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Channel Post MEA
21 hours ago
- Business
- Channel Post MEA
Cisco Supports Organizations In Scaling AI Ambitions
Cisco is making a series of announcements aimed at making data centers simpler, more secure, and future-proof, helping organizations scale their AI ambitions. Cisco has also announced that it has already surpassed its annual target of $1 billion in AI infrastructure orders from hyperscalers a full quarter ahead of schedule. 'The world is moving from chatbots intelligently answering our questions to agents conducting tasks and jobs fully autonomously. This is the agentic era of AI,' said Jeetu Patel, President and Chief Product Officer, Cisco. 'As billions of AI agents begin working on our behalf, the demand for high-bandwidth, low latency and power efficient networking for data centers will soar. Cisco is at the forefront, delivering advanced, secure networking technology that's foundational to the AI-ready data centers of the future.' Simplifying, Securing, and Modernizing Enterprise AI Infrastructure Enterprises need to evolve and build out their current infrastructure to support their unique AI workloads, all without adding complexity or sacrificing safety and security. Cisco provides enterprise customers with new solutions to modernize their data centers, including hardware innovation and more powerful, simplified management capabilities. Cisco is also continuing to build on its relationship with NVIDIA to deliver validated infrastructure solutions, and to provide a safe and secure foundation for AI agents built with open models. New innovations include: New Unified Fabric Experience with Nexus: Customers will be able to simplify network operations and enhance operational efficiency across environments, converging ACI and NX-OS VXLAN EVPN fabrics with unified data, control, policy enforcement, and management. The Unified Nexus Dashboard consolidates services across LAN, SAN, IPFM, and AI/ML fabrics into a single pane of glass. These capabilities will be available in the next Nexus Dashboard release in July 2025. Customers will be able to simplify network operations and enhance operational efficiency across environments, converging ACI and NX-OS VXLAN EVPN fabrics with unified data, control, policy enforcement, and management. The Unified Nexus Dashboard consolidates services across LAN, SAN, IPFM, and AI/ML fabrics into a single pane of glass. These capabilities will be available in the next Nexus Dashboard release in July 2025. Maximize AI Networking Performance: Customers can optimize AI workload operations with Cisco Intelligent Packet Flow. Available today, it dynamically steers traffic using real-time telemetry and congestion awareness across AI fabrics. With 'end-to-end' visibility across networks, GPUs, and distributed AI jobs, more issues are detected proactively. Additionally, Cisco and NVIDIA showed progress towards a unified architecture; at Cisco Live, the companies showcased the first technical integration of Cisco G200-based switches and NVIDIA NICs, demonstrating NVIDIA Spectrum-X Ethernet networking based on Cisco Silicon One that supports NX-OS, Nexus Hyperfabric AI and SONiC deployments. Customers can optimize AI workload operations with Cisco Intelligent Packet Flow. Available today, it dynamically steers traffic using real-time telemetry and congestion awareness across AI fabrics. With 'end-to-end' visibility across networks, GPUs, and distributed AI jobs, more issues are detected proactively. Additionally, Cisco and NVIDIA showed progress towards a unified architecture; at Cisco Live, the companies showcased the first technical integration of Cisco G200-based switches and NVIDIA NICs, demonstrating NVIDIA Spectrum-X Ethernet networking based on Cisco Silicon One that supports NX-OS, Nexus Hyperfabric AI and SONiC deployments. Expanded AI PODs: New configurable AI PODs enhance flexibility and scalability for diverse AI workloads, including training and fine-tuning. Cisco also continues to align with NVIDIA's innovation timeline; the NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server Edition GPU is now available to order with Cisco UCS C845A M8 servers. Together, the companies continue to work towards delivering validated solutions as part of the Cisco Secure AI Factory with NVIDIA New configurable AI PODs enhance flexibility and scalability for diverse AI workloads, including training and fine-tuning. Cisco also continues to align with NVIDIA's innovation timeline; the NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server Edition GPU is now available to order with Cisco UCS C845A M8 servers. Together, the companies continue to work towards delivering validated solutions as part of the Cisco Secure AI Factory with NVIDIA Enabling Safe, Secure AI Adoption with NVIDIA: Cisco AI Defense and Cisco Hypershield provide visibility, validation and runtime protection of the end-to-end enterprise AI workflow, and are now included in the NVIDIA Enterprise AI Factory validated design. With AI Defense, enterprises can secure AI agents built with leading open models and optimized with NVIDIA NIM and NeMo microservices. Cisco AI Defense and Cisco Hypershield provide visibility, validation and runtime protection of the end-to-end enterprise AI workflow, and are now included in the NVIDIA Enterprise AI Factory validated design. With AI Defense, enterprises can secure AI agents built with leading open models and optimized with NVIDIA NIM and NeMo microservices. Optics for Simple Upgrades: New 400G bidirectional (BiDi) optics enables customers to easily transition to 400G networks while preserving their existing duplex multi-mode fiber infrastructure ensuring cost efficiency, scalability and enhanced data center performance. The new optics will be available in the second half of the calendar year 2025. Building Up a New Neocloud Market As demand for AI-powered outcomes continues to increase, organizations are exploring new ways to scale quickly and stay adaptable, leading to the emergence of new GPU-as-a-service and Infrastructure-as-a-service