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Cisco Reshapes MSSP Operations with Unified Console and Agentic AI
Cisco released a strategic guide for MSSPs, focusing on driving partner adoption of its unified Security Cloud Control console and AI agent-integrated AIOps. The goal is to enable cross-vendor device management, achieve up to 70% operational efficiency gains, and guide MSSPs towards value-based service tiering and business model transformation.
AMD and Liquid AI Discuss Efficient AI Architecture from Silicon to Systems
AMD's CTO and Liquid AI's CEO discuss the evolution of AI architecture, emphasizing efficiency as key to extending AI from the cloud to edge and endpoint devices. They argue that co-design from silicon to systems enables low-power, responsive AI inference, supporting always-on agents and multi-model orchestration.
CrowdStrike Charlotte AI Agentic Response In-Depth: Automated Security Investigation and Behavior Baseline Challenges
CrowdStrike launches Charlotte AI Agentic Response enabling AI Agents to autonomously complete end-to-end security investigations from alert to root cause. 95% of Tier 1 alerts can be auto-processed. Dynamic behavior baseline updating and investigation explainability are key challenges
Cisco Integrates AI with Networking via Vision Portal to Enhance Physical Security Incident Response
Cisco has introduced new software features in its Meraki Vision portal, leveraging AI and cross-camera tracking to deeply integrate smart cameras into the enterprise network management plane. This move aims to transform physical security incident response from passive monitoring to proactive, rapid investigation through a unified cloud management interface.
Cisco SD-WAN Updates: AI App Classification, AI Assistant, and Neocloud Connectivity
Cisco's SD-WAN 26.1.1 release focuses on AI-readiness. Key innovations include automatic AI application identification and classification, a generative AI assistant for operations, and integration with Megaport AI Exchange for connecting to distributed GPU and neocloud environments. The goal is to optimize AI traffic performance and security while simplifying network operations.
Microsoft Unveils Foundry Platform, Defining New Paradigm for Durable, Stateful AI Agents
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella demonstrated durable, stateful AI agents built on the Foundry platform. The platform enables agents to run across time boundaries, orchestrate tools and models, and close the loop with evaluation and improvement over long-running workflows, marking a key evolution from conversational assistants to autonomous execution systems.
AMD Extends Edge AI Architecture to Space, Defining Orbital Computing Paradigm
AMD's CTO proposes applying the core principles of 'performance-per-watt' and 'mission-critical reliability' from terrestrial edge AI to space computing. The company is providing a repeatable platform foundation for in-orbit satellite intelligence and future orbital data centers through heterogeneous computing, open software stacks, and modular system design.
AMD Highlights AI PC as Critical Infrastructure for Enterprise Agentic AI in IDC White Paper
AMD released an IDC white paper indicating that over 80% of enterprises are planning, piloting, or deploying AI PCs to support scaled Agentic AI. The report highlights high-performance NPUs and on-device AI processing as critical for enabling real-time, secure workflows, signaling a shift in enterprise AI infrastructure from cloud to endpoint.
Microsoft Integrates GPT-5.5 into Enterprise Copilots, Advancing Multi-Model Workflow Orchestration
Microsoft announced the deployment of the GPT-5.5 model across GitHub Copilot, Microsoft 365 Copilot, Copilot Studio, and Foundry. The update emphasizes multi-model orchestration, enabling users to select different models for tasks (e.g., fast scaffolding, deep reasoning, execution, review) and introduces a 'Rubber Duck' agent for multi-model reflection loops.
Cisco Positions Network as Energy Control Layer for AI Infrastructure
Cisco's blog outlines energy as a critical bottleneck for AI scaling, citing a next-gen AI data center design for a European bank. It emphasizes the network's role at the convergence of digital and energy systems, positioning it as a control layer for visibility, coordination, and security to manage energy, cooling, and space constraints for AI workloads.
