Cisco Live 2026 Fits Collaboration Into Cisco’s AI Platform Strategy

The Cisco Live U.S. 2026 conference put Cisco’s strategy in sharper focus, positioning the company as the control plane for AI-driven enterprise infrastructure. That message came through in discussions of networking, security, observability and collaboration, but it was especially notable how clearly collaboration was woven into the broader portfolio story.

Moor Insights & Strategy CEO and chief analyst Patrick Moorhead’s coverage of Cisco Live is useful for its broader architectural context, as it frames Cisco’s thesis that the network is becoming the AI platform. That’s important here because the same shift is what makes Cisco’s story for its collaboration and Webex offerings feel more credible and better integrated for enterprise customers than it has in the past.

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