Cisco Live US 2025: News, Views and Announcements

Every year, the Natilik team covers Cisco Live US to hear all the latest and greatest updates, with this year’s being live in San Diego. Stay tuned to hear all the hot topics, key insights and major updates straight from our teams on the ground at the conference this year!

Cisco is reshaping enterprise security for the AI era by deeply integrating zero‑trust principles and visibility across its network infrastructure.

In San Diego, Cisco announced key innovations include the next‑gen Hybrid Mesh Firewall portfolio (featuring new 6100 and 200 Series firewalls), expanded enforcement via Catalyst SD‑WAN, Hypershield switches, and intent‑based policy control across multi‑vendor environments – and the Universal Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) platform, which offers identity‑driven, passwordless access for users, devices and even AI agents.

Cisco is also enhancing integrations with Splunk to streamline threat detection, enrich investigation workflows, and automate response tasks. These efforts aim to secure agentic AI workloads and emerging attack surfaces by fusing security into the very fabric of the network.

Cisco is leading the charge in building AI‑ready data centres, spanning hyperscale environments to enterprise operations. At Cisco Live on June 10, 2025, the company announced new infrastructure solutions designed for the AI era – including expanded AI PODs for flexible training and fine‑tuning, Unified Fabric Experience via the Nexus platform, and centralised control using the upcoming Nexus Dashboard release.

In collaboration with NVIDIA, Cisco showcased the first technical integration of its G200‑series switches with NVIDIA Spectrum‑X Ethernet networking built on Cisco Silicon One, enabling high‑bandwidth, ultra‑low‑latency connectivity essential for AI workloads. Supplementing network performance, Cisco introduced Intelligent Packet Flow, delivering real‑time telemetry and congestion‑aware traffic steering for proactive issue detection across GPUs and AI fabrics.

To ensure security and scalability, Cisco is bringing validated AI‑secure infrastructure to market. This includes AI Defences like Hypershield to protect agent‑driven workflows using NVIDIA‑optimised open models, as well as cost‑effective 400G bidirectional optics that enable existing data centres to scale bandwidth without rewiring.

Listen in to the Cisco AI Data Centre Experts discuss this evolution on NatChat – The Natilik Podcast.

Cisco has introduced a ground breaking AI‑ready secure network architecture designed to meet today’s AI-driven demands across campus, branch, and industrial environments.

The solution delivers unified management of Meraki and Catalyst devices – augmented by ThousandEyes and Splunk integration – alongside AgenticOps, an AI-powered operations layer featuring the Cisco AI Assistant and AI Canvas, all managed from a single platform.

Unveiling the boldest innovation in Cisco’s 40-year history. This is more than just a product launch – it’s the start of a new era in AI-driven networking. Preparing for the shift in AI ready networking is not a simple switch. That’s why here at Natilik we are offering 1-2-1 sessions to confidently guide you through the new approaches, products and architectures that will enable your business to harness the power of AI.

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Cisco is redefining the future of work by empowering people through intelligent, AI-powered collaboration experiences.

From transforming meetings with the new Room Vision PTZ camera- which auto-tracks presenters and adapts to room dynamics -to enhancing real-time customer interactions with Webex AI Agent, Cisco is focused on improving both employee and customer experiences. These innovations are simple to deploy, cloud-managed via Control Hub, and available across both cloud and on-premises environments, offering flexibility and choice.

With features like background noise removal, blur, and AI-powered self-service templates, Cisco is helping organisations build future-proofed workplaces equipped for the AI era – combining collaboration, security, and networking into a seamless, human-centric approach.

Join us for a live showcase on 9th July at our London office and see how this breakthrough technology is redefining the future of the meeting room.

Don’t miss your chance to see it in action – register now and be part of the future of work.