providers – a new Neocloud market. Cisco, building on its expertise in designing and building some of the world's largest networks for global service providers, is playing a leading role in helping these providers establish their footprints. Announced partnerships include: HUMAIN: Saudi Arabia's new AI enterprise is working with Cisco to help build the world's most open, scalable, resilient and cost-efficient AI infrastructure using Cisco Nexus, UCS, Hypershield and Splunk. Saudi Arabia's new AI enterprise is working with Cisco to help build the world's most open, scalable, resilient and cost-efficient AI infrastructure using Cisco Nexus, UCS, Hypershield and Splunk. G42: The UAE-based global technology group announced a strategic collaboration with Cisco, laying the groundwork to advance AI innovation and infrastructure development across public and private sectors. The UAE-based global technology group announced a strategic collaboration with Cisco, laying the groundwork to advance AI innovation and infrastructure development across public and private sectors. Stargate UAE: Cisco joined the Stargate UAE consortium as a preferred technology partner, providing advanced networking, security and observability solutions to accelerate the deployment of next-generation AI compute clusters. Setting Up Service Providers for Success in the AI Era Cisco's Agile Services Networking architecture is designed not just to handle the increase and change in network traffic characteristics of AI, but also to fundamentally shift service providers' network architectures so they can support and monetize new kinds of services. New innovations include: New Devices: New converged access and edge router devices, powered by Cisco Silicon One. These devices expand the Cisco 8000 series portfolio, which has allowed service providers to reach new levels of network efficiency and functionality. New converged access and edge router devices, powered by Cisco Silicon One. These devices expand the Cisco 8000 series portfolio, which has allowed service providers to reach new levels of network efficiency and functionality. Agentic AI For Service Providers: A new multi-agentic framework for Cisco Crosswork Network Automation with AI capabilities to help accelerate operations and decision-making. This framework allows service providers to solve their most complex challenges through Cisco-built and customer-built AI agents, all working together towards a vision of autonomous networking. A new multi-agentic framework for Cisco Crosswork Network Automation with AI capabilities to help accelerate operations and decision-making. This framework allows service providers to solve their most complex challenges through Cisco-built and customer-built AI agents, all working together towards a vision of autonomous networking. Non-terrestrial (satellite) Networking: Seamless integration between terrestrial and satellite networks. This architecture supports robust service assurance, dynamic resource allocation, and new monetization opportunities in remote, underserved sectors like maritime, aviation, IoT, and disaster response.
Time of India
3 days ago
- Business
- Time of India
Open to acquisitions to boost vision: Cisco's Jeetu Patel
The US multinational Tuesday said that it is ready to opportunistically acquire companies ans a part of strategy to achieve a broader vision. "If an acquisition can help accelerate achieving vision, then we won't be shy to apply our knowledge into it," Jeetu Patel , President and Chief Product Officer at Cisco Systems told ET, adding that the company's "acquisition strategy is opportunistic." Over a period of more than three decades, the US multinational acquired over 200 mid-to-large sized companies. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like New Container Houses Indonesia (Prices May Surprise You) Container House | Search ads Search Now Undo Cisco is aggressively driving its artificial intelligence (AI)-led portfolio across networking, security and data centres. Last year, San Jose-based Cisco acquired Splunk in a $28 billion deal in a bid to advance AI-driven portfolio and future-proof its customers. The merger enabled Cisco to become one of the largest software companies worldwide. Live Events Also Read: Cisco's $28 billion Splunk deal may ignite software deal frenzy Discover the stories of your interest Blockchain 5 Stories Cyber-safety 7 Stories Fintech 9 Stories E-comm 9 Stories ML 8 Stories Edtech 6 Stories "If something comes up that we think is going to go on further or pause, we won't be shy to deploy our balance sheet, but otherwise we are building, we are going to be great builders first, and we will acquire opportunistically when we want to make sure that we can augment in the building exercise," the top executive said. Back in 2020, it had also acquired ThousandEyes Inc. , a cloud intelligence platform provider to offer customers a visibility into the digital delivery of applications and services over the internet, enabling them to find deficiencies and improve network and application performance across enterprise and cloud networks. In 2017, Cisco acquired AppDynamics , which is now a part of the company's Observability portfolio. Also Read: Here's why Cisco paid a whopping $3.7 billion to AppDynamics The company said that it is reinventing infrastructure for the next wave of AI. "The success of AI as we go forward is this notion of trust where safety and security are prerequisites for AI taking off," Patel said separately. "Cisco is the infrastructure provider that's going to work with the ecosystem for AI build-outs and we are going to make sure that we help with the transition to the agentic era for every company of every size whether it's a hyperscaler, neocloud, service provider or an enterprise of any size or scale." With an array of innovations around feature-proofing workplaces, Cisco said that it has refreshed and simplified its portfolio to make it more user-friendly. These include Agile Service Networking, Unified Nexus Dashboard, Live Protect, Unifying Catalyst and Meraki, Smart Switches, and Cisco Cloud Control.
