Artificial intelligence dominated headlines and keynotes at every event I’ve attended this year, including the recent Cisco Live 2026. Though the thirst for AI has been insatiable for a couple of years, customer feedback at the event showed that the era of AI curiosity has given way to AI urgency. Information technology and business leaders are no longer satisfied with conversational chatbots or basic AI scribes that merely summarize meetings or draft text. They want systems that proactively identify and resolve problems across their massive, complex IT estates.
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At Cisco Systems Inc.‘s annual event, Cisco Live, this week in Las Vegas, it was no surprise that artificial intelligence was the top theme of the show and dominated most of the news and product innovations announced. Cisco has been successful in riding the AI wave and using it as a growth engine. Over the past year, revenue and profits have grown, and the stock price has doubled. The company has accomplished this by positioning itself as “critical infrastructure for the AI era” and by revamping its entire product line to back that claim.
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Five takeaways from the Cisco Live keynotes
Cisco Systems Inc.’s new Universal Quantum Switch introduced last week is a strong proof point regarding the network’s importance in scaling quantum. For information technology leaders, the key takeaway is that quantum is shifting from isolated computing hardware to an interconnected fabric, and Cisco has been positioning itself as the core quantum interconnect for whatever qubit technologies ultimately prevail.
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Cisco’s Universal Quantum Switch and the rise of the quantum fabric
The RSAC cybersecurity conference is this week and for the last two years, the conversation at the event has revolved around generative artificial intelligence — that is, models we talk to, and they talked back and act as a copilot. At RSAC 2026, there has been a definite change in topic as the world has been shifting from conversational AI to agentic AI.
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The agentic workforce is here: Why Cisco just put a ‘Claw’ on AI security
The initial phase of the artificial intelligence gold rush was defined by “The Build.” Hyperscalers and model builders raced to secure every available Nvidia Corp. H100 GPU, constructing massive, centralized cathedrals of compute. But as the industry descends from the peak of inflated expectations toward real-world utility, the conversation is shifting. AI is moving from the lab to the factory floor, the retail aisle and the telco edge.