Summary of the news:
- AI-powered innovations build customer digital resilience by uniquely combining network power with industry-leading security, observability and data, simplifying adoption and providing visibility and insight into the business. set of digital footprint.
- Cisco Investments launched a 1 billion dollars Global AI investment fund to advance industry innovation and customer readiness, and support Cisco’s strategy to connect and protect organizations in an AI-driven future.
- This year’s show featured keynote speakers including Cisco’s President and CEO. Chuck Robbins; 7x Super Bowl champion, entrepreneur and philanthropist Tom Brady; and McLaren Racing, CEO Zak Brown and F1 team driver Oscar Piastri.
LAS VEGAS, June 4, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — CISCO LIVE — Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) launches Cisco LIVE 2024 with new AI-driven innovations and investments that deliver a clear message: AI is not just the latest technological milestone. It is an effective, intelligent source of digital resilience that can connect and protect entire organizations and enable growth, scalability and an inclusive future for all.
At its first networking and security event, Cisco is launching AI-enriched networking, security and observability solutions across its entire portfolio. These are designed to give customers the visibility and insights they need to connect, protect their entire digital footprint and build digital resilience.
“We are excited to share incredible innovations and new AI-driven capabilities with our customers at Cisco Live this week,” said Chuck Robbins, Chairman and CEO of Cisco. “Cisco is uniquely positioned to revolutionize the way infrastructure and data connect and protect organizations of all sizes, and we believe we are the ideal strategic partner for our customers in the age of AI.” »
Cisco Investments also announced a 1 billion dollars global investment fund to extend and develop secure and reliable AI solutions. Cisco is making strategic investments in Cohere, Mistral AI and Scale AI that will advance several critical areas, including customer readiness, IT infrastructure, core models, model development and training.
Cisco Product Innovations Address Key Customer Challenges
Cisco customers are in the spotlight, demonstrating the central role Cisco plays as a crucial strategic ally in business and technology. Customers featured at Cisco Live include Steve MaddenRoom and Board, Marriott, AT&T, Equinix, WWE, SoFi Stadium and Hollywood Park and McLaren F1 Racing.
Making AI easier with AI and networks
- Cisco Nexus HyperFabric AI Clusters This revolutionary AI cluster solution with NVIDIA provides a single place to design, deploy, monitor and ensure AI modules and data center workloads. It guides users from design, through validated deployment, to monitoring and ensuring enterprise-ready AI infrastructure.
- Cisco Networking Cloud: New native digital experience assurance for AI Cisco ThousandEyes innovations unlock cross-domain assurance for Cisco Networking Cloud and beyond. Customers now have the ability to view and manage across enterprise networks, cloud, SaaS and the Internet, to deliver exceptional digital experiences to every user, anywhere, anytime.
Making AI Safer with AI and Security
- In an increasingly complex and hyper-distributed world, Cisco is tipping the balance of power in favor of defenders with new capabilities across Cisco Security Cloud Customers benefit from an AI-enhanced security posture, supported by industry-leading firewall infrastructure, new telemetry sources, superior network visibility, and AI-native management architecture.
- A little over a month after the launch of Cisco Hypershield, Cisco is announcing Cisco Hypershield support for AMD Pensando DPUs and Intel IPUs. It enables enterprises to realize a distributed AI-driven security architecture that seamlessly extends from the cloud to the edge to the data center, while remaining high-performance and energy-efficient.
Making AI Work with AI and Observability
- Customers benefit from Cisco recent historical acquisition of Splunk with flawless, secure digital experiences powered by unparalleled visibility and real-time insights that help standardize observability practices into solutions, enabling customers to anticipate future demands and prepare for new opportunities.
- At the event, Cisco will share that it has combined its new AI assistant and the power of Splunk Log Observability with Cisco AppDynamics Application Performance Monitoring (APM) with the introduction of AppDynamics Log Observer Connect. This will provide users with useful tips and insights to make informed decisions faster and more accurately than ever before.
Making AI work with the future of work
- AI-Powered Contact Center and Hybrid Work Innovations New features in Webex Contact Center will help organizations design and manage self-service conversational experiences, provide an AI assistant for contact center agents, and integrate third-party virtual agent solutions.
- Additionally, AI Assistant for Webex Suite will be available to customers soon. IT administrators will benefit from managing remote device access in Webex Control Hub, and the all-new Desk Reservation with Cisco Spaces makes it easier to find and reserve Cisco office spaces and collaboration devices.
Enable AI skills
- New AI Fundamentals for Partners: Cisco will announce the first step of its AI Partner Specialization Training which will provide partners with the knowledge needed to optimize infrastructure for AI workloads using Cisco technology. It will explore the basics of AI, including key concepts and terms, a taxonomy of AI solutions, and an overview of Cisco’s AI strategy, governance, and use cases to master implementation. implements AI solutions in, on and through Cisco platforms.
- New Cisco AI certification: Organizations can build an AI-ready workforce with the announcement of The new Cisco certification in the design of modern AI architecture. Vendor-neutral certification will enable employers, employees and job seekers to acquire and validate the skills needed to design modern AI/ML computing and networks, today and in the future.
About Cisco Live
Cisco LIVE 2024, the premier networking and security event that brings together the global Cisco community to showcase the latest innovations and inspire attendees to fight for a more inclusive future for all. Welcoming more than 20,000 in-person attendees and nearly a million more from around the world via a live-streamed digital event, Cisco LIVE 2024 is expected to be the most impactful Cisco conference to date.
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