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Cisco Extends Zero Trust to AI Agents and Launches AI Defense Tools
Cisco extends zero trust access to AI agent identity management via Duo IAM and Secure Access SSE for granular control. Launches AI Defense Explorer for self-service red teaming and security validation, and open-sources DefenseClaw framework with NVIDIA sandbox integration. Splunk SOC adds AI agent capabilities for automated operations.
Check Point AI Factory Blueprint: Security Control Shifts to NVIDIA DPU and LLM Layer
Check Point unveils AI Factory Security Blueprint, tightly integrating its firewall with NVIDIA BlueField DPU via DOCA. The architecture enforces security at four layers: LLM, AI infrastructure, perimeter, and workload. The new AI Factory Firewall delivers hardware-accelerated threat prevention without consuming CPU/GPU cycles, aiming to embed security into the AI fabric.
Check Point Launches AI Defense Plane for Autonomous AI Agent Security
Check Point introduces AI Defense Plane, a solution providing unified security monitoring and control for AI workloads across cloud, data center, and edge. It focuses on real-time detection of malicious prompt injection and data leakage, with automated policy enforcement for threat isolation.
NVIDIA Extends RTX AI Capabilities to Local Agentic AI, Accelerating Gemma 4 Inference
At GTC 2026, NVIDIA announced it is extending its RTX platform capabilities to the domain of local Agentic AI, aiming to accelerate the inference performance of open models like Gemma 4 on end-user devices. This move seeks to leverage local, real-time context to enhance the value of AI agents, driving innovation beyond the cloud.
AMD Highlights CPU's Critical Role in Agentic AI Orchestration and Inference
AMD states Agentic AI workloads require serial decision-making and context management, better suited for CPUs. The company emphasizes high-core-count, high-memory-bandwidth server CPUs will lead in agent orchestration and lightweight inference, complementing GPUs in training. This signals a strategic repositioning of CPUs in AI data center architecture.
Parrot Analytics Deploys Amazon Bedrock AgentCore for High-Throughput Agent Orchestration
Parrot Analytics integrates Amazon Bedrock AgentCore and Amazon Nova models to achieve 25 TPS sustained agent throughput, building an intelligent operating system for the media industry. It combines proprietary data with AWS AI infrastructure to orchestrate batch AI workloads at industrial scale, shifting the industry from retrospective to predictive capital allocation.
Cisco Advances WLAN Autonomy with Proprietary LLM and AgenticOps
Cisco ranked as leader in ABI Research's WLAN competitiveness assessment, leveraging its proprietary LLM trained on CCIE expert data and AgenticOps capabilities like AI-RRM, config recommendations, and packet analysis to shift from analytics to autonomous operations.
NVIDIA Launches GRT Platform for Full-Stack Robotics AI Development
NVIDIA launches GRT platform integrating multi-modal AI models including Eureka, VIMA and Octo, with Isaac Lab simulator accelerating reinforcement learning. The platform enables end-to-end development from simulation to physical deployment, shifting robotics development from coding to AI model-driven paradigm.
NVIDIA and Telecom Operators Build AI Grids to Redistribute AI Inference
NVIDIA is partnering with global telecom operators like AT&T and Comcast to transform existing distributed network sites into 'AI Grids' for edge AI inference. This initiative aims to deploy AI compute closer to users and data, reducing latency and cost per token. It represents a strategic shift for telcos from being data carriers to distributed AI computing platforms.
HPE Unveils AI Grid Solution for AI WAN Fabric with NVIDIA
HPE announced a collaboration with NVIDIA to launch the AI Grid Solution, securely scaling edge AI. The solution transforms WAN into an AI WAN fabric, connecting distributed inference sites with AI factories for consistent policy and predictable performance. It enables service providers to evolve from connectivity to AI services.
Project Rheo: NVIDIA Shifts Robot Training Control from Real Hospitals to Simulation
NVIDIA unveils Project Rheo, a blueprint combining Isaac Sim, GR00T VLA models, and synthetic data generation for hospital robotics. Developers train Physical AI policies in digital twins—loco-manipulation (surgical tray pick-and-place) and precision bimanual tasks (trocar assembly)—with Cosmos Transfer 2.5 for cross-scene generalization.
Cisco Expands Secure AI Factory with NVIDIA to Edge and Security
Cisco expands its Secure AI Factory with NVIDIA to enable AI deployment from data centers to edge sites, adding security capabilities like firewall policy enforcement on DPUs and AI Defense integration, offering flexible architecture options to accelerate production scaling.
Adobe and NVIDIA Partner to Optimize AI PC Creative Workflows
Adobe and NVIDIA formed a strategic partnership to co-develop next-gen Firefly generative AI models and optimize performance on NVIDIA RTX AI PCs. The collaboration focuses on deep integration of AI capabilities into core products like Creative Cloud and Experience Cloud workflows, accelerating creative marketing and agentic processes.
NVIDIA Releases Cosmos World Model Suite, Enhancing Synthetic Data and Reasoning for Physical AI
NVIDIA has released significant updates to its Cosmos World Foundation Models (WFM) suite, including Transfer 2.5, Predict 2.5, and Reason 2. These models are designed to accelerate the generation of high-fidelity, physics-aware synthetic data and support downstream fine-tuning and reasoning for physical AI systems like robotics and autonomous vehicles, addressing the bottleneck of real-world data scarcity.
Nvidia Launches Nemotron 3 Super for Agentic AI Inference Optimization
Nvidia releases Nemotron 3 Super, a 120B parameter model with hybrid MoE architecture combining Mamba and Transformer layers, delivering 5x throughput improvement. Designed for multi-agent workflows with 1M token context window to prevent task drift. Open weights and cloud deployment lower enterprise adoption barriers.
Fortinet Enhances Security Ops with Agentic AI and Unified SOC
Fortinet advances its security operations platform with a unified SOC console for alert consolidation, Agentic AI for automated response tasks, and expanded endpoint security to boost team efficiency.
Fortinet Integrates AI Agents and SASE in FortiOS 8.0
Fortinet introduces FortiOS 8.0 with fabric-based AI agents, secure AI controls, flexible SASE, and simplified SD-WAN to expand AI-driven security in enterprise networking, shifting control planes towards AI integration.
NVIDIA Report Reveals Enterprise AI Adoption Maturity, Open Source and Agents as Key Drivers
NVIDIA's AI report based on 3,200+ global respondents shows 64% of enterprises actively use AI, with 76% adoption in large firms. Open source (85% deem important) and agentic AI (44% deployed) emerge as core trends, driving growth and cost savings.
Cisco Demonstrates Autonomous AI Framework for SOC Automation
Cisco demonstrated an autonomous AI framework at Cisco Live that automates Tier 1/2 analyst tasks like threat intelligence collection, log integration, and event classification to improve SOC efficiency. The framework successfully filtered high-signal security events in an unmanaged network environment, validating AI agent efficacy in security operations.
Cisco XDR Integrates Multi-Source Data for Precise Alert Tuning
Cisco security team integrated XDR, Splunk and Endace network telemetry to separate firewall IPS alert noise from real threats. Using Zeek log analysis to confirm benign network activities and implement suppression strategies for specific signature conditions. Demonstrates closed-loop tuning capability through multi-source data correlation.