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Why 82% of Your AI Coding Budget Isn't Shipping Software
AI can now write code and accelerate development, but using AI tools isn't the same as becoming AI-native. Recorded at Cisco Live, this episode of the AI Proving Ground Podcast features Cisco SVP and Chief Product Officer of the Cisco Security Product Management organization Raj Chopra, WWT SVP of Global Solutions and Architecture Brian Ortbals and WWT VP of Digital Experiences Joe Berger discussing how AI is reshaping development and transforming the enterprise.
Your AI Infrastructure Is More Than GPUs. Here's What Matters Most.
AI has made infrastructure conversations more complicated, not less. For the last few years, enterprise AI has been dominated by discussions about GPUs and compute. But as organizations move from pilots to production, the conversation is shifting to everything around them. Recorded live at Cisco Live, Brian Feldt sits down with Cisco's Will Eatherton and WWT's Eric Fairfield to explore the infrastructure decisions that determine whether AI investments deliver on their promise. From networking and storage to security and operational design, they explore why AI performance is no longer determined by any single technology, but by how well the entire system works together.
Why Data Readiness Is the New GPU Optimization Strategy
Agentic AI is changing the economics of enterprise infrastructure. In this episode of the AI Proving Ground Podcast, WWT's Jeff Fonke, NetApp's Mike Homer and NVIDIA's Jason Schroedle explain why how token economics are reshaping cloud and on-prem decisions and why AI-ready data may be the true foundation for enterprise AI success.
Cisco Got Serious About PQC at Cisco Live 2026
Cisco got serious about Post-Quantum Cryptography at Cisco Live US. With Cisco IQ, the 8000 Series Secure Router, and a PQC-safe full stack architecture, Cisco is making sure their product lineup is secure today for tomorrow's threats.
Cisco Live 2026: The AI Infrastructure Era Has Arrived — And Cisco Is Betting Big
Cisco Live 2026 made one thing unmistakably clear: Cisco is no longer simply a networking company managing packets. It is positioning itself as the foundational AI infrastructure platform for the agentic era — and its deepening collaboration with NVIDIA is central to that vision.
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Your AI Infrastructure Is More Than GPUs. Here's What Matters Most.
AI has made infrastructure conversations more complicated, not less. For the last few years, enterprise AI has been dominated by discussions about GPUs and compute. But as organizations move from pilots to production, the conversation is shifting to everything around them. Recorded live at Cisco Live, Brian Feldt sits down with Cisco's Will Eatherton and WWT's Eric Fairfield to explore the infrastructure decisions that determine whether AI investments deliver on their promise. From networking and storage to security and operational design, they explore why AI performance is no longer determined by any single technology, but by how well the entire system works together.
Why Data Readiness Is the New GPU Optimization Strategy
Agentic AI is changing the economics of enterprise infrastructure. In this episode of the AI Proving Ground Podcast, WWT's Jeff Fonke, NetApp's Mike Homer and NVIDIA's Jason Schroedle explain why how token economics are reshaping cloud and on-prem decisions and why AI-ready data may be the true foundation for enterprise AI success.
Why 82% of Your AI Coding Budget Isn't Shipping Software
AI can now write code and accelerate development, but using AI tools isn't the same as becoming AI-native. Recorded at Cisco Live, this episode of the AI Proving Ground Podcast features Cisco SVP and Chief Product Officer of the Cisco Security Product Management organization Raj Chopra, WWT SVP of Global Solutions and Architecture Brian Ortbals and WWT VP of Digital Experiences Joe Berger discussing how AI is reshaping development and transforming the enterprise.
Simplifying Branch Networking with Unified Branch and Branch as Code
Learn how Unified Branch and Branch as Code technologies streamline branch network deployment, drive standardization, embed security from day one, and enable scalable, efficient operations for the modern enterprise.
Cisco Got Serious About PQC at Cisco Live 2026
Cisco got serious about Post-Quantum Cryptography at Cisco Live US. With Cisco IQ, the 8000 Series Secure Router, and a PQC-safe full stack architecture, Cisco is making sure their product lineup is secure today for tomorrow's threats.
Cisco Live 2026 Wrap: Cloud Control, AgenticOps and the Rise of the Unified Edge
Cisco Live 2026 marked a pivotal shift towards an agentic operating model, emphasizing AI-driven infrastructure management. Cisco Cloud Control and Unified Edge highlight a future where AI and human collaboration streamline operations, enhance security, and optimize distributed environments. This evolution promises consistent, automated, and integrated enterprise solutions, transforming infrastructure into a strategic business asset.
