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Try the New Security Sandbox for Cisco Defense Orchestrator

Try the New Security Sandbox for Cisco Defense Orchestrator

Cisco Defense Orchestrator Sandbox allows you to interact with the CDO dashboard and API. You can have access to Cisco AI Assistant UI as well as the AI Assistant API.

Optimizing AI Workloads with NVIDIA GPUs, Time Slicing, and Karpenter

Optimizing AI Workloads with NVIDIA GPUs, Time Slicing, and Karpenter

Explore how to deploy GPU-based workloads in an EKS cluster using the Nvidia Device Plugin, and maximize GPU efficiency and scalability in your Kubernetes environment.

Revolutionizing Surveillance: Cameras with AI-Powered Object Detection

Revolutionizing Surveillance: Cameras with AI-Powered Object Detection

What if your cameras could not only record but also understand and interpret what they see? See how your Cisco Meraki MV cameras can be transformed into powerful, intelligent surveillance tools by leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning,

December 19, 2025

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Kickstart Your 2026 Security Strategy: Master Automation at the DevNet Ignite Security Workshop

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The new year is coming up, and it is time to make the changes that will improve the way you do Cybersecurity in 2026. Security teams face a well-known yet escalating challenge, protecting complex infrastructures against advanced threats. If your resolution for January is to reduce manual workloads and accelerate threat response, the DevNet Ignite […]

December 19, 2025

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Cisco Meraki + PagerDuty Integration for Faster Incident Response

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We’re excited to share a major update for IT and developer teams: the new Cisco Meraki → PagerDuty integration is now live! For developers and network engineers, managing critical alerts and reducing response times are top priorities. With this new no-code integration, you can now connect Cisco Meraki directly to PagerDuty—right from the Meraki dashboard, […]

November 13, 2025

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New Cisco Secure Access Python SDK

1 min read

Security developers and network engineers usually find it easier to use SDKs. The SDK implements authentication and usage best practices, handles errors, and provides information about missing parameters. Here is the new Secure Access Software Development Kit, which is built using the Secure Access API. The SDK can help you orchestrate security and policy changes, […]

November 6, 2025

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Cisco AI Networking for Developers: What’s New

2 min read

Discover how Cisco’s latest AI networking updates empower developers with safer automation, unified visibility, and faster rollouts.

October 8, 2025

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What Workflows for Cisco Networking Can Do

2 min read

See how Workflows for Cisco Networking automates network tasks across Cisco and third-party platforms—now GA in the Meraki dashboard. Watch real demo use cases and learn practical steps to streamline your operations.

October 2, 2025

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No More Yak-Shaving: Why Every Network Automation Project Needs a Versionable Dev Environment

12 min read

“Yak-shaving” is an informal term often used in the US and UK to describe a situation where you have to do a series of tedious, unrelated tasks before you can accomplish your actual goal. For example, if you want to write code but need to install missing libraries, then fix your container, then update your […]

September 26, 2025

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From Query to Action with MCP Servers

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See how Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers turn queries into real actions. This post and video reveal patterns for quicker, safer operations—giving you practical tips to streamline your workflow.

September 24, 2025

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AI Agents for Network and Security: Expectations vs Reality

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In this article, we examined engineers’ expectations regarding AI agents for networking and security, as well as the availability of commercial and open-source AI agents or solutions. What Is an AI Agent? An AI agent is an autonomous software system that independently perceives, reasons, and acts to achieve specific goals. Unlike traditional software that follows […]

September 16, 2025

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Unlock Unified Network and Security Analytics with Cisco and Splunk

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Discover how the Cisco Enterprise Networking app for Splunk unifies network and security analytics across Catalyst Center, ISE, SD-WAN, and Cyber Vision. This post recaps our NetGru livestream, demonstrating how this powerful integration simplifies operations and accelerates insights for NetOps, SecOps, and ITOps teams.

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