service.
· Simplified Operations AgenticOps: Cisco unveiled AI Canvas—a generative user interface for real-time collaboration between network and security operations teams. Meanwhile, Cisco AI Assistant claims to provide conversational control across the Cisco suite.
· Data Centres: Compute and network solutions for data centres prioritise network bandwidth, latency, and power efficiency to support agentic AI. Cisco is joining the EPRI Open Power AI Consortium to help drive the adoption of AI solutions to strengthen the power grid. Additionally, Cisco introduced new capabilities to assist service providers in delivering and monetising new AI services.
· Security: Cisco offers innovations across its Hybrid Mesh Firewall and Universal Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA), announcing two new Firewalls: the 6100 series and 200 series. Cisco also unveiled capabilities across the Cisco Security Cloud to secure agentic AI.
· Digital Resilience: Enhanced capabilities in Splunk Observability Cloud and Splunk AppDynamics, along with deeper integrations between Cisco and Splunk solutions, claim to help customers gain greater visibility into network health and performance.
· Unified Management: Cisco previews Cisco Cloud Control, a new unified management platform spanning Cisco's networking, security, and observability portfolios.
