Cisco kicked off Cisco LIVE 2024 by showcasing new AI-driven advancements and initiatives, delivering a definitive message: AI is not just the newest pivotal moment in technology. This is a highly effective and intelligent solution for ensuring the digital resilience of entire businesses. It can connect and protect these organizations, enabling their growth and scalability and fostering an inclusive future for all.
At its Networking and Security event, Cisco is showcasing AI-enhanced networking, security and observability solutions across all of its products. These products are specifically created to enable consumers to see and understand their digital presence and take steps to safeguard it while developing strong adaptability and resilience to digital threats.
Chuck Robbins, Cisco Chairman and CEO, highlighted the company’s presentation of its remarkable innovations and new AI-based capabilities to its customers at Cisco Live this week. Cisco has a clear advantage in transforming how businesses connect and protect their infrastructure and data. We are the ideal strategic partner for our clients in the age of artificial intelligence.
Making AI easier with AI and networks
Cisco Nexus HyperFabric AI clusters:
This new solution, integrated with NVIDIA technology, provides a comprehensive platform for designing, deploying, monitoring and ensuring AI modules and data center workloads. It provides a guided path from design through validated deployment and continuous monitoring, ensuring a business-ready AI infrastructure.
Cisco Network Cloud:
Cisco ThousandEyes innovations introduce AI-native digital experience assurance, enabling cross-domain assurance. It allows customers to monitor and manage all aspects of their enterprise, cloud, SaaS and Internet networks, ensuring exceptional digital experiences for users.
Making AI Safer with AI and Security
Cisco Security Cloud:
New features improve security by integrating AI into the security infrastructure, providing improved network visibility, new telemetry sources, and native AI management architecture. It strengthens the security posture of enterprises in a complex and distributed digital landscape.
Cisco Hypershield:
Building on its recent launch, Cisco Hypershield now supports AMD Pensando DPUs and Intel IPUs. It facilitates a distributed AI-driven security architecture that extends from the cloud to data centers and edge environments, while maintaining high performance and energy efficiency.
Making AI Work with AI and Observability
Splunk acquisition integration:
Cisco has integrated the Splunk platform with Cisco AppDynamics APM, introducing Splunk Log Observer for Cisco AppDynamics. This integration enables faster troubleshooting in on-premises and hybrid environments. Additionally, the AI Assistant for Cisco AppDynamics provides users with actionable insights and guidance for faster, more accurate decision-making.
Making AI work with the future of work
AI-powered contact center and hybrid working innovations:
New features in Webex Contact Center include tools to design self-service conversational experiences and provide an AI assistant to agents. Integration with third-party virtual agents is also supported. AI Assistant for Webex Suite will be available to customers soon, offering features such as managing remote device access and reserving desks through Cisco Spaces.
Enable AI skills
AI Fundamentals for Partners:
Cisco is introducing the first stage of its AI Partner Specialization Training, aimed at equipping partners with the knowledge needed to optimize AI infrastructure using Cisco technology. The training covers AI basics, key concepts, taxonomy of AI solutions, and an overview of Cisco’s AI strategy and use cases.
New Cisco AI certification:
Cisco announces a new certification focused on designing modern AI architecture, enabling organizations to build an AI-ready workforce. This vendor-neutral certification helps employers, employees, and job seekers learn and validate the skills needed to design AI/ML compute and networks.
These initiatives collectively place Cisco at the forefront of creating a connected, secure, AI-powered future, providing comprehensive solutions in networking, security, observability, hybrid work and skills development.
Source: Cisco
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