June 11, 2025
Cisco
Cisco AI Canvas: The Network Assistant That Sees, Thinks, and Acts
By Jim Lundy Cisco AI Canvas: The Network Assistant That Sees, Thinks, and Acts Cisco Live 2025 unveiled a groundbreaking advancement for network operations: Cisco AI Canvas. More than just a dashboard, AI
June 9, 2025
AT&T and Cisco Forge a Secure Communications Alliance for the Hybrid Work Era
By Jim Lundy AT&T and Cisco Forge a Secure Communications Alliance for the Hybrid Work Era In a world where the office is no longer a single location but a fluid concept, the demand for seamless and, more importantly
May 15, 2025
Cisco Forges Deep AI Infrastructure Partnerships in the Middle East and Beyond
By Jim Lundy Cisco Forges Deep AI Infrastructure Partnerships in the Middle East and Beyond The global race to build robust Artificial Intelligence infrastructure is accelerating, with significant strategic
Cisco’s Q3 Beat: Is the Product and Security Strategy Delivering?
By Jim Lundy Cisco's Q3 Beat: Is the Product and Security Strategy Delivering? In the dynamic world of technology, a strong financial quarter can often signal deeper strategic shifts that pay dividends. Cis
May 8, 2025
Cisco’s Quantum Chip Leap: Building the Networking Fabric for Tomorrow’s Computing
By Jim Lundy Cisco's Quantum Chip Leap: Building the Networking Fabric for Tomorrow's Computing The realm of quantum computing holds immense promise, but significant challenges remain in scaling these nasce
February 14, 2025
Mistral Rides the AI Summit Wave: Enterprise Focus, Le Chat, and Cisco Partnership
By Jim Lundy Mistral Rides the AI Summit Wave: Enterprise Focus, Le Chat, and Cisco Partnership This blog overviews Mistral's recent surge in prominence, marked by its strategic shift towards enterprise solutions
November 15, 2024
Cisco Tackles the AI Data Center Challenge with New UCS Servers and AI PODs
By Jim Lundy Cisco Tackles the AI Data Center Challenge with New UCS Servers and AI PODs Overview: Cisco held its Partner Summit and unveiled new products that are ready for the growing demand for AI Data Centers.
October 22, 2024
Cisco AI Assistant at Cisco Webexone Conference
By Betsy Burton Cisco AI Assistant at Cisco Webexone Conference This week, I am attending Cisco’s Webexone conference in Florida. So far, the big messages on day 1 are focused on Cisco AI Assistant for Webex.
December 22, 2023
Cisco to Acquire Isovalent—One Big Step in its Drive to Multi-Cloud Security
By: Craig Kennedy Cisco to Acquire Isovalent—One Big Step in its Drive to Multi-Cloud Security On December 21st, 2023, Cisco announced its intent to acquire Isovalent, a major player in the cloud native networkin
October 31, 2023
First Cuts: Cisco Webex Powers Up Their AI Product Story
By Jim Lundy Topic:Artificial Intelligence and Unified Communications and Collaboration, Intelligent Video Conferencing Issue: How will AI offerings, including Generative AI, impact how people collabora
September 25, 2023
Cisco Buys Security Firm Splunk for $28 Billion – Did It Overpay?
By Jim Lundy Cisco announced a $28 billion cash deal to buy Cyber Security firm Splunk. The deal is roughly six times Splunk’s revenue – and a 30% premium over its current stock price. Cisco is in a race to
July 26, 2023
Network Resilience Coalition—Making the Network Safer
By: Craig Kennedy Network Resilience Coalition—Making the Network Safer On Tuesday July 25th, 2023, Cisco hosted a webinar announcing the creation of the Network Resilience Coalition, an association of le
June 22, 2023
Cisco Live 2023: The Transformation of Cisco Under Chuck Robbins
By Jim Lundy Cisco Live 2023: The Transformation of Cisco Under Chuck Robbins I attended my 20th Cisco Live event this year and it's clear that Cisco is now starting to fire on all cylinders. While we'll have other
February 10, 2020
Cisco Collaboration Doubles Down on Artificial Intelligence
by Jim Lundy Cisco just held its Cisco Live Event in Barcelona as well as its annual analyst meeting. While there have been many product updates in the the Webex product family over the last year, it is Cisco's strategi
August 7, 2019
Vonage Buys Conversational AI Provider Over.ai
by Samra Anees Yesterday, on the same day that Cisco announced it was buying voice analytics provider Voicea, Vonage announced that it acquired Over.ai, a conversational AI provider that offers an AI-powered agent with
January 24, 2019
Cyber war Flashback: the Huawei Hacks of Cisco and Nortel
by Jim Lundy Huawei is under fire and has been accused by many of being a spy for its home country of China. This week, Huawei increased its PR game by claiming that no one can prove that it is spying for China. However
August 24, 2016
Cisco Gets Smaller – Begins Shift to Software and IOT
By Jim Lundy Cisco announced its second largest round of staff cuts - over 5,500 people on August 17th, the day it announced its quarterly earnings. It also announced a $700 Million Charge against earnings. While Cisc
March 15, 2016
Enterprise Connect in Four Words: UCC, Video, Mobile, and Innovation
By Jim Lundy Last week I was at Enterprise Connect—#EC16—in Orlando. A solid event, it has become one of the announcement vehicles for the industry. This year, many of the announcements centered on Unified Communic
December 11, 2012