Cisco Live 2026 post-event recap
Day 1 Keynote
Lead in the Agentic Era
- AI traffic is expected to triple in the next three years, and robotics, manufacturing, and physical AI will put even more traffic on networks at an incredible pace.
- Models like Mythos are accelerating threats at a pace we have never seen, and they will only keep getting more powerful.
- Together, Cisco and its customers will deliver the critical infrastructure for the AI era, from AI-ready data centers to future-proofed workplaces to digital resilience.
Leading Through Change
- The question comes down to one thing: how do we use AI to make Starbucks a better Starbucks, enabling craft and customization.
- From supply chain to scheduling, Starbucks is deploying AI where processes are digital and repeatable, and predictability has substantially increased.
- With close to half a million partners worldwide, the approach must create something people can visualize, and getting back to Starbucks gave everyone that picture.
Cisco's Platform Advantage
- AI is moving from chatbots to agents to physical AI, and the infrastructure requirements are changing in substantial ways at every step.
- Humans click, but agents swarm—every agent generates 450% more traffic than a human doing the same task, making networking the new bottleneck.
- To meet that demand, Cisco Cloud Control brings every product in the portfolio under one platform, delivering simplicity without losing the sophistication Cisco is known for.
Showcasing Cisco Cloud Control
- As demonstrated in a live demo, Cisco Cloud Control takes operators from a single prompt to cross-domain troubleshooting in a matter of minutes.
- Cloud Control brings together zero trust, identity intelligence, and AI guardrails to give teams complete visibility into where agents are running and what they can access.
- With Codex natively baked in, teams can build custom apps and agents with a single prompt, turning intent into action.
Open Architecture, Shared Goal
- AMD uses Cisco technology, including Cloud Control and Defense Claw, to streamline operations and focus resources on managing AI infrastructure.
- AMD IT, in strong partnership with Cisco, is addressing key areas including tokenomics, AI compute, and infrastructure innovation.
- This is the best time to be in IT, as hardware operators are back and infrastructure is at the center of every enterprise's AI journey.
Day 2 Keynote
From Agentic Vision to Enterprise Reality
- AI is mapping your network at machine speed, finding vulnerable and end-of-life devices in minutes. Human-speed defense is no longer viable.
- Cisco IQ delivers complete visibility, proactive risk intelligence, and a support experience that never starts from zero.
- The era of guesswork is over. Cisco IQ and Cisco Cloud Control share data seamlessly, helping you move from insight to action and resolve issues faster.
Cisco IQ in Action
- Cisco customers, GEODIS and GlobalFoundries, share how Cisco IQ is transforming operations in some of the most demanding environments in the world.
- For GEODIS, Cisco IQ replaced guesswork with complete landscape visibility across 12,000 devices and a clear, actionable end-of-life roadmap.
- At GlobalFoundries, zero maintenance windows are non-negotiable. Cisco IQ enables precise vulnerability response, cutting assessment from days to hours.
Driving Outcomes with Cisco Cloud Control
- Three live demos showed Cisco Cloud Control in action across AI-ready data centers, future-proofed workplaces, and digital resilience.
- From setting up a conference room to remediating a real threat, ambient agents handled real tasks in real time, all within Cloud Control.
- Adding Splunk supercharges what Cloud Control can do, unifying data across application, network, AI and infrastructure to respond at machine scale and machine speed.
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