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Your Computing Future Is at the Edge: Are You Ready for AI’s New Frontier?
Your Computing Future Is at the Edge: Are You Ready for AI’s New Frontier?
Central to AI transformation is an edge infrastructure that helps drive innovation. Learn how a unified edge strategy unleashes the full power of data and computing for AI.
Cisco Nexus Delivers New AI Innovations with NVIDIA
Cisco Nexus Delivers New AI Innovations with NVIDIA
As AI drives unprecedented data traffic and complexity within data centers, modern networking infrastructure must deliver high-performance, scalable, and secure switching to keep pace. This blog explores how Cisco innovations like the Cisco N9100 Series Switches—open, AI-scale architecture—are setting new standards for powering advanced AI workloads.
Unlocking AI Performance: Splunk Observability for Cisco Secure AI Factory with NVIDIA
Unlocking AI Performance: Splunk Observability for Cisco Secure AI Factory with NVIDIA
Discover how Cisco AI PODs with Splunk Observability Cloud, deliver full-stack visibility, faster troubleshooting, and optimized performance across AI infrastructure and applications—forming a key pillar of Cisco Secure AI Factory.
From AI Pilots to Production: Building Infrastructure That Makes AI Real
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Cisco Secure AI Factory with NVIDIA is accelerating: Isovalent is now validated for Kubernetes networking on Cisco AI PODs, delivering robust connectivity, observability and consistent policy definition and enforcement to containerized AI pipelines. NVIDIA HGX B300 (UCS C880A M8) and NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell (UCS X-Series X580p + X9516) expand Cisco AI compute with the latest high-performance GPUs from NVIDIA, expanding Cisco AI PODs server options for training, optimization, RAG and inferencing use cases. Cisco AI infrastructure ecosystem also expands with NVIDIA Run:ai and Nutanix NKP/NUS—momentum you can operationalize today.
The New Standard for Accurate Power Measurement in AI Data Centers
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As AI raises the stakes for energy efficiency, precision is paramount. Discover how Cisco researchers have achieved a breakthrough in power measurement accuracy—paving the way for substantially smarter infrastructure decision-making.
Ultra Ethernet for Scalable AI Network Deployment
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Cisco, in collaboration with the Ultra Ethernet Consortium (UEC), is addressing the networking challenges of artificial intelligence (AI) and high-performance computing (HPC) data centers with innovative solutions like link layer retry (LLR), credit-based flow control (CBFC), packet trimming, and congestion signaling. Discover how Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches empower organizations to build reliable, high-performance, and scalable infrastructure for the AI era.
Don’t Miss Out: Attend the 2025 OCP Global Summit
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The 2025 OCP Global Summit is fast approaching, and Cisco is set to showcase its latest innovations in AI networking, security, and open networking. Discover how these groundbreaking solutions from Cisco—spanning AI infrastructure, P4 programmability, and SONiC—are empowering organizations to lead in the AI era.
From Workloads to Factories: Rethinking the Data Center for AI
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How Cisco is delivering an industrial-scale engine for competitive advantage with the Cisco Secure AI Factory with NVIDIA.
Cisco Unveils the Latest Security Innovations for Modern Data Center Networks
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Top-of-rack Cisco N9300 Series Smart Switches and Cisco Live Protect make it easier for data centers to combine robust security, operational simplicity, and scalability—future-proofing data centers for whatever comes next.
Composable Infrastructure: What It Means in the AI Era
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AI is reshaping infrastructure demands—and traditional infrastructure can’t keep up. Discover how Cisco UCS X-Series with X-Fabric Technology 2.0 delivers true composability, unlocking scalable, GPU-accelerated performance for the AI era.
Announcing the New Nexus Dashboard for Simplifying Data Center Operations in the AI Era
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Nexus Dashboard 4.1 (now general availability) enables complete lifecycle management of multiple data center networks through a single unified interface. This unified solution streamlines provisioning, offers comprehensive visibility, and enables proactive and reactive diagnostics while delivering robust automation and minimizing the attack surface across data center perimeters.
Redefining Enterprise AI: Closing the Infrastructure Gap
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Enterprise AI success isn't just about GPU power—it's about integrating data, security, and operations at scale. Modular AI PODs and Secure AI Factory with NVIDIA framework from Cisco empower organizations to move quickly from experimentation to production with confidence and simplicity.
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