By Murtaza Doctor,
Publication Date: 2026-11-09 20:00:00
The rise of agentic AI is fundamentally transforming enterprise network traffic, creating a scale of complexity that legacy routing strategies weren’t designed to handle.
In a recent guest column for SiliconANGLE, Lee Peterson, Vice President, Branch and WAN Network at Cisco, drew a striking parallel between the evolution of enterprise networking and the current state of artificial intelligence. Peterson observes, “Just as SD-WAN uses real-time telemetry, policy, and observability to steer traffic, model routing can direct each request to the best endpoint for its performance, cost, privacy, and accuracy requirements.”
This insight signals a pivotal maturation in enterprise AI. We are no longer managing simple, predictable requests; we are orchestrating autonomous workflows where every decision directly impacts performance, cost, and reliability. While the industry is largely focused on model selection, the real competitive advantage lies in assurance—the ability to…