Cisco extends AgenticOps model across networking, security, observability products

At the Cisco Live EMEA event going on in Amsterdam this week, Cisco unveiled a range of updates across its networking and security portfolio that are aimed at helping customers tap agentic AI technologies to more effectively run their enterprise infrastructure.

“Agentic AI orchestrates workflows, moves data, communicates with other agents, and makes decisions autonomously. This represents a fundamental shift in how technology operates within organizations,” wrote Jeetu Patel, Cisco’s president and chief product officer, in a blog post about the news. Agentic AI also changes what infrastructure must deliver, Patel stated. “When agents act independently and communicate machine-to-machine at scale, the network becomes more than connectivity. It becomes the foundation for trust, performance, and competitive advantage. We believe that the organizations that will thrive in this era will be those that treat infrastructure not as a cost to manage, but as a strategic asset…