Google Cloud Next '26: Agent Gateway Seizes Control Plane, TPU 8i Locks Inference
Google Cloud Next '26 announces 8th-gen TPUs (8t for training, 8i for inference), Agent Platform with Agent Gateway, Agent Identity, Agent-to-Agent Orchestration, Agentic Data Cloud, and Agentic Defense integrating Wiz. The move shifts control from infrastructure to agent orchestration, locking enterprises into a vertically integrated stack.
Cisco Publishes OT Security Starter Framework, Emphasizing Affordability and Practicality
Cisco has published a starter framework for industrial OT security, targeting mid-sized enterprises with limited resources. It advocates a phased, cost-effective approach. The core is to avoid high hidden infrastructure costs from over-reliance on passive monitoring architectures like SPAN ports, and instead leverage existing network gear (e.g., switches supporting Cyber Vision) for initial visibility.
Anthropic Launches Claude Design, Integrating AI Vision into Design Workflows
Anthropic launches Claude Design, a new product powered by its most capable vision model, Claude Opus 4.7, enabling collaborative creation of designs, prototypes, and presentations. Aimed at enterprise teams, it can automatically build brand design systems from codebases and hand off designs to Claude Code for development.
Cisco and NVIDIA Elevate Network to AI Media Processing Control Plane
Cisco and NVIDIA deepen collaboration with a validated design based on the open-standard Media Exchange Layer (MXL). This integration merges Cisco's IP media fabric with NVIDIA's Holoscan platform, transforming the network from a transport layer into an active processing layer that supports real-time AI inference, enabling low-latency, multilingual AI-driven live media production for broadcasters.
Cisco Addresses AI-Scale Infrastructure Security Challenges with New Firewall Architecture
Cisco launches the Secure Firewall 6100 series, re-architecting its data plane software and optimizing hardware to deliver high-performance, power-efficient security for AI data centers, cloud, and telecom environments. It aims to balance security and performance amid encrypted traffic growth and east-west traffic, integrating with the Hybrid Mesh Firewall for consistent policy across hybrid infrastructure.
Cisco RSA 2026: Three-Pillar Security Framework for Agentic Workforce
At RSA Conference 2026, Cisco unveiled a three-pillar security framework for agentic workforce: 1) Zero Trust for AI Agents - Duo IAM integration with MCP policies for verified agent identities; 2) AI Defense Explorer Edition - Dynamic red teaming tool supporting prompt injection and jailbreak simulations; 3) Splunk SOC enhancements - Exposure Analytics, Detection Studio, Agentic SOC Expansion with specialized agents like Detection Builder and Triage Agent. Also launched DefenseClaw security framework and LLM Security Leaderboard.
Cisco Advocates Wireless-First Architecture for Retail, Highlighting Wi-Fi 7 and Converged Security
Cisco outlines five wireless trends for retail in 2026, advocating a shift from connectivity to business enablement. The report emphasizes wireless-first, cloud-first architectures, positions Wi-Fi 7 as the performance baseline, and promotes converging physical and digital security over the wireless network.
Cisco Defines Standards for Unified Infrastructure Management in the AI Era
Cisco, through a blog post, systematically outlines the new requirements for infrastructure management platforms in the AI era, positioning its Intersight platform accordingly. Core standards include automated policy enforcement across heterogeneous environments, end-to-end lifecycle automation, deep integration with support processes, support for multiple deployment models, and open APIs for third-party ecosystem integration.
Intel, Nokia, and Dell Introduce Dedicated UPF Appliance for Far Edge
At MWC 2026, Intel, Nokia, and Dell previewed a far-edge UPF appliance powered by Intel Xeon 6 SoC. The solution aims to deliver high-performance, low-power 5G core user plane processing for telcos in space- and power-constrained far-edge environments, with integrated AI capabilities.
Intel and Google Deepen Collaboration on CPU and IPU for Heterogeneous AI Infrastructure
Intel and Google announced a multi-year collaboration to advance next-generation AI and cloud infrastructure through aligned Xeon processor roadmaps and expanded co-development of custom ASIC-based IPUs. This reinforces the central role of CPUs in AI system orchestration and the critical value of IPUs in offloading infrastructure tasks to improve efficiency at hyperscale.