Time of India
3 days ago
- Business
- Time of India
Cisco says open to 'opportunistic acquisitions' to achieve vision
SAN DIEGO: The US multinational Cisco that it is ready to acquire companies opportunistically, strategically aligning to achieve a broader vision. "If an acquisition can help accelerate achieving vision, then we won't be shy to apply our knowledge into it," Jeetu Patel, President and Chief Product Officer at Cisco Systems , told ET, adding that the company's "acquisition strategy is opportunistic." In more than 30 years, the US multinational acquired over 200 mid-to-large sized companies. Cisco is aggressively driving its artificial intelligence (AI)-led portfolio across networking, security and data centres. Last year, San Jose-based Cisco acquired Splunk in a $28 billion deal in a bid to advance AI-driven portfolio and future-proof its customers. The merger enabled Cisco to become one of the largest software companies worldwide. "If something comes up that we think is going to go on further or pause, we won't be shy to deploy our balance sheet, but otherwise we are building, we are going to be great builders first, and we will acquire opportunistically when we want to make sure that we can augment in the building exercise," the top executive said. Back in 2020, it had also acquired ThousandEyes Inc., a cloud intelligence platform provider to offer customers a visibility into the digital delivery of applications and services over the internet, enabling them to find deficiencies and improve network and application performance across enterprise and cloud networks. In 2017, Cisco acquired AppDynamics which is now a part of the company's Observability portfolio. The company said that it is reinventing infrastructure for the next wave of AI. "The success of AI as we go forward is this notion of trust where safety and security are prerequisites for AI taking off," Patel said separately. "Cisco is the infrastructure provider that's going to work with the ecosystem for AI build-outs and we are going to make sure that we help with the transition to the agentic era for every company of every size whether it's a hyperscaler, neocloud, service provider or an enterprise of any size or scale." With an array of innovations around feature-proofing workplaces, Cisco said that it has refreshed and simplified its portfolio to make it more user-friendly. These include Agile Service Networking, Unified Nexus Dashboard, Live Protect, Unifying Catalyst and Meraki, Smart Switches, and Cisco Cloud Control. (The author is attending Cisco Live 2025 at the invitation of Cisco Systems)
Time of India
3 days ago
- Business
- Time of India
Cisco eyes AI-ready data centres worldwide, says Chuck Robbins
SAN DIEGO: Networking hardware and security solutions provider Cisco Tuesday said that the company aims to build artificial intelligence (AI)-centric data centres and future-proof workplaces for enterprise customers. "We want to help you (enterprises) build AI-ready data centers. We want to help you future-proof your workplace. And we want to do that with an underlying layer of digital resilience," Chuck Robbins, chairman and chief executive, Cisco Systems said. Robbins was speaking at the Cisco Live 2025 annual conference. The US multinational said that it would transform data centres to power AI workloads anywhere. "We need seamless operations, observability, and security everywhere. We want to help you (enterprises) do this with technologies like Secure AI Factory that we have announced with Nvidia," Robbins said. Cisco has doubled down on partnership with Jensen Huang-headed Nvidia. The two companies enable enterprises to have access to a secure and scalable platform to fast-forward the creation and deployment of AI solutions to drive business value. Founded by Leonard Bosack and Sandy Lerner back in 1984, the company said that it could facilitate enterprise customers with "massive innovation" enabling them to modernise and reimagine data centres with solutions such as Expanded AI Pods, Unified Nexus Dashboard. "So we need a huge amount of security into the underlying network in order to be able to apply network services. We believe that we have a meaningful role to play." The top executive said that Cisco offers a combination of networking and security offerings which acts as a key strength which its rivals lack. The San Jose-based multinational said that Cisco is foundational to data centre build outs worldwide, and offering "critical infrastructure" catering to the AI era. Cisco has also partnered with OpenAI, and is working on its newly-released Codex software engineering agent that allows network engineers access tools for writing, testing and building code. Robbins further said that the fusion of security with the network would be critical for agentic AI. Last month, Cisco and G42 extended their strategic partnership to drive AI innovation across the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the United States. The company collaborated with the AI Infrastructure Partnership (AIP), led by BlackRock, Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), MGX, Microsoft and Nvidia. (The author is attending Cisco Live 2025 at the invitation of Cisco Systems)
Techday NZ
3 days ago
- Business
- Techday NZ
Cisco surpasses AI order target, unveils new data centre tools
