World Wide Technology's Ina Poecher and Ashley Schrage recap a hands-on WWT event where young women in tech explored real-world AI security challenges, learned about prompt injection and experienced the impact of collaborative STEM education.

Zenith Live 2025 unveiled Zscaler's Agentic AI, transforming cybersecurity into a proactive, intelligent defense. With AI heroes like the Rogue, Paladin, Wizard, Cleric and Bard, this strategy combines autonomous systems with human ingenuity to protect digital realms. Which role do you believe is most vital in this AI-driven defense?

Check Point's new MCP Server enables secure, structured integration between AI tools and Check Point's security infrastructure by exposing firewall policies, objects, and logs through a standardized Model Context Protocol interface. This allows large language models like Claude or GPT to query security environments using natural language, dramatically accelerating tasks such as policy analysis, compliance checks, and incident enrichment without requiring scripts or direct API calls. Deployed on-premises for full control and visibility, the MCP Server empowers security teams to automate workflows while maintaining strong governance and auditability.

The Cisco Nexus N9300 Smart Switch revolutionizes data center infrastructure with its convergence of high-performance switching, network security and application services. Featuring Cisco Silicon One ASICs and a Data Processing Unit, it offers intelligent, service-aware capabilities. Optional Hypershield enhances zero-trust security, making it ideal for AI, hybrid cloud and security-conscious environments.

We're continually bombarded with various types, flavors and descriptors of what AI is (and isn't). Therefore, to make things a little simpler (and to follow up on the on-stage descriptions I gave of the AI variants), this is a short description of what three of the main AI options would do with (and for) you if you'd ask…

Readout of highlights from the WWT Cisco Security support team that attended Cisco Live 2025.

Cisco Live 2025 showcased a transformative AI strategy, emphasizing scalable infrastructure and secure networking. Here are our takeaways and insights from an exciting week in San Diego.

Choosing the right infrastructure is crucial for AI-driven business innovation. Private cloud and bare metal offer unmatched security, compliance, and performance, essential for sensitive and regulated industries. These solutions provide strategic advantages over public cloud, ensuring control, customization, and cost predictability, making them vital for sustainable, secure AI growth.

At the recent CXO Exchange in Memphis, WWT strengthened its position as a strategic partner in contact center and customer experience (CX) transformation. The event brought together senior executives from key industries for three days of focused conversations around evolving CX challenges and technology priorities.