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Vinccler: Neocloud Providers Are Making Waves—and Cisco Is Helping Them Do It

As the demand for AI infrastructure skyrockets, neocloud providers are emerging as key innovators, offering specialized AI cloud services to meet diverse enterprise needs. Cisco is at the forefront, working with these providers to deliver robust, flexible, and secure AI infrastructure services—empowering neoclouds to bridge the gap between supply and demand, and drive the next wave of AI cloud innovation. View Source

Vinccler: Cisco’s MCP Scanner Introduces Behavioral Code Threat Analysis

A model context protocol (MCP) tool can claim to execute a benign task such as “validate email addresses,” but if the tool is compromised, it can be redirected to fulfill ulterior motives, such as exfiltrating your entire address book to an external server. Traditional security scanners could flag suspicious network calls or dangerous functions and […] View Source

Vinccler: Closing the gap: bitsIO wins Splunkie Award for data and AI-powered nonprofit solutions

Nonprofits face the same sophisticated threats as major enterprises, but they rarely have the same resources. Learn how bitsIO — Splunk's 2025 Social Impact Partner of the Year — is changing that by delivering AI-powered