Cisco has announced a series of updates and partnerships intended to accelerate adoption of AI-ready infrastructure across enterprise and hyperscale data centres. The updates include expanded AI PODs, enhanced network management tools, and technical integrations with NVIDIA, as well as collaborations with emerging neocloud and global service providers. AI-driven data centre growth During the most recent quarter, Cisco surpassed its annual target of USD $1 billion in AI infrastructure orders from hyperscale customers, reporting achievement of this milestone one quarter earlier than planned. The company's latest infrastructure updates are designed to allow enterprises and service providers to modernise their facilities for evolving AI workloads. This is being achieved through validated solutions, simplified upgrades, and unified management platforms that bring together various network domains under one dashboard. "The world is moving from chatbots intelligently answering our questions to agents conducting tasks and jobs fully autonomously. This is the agentic era of AI," said Jeetu Patel, President and Chief Product Officer at Cisco. "As billions of AI agents begin working on our behalf, the demand for high-bandwidth, low latency and power efficient networking for data centers will soar. Cisco is at the forefront, delivering advanced, secure networking technology that's foundational to the AI-ready data centers of the future." Matt Kimball, Moor Insights & Strategy, also highlighted the importance of secure connectivity for enterprise AI expansion, stating, "The criticality of secure connectivity becomes more apparent as AI use expands across the enterprise. Cisco's ability to deliver AI-ready infrastructure to its customers, along with its investment in AI-enabled operations differentiates the company." "It is this kind of partner and customer-first thinking that leads to AI-powered tools that abstract the complexity associated with deploying and managing AI infrastructure. AI reaching its full potential is dependent on a resilient network on which partners build and deliver solutions and services." Enterprise infrastructure upgrades Among Cisco's newly announced solutions is the Unified Nexus Dashboard, which consolidates management across local area networks, storage area networks, IP fabric management, and AI/ML IT environments into a single interface. This is intended to improve operational efficiency and visibility for data centre operators. The platform's latest release is scheduled for July 2025. Cisco has also released Intelligent Packet Flow, a traffic management feature designed to proactively steer AI workloads using real-time telemetry and congestion data. This aims to provide 'end-to-end' visibility linking networks, GPUs, and distributed AI compute jobs. In technical collaboration with NVIDIA, Cisco demonstrated integration of Cisco G200-based switches and NVIDIA network interface cards, enabling NVIDIA Spectrum-X Ethernet networking via Cisco Silicon One. This integration supports various operating environments, including NX-OS, Nexus Hyperfabric AI, and SONiC deployments. The company has broadened its AI POD offerings, providing more configurable options for organisations deploying tailored AI workloads. Partnerships with NVIDIA continue, with the NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server Edition GPU now available to order with Cisco UCS C845A M8 servers, supporting the development of validated solutions as part of the Cisco Secure AI Factory initiative. On the security front, Cisco AI Defense and Cisco Hypershield are now included in NVIDIA's Enterprise AI Factory validated design. These solutions offer visibility, validation, and runtime protection for end-to-end enterprise AI workflows, supporting AI agents built on open models and optimised using NVIDIA microservices. Additionally, Cisco has introduced new 400G bidirectional optics to enable data centre operators to upgrade their networks while maintaining existing fibre infrastructure, with availability scheduled for the second half of 2025. Growth of the neocloud market Recognising the emergence of a 'neocloud' market segment, Cisco has signed partnerships with new GPU- and infrastructure-as-a-service providers. Projects highlighted include: HUMAIN in Saudi Arabia, which is constructing an AI infrastructure using Cisco networking, analytics, and security technologies, including Nexus, UCS, Hypershield, and Splunk. G42, a technology group in the UAE, announced a strategic collaboration with Cisco to develop AI infrastructure across both public and private sectors. Stargate UAE consortium has appointed Cisco as a preferred technology partner to support advanced networking, security, and observability for future AI compute clusters. Service provider advancements Cisco's Agile Services Networking architecture is being expanded to support both terrestrial and satellite service provider networks, responding to changes in network traffic generated by new AI applications. This includes new converged access and edge routers powered by Cisco Silicon One, additions to the 8000 series hardware portfolio, and the launch of a multi-agentic framework for Cisco Crosswork Network Automation. The latter provides tools for service providers to automate network operations using both Cisco and customer-built AI agents. The architecture is also designed for integration with satellite networks, allowing resource allocation and service delivery in sectors such as maritime, aviation, emergency response, and the Internet of Things.