Making Agentic Operations Happen: WWT's Key Takeaways from Cisco Live 2026
The era of agentic operations is here, and organizations must modernize infrastructure to support autonomous workloads at scale.
AI Security Threats: Mythos, Project Glass Wing, and the New Cyber Resilience Framework
Explore how AI is transforming cybersecurity, the risks posed by advanced models like Mythos, and actionable strategies for building resilience against emerging threats.
Cisco Live 2026: The AI Infrastructure Era Has Arrived — And Cisco Is Betting Big
Cisco Live 2026 made one thing unmistakably clear: Cisco is no longer simply a networking company managing packets. It is positioning itself as the foundational AI infrastructure platform for the agentic era — and its deepening collaboration with NVIDIA is central to that vision.
Cisco Live 2026: The Agentic Era is Here
Cisco Live 2026 unveiled Cisco's AgenticOps era, where AI agents work alongside IT teams, generating 450% more network traffic. Cisco's vertically integrated platform, Cloud Control, unifies management across domains, enabling humans and AI to collaborate seamlessly. This marks a transformative shift in IT operations, emphasizing autonomy with human oversight.
Cisco Live 2026: What the WWT Networking Team Learned in Las Vegas
Each year, Cisco Live brings together tens of thousands of networking professionals for a week of announcements, deep-dive sessions, and the kind of candid conversations that only happen in person. This year in Las Vegas, WWT sent a team of networking subject matter experts covering wireless, switching, SD-WAN, core routing, optical networking, and data center networking. What they brought back was a consistent signal: AI is no longer a strategy conversation, it is an infrastructure conversation, and the network is squarely at the center of it.
Cisco Live 2026 Signals a New Phase of Enterprise AI: Operational Reality
As AI agents, cyber risk and infrastructure demand accelerate, IT leaders must move beyond experimentation and build the visibility, agility and resilience needed to operate at AI speed. In this episode of the AI Proving Ground Podcast, we dive into the key lessons learned at Cisco Live 2026 and how enterprise business and technology leaders should think about them moving forward.
Cisco Live 2026: Security Innovation Highlights and What WWT's Team Brought to Las Vegas
WWT's breakdown of Cisco's biggest security announcements from Cisco Live 2026 in Las Vegas: Cloud Control, Live Protect, Hybrid Mesh Firewall, agentic security, the Astrix acquisition, expanded Talos threat hunting, and quantum readiness. Plus a spotlight on WWT's sessions, booth activities, and client events at the show!
Cisco AI Canvas: Transforming IT Operations with Generative AI and AgenticOps
Cisco AI Canvas is a generative AI workspace for IT operations, built on Cisco's Deep Network Model. Designed to support AgenticOps, it enables faster issue resolution, automation and collaboration across networking, security, cloud and observability. Learn how Cisco is transforming infrastructure management with AI.
Leveraging Cisco's Innovations For Customers with Christine Fierro and Annie Shain
At Cisco Live 2025 Christine Fierro, Sr. Director of Networking at WWT sat down with Annie Shain, Sr. Director, Global Networking Partner Sales at Cisco, to talk about Cisco's latest announcements and how WWT is leveraging these innovations to help customers scale in their business.
Inside Cisco Live 2025: Go Beyond with Softchoice and World Wide Technology
Watch an exclusive webinar where we Go Beyond the headlines of Cisco Live 2025. We'll unpack the biggest announcements across Cisco's key focus areas —Security, Networking, and AI.
Redefining Edge and Modular Compute: A Deep Dive into Cisco UCS X-Series Direct
Cisco's UCS X-Series Direct revolutionizes edge computing with a modular, midplane-free architecture, integrating compute, networking and storage in a single chassis. Supporting AI, HCI and GPU workloads, it offers scalable, high-performance solutions for diverse environments. Experience future-ready infrastructure today with hands-on trials in our Advanced Technology Center.
Cisco's Swagger is Back: WWT's Key Takeaways from Cisco Live 2025
Cisco Live 2025 offered a glimpse into a new era of technology, one that blends speed, scale and purpose-built AI innovation.
Cisco Live 2025: Data Center Networking Innovation Key Takeaways
At Cisco Live 2025, Cisco unveiled a bold vision for the future of data center networking—one that embraces AI scalability, embedded security and cloud-operational simplicity. From game-changing switch architectures to hyper-intelligent security tools, Cisco's announcements focused on building the AI-native, zero-trust and observability-rich data center of tomorrow. Here are five of the most impactful innovations announced.
Cisco Live 2025: Smokin' Hot Security Infused in the Network with a side of AI to go!
Readout of highlights from the WWT Cisco Security support team that attended Cisco Live 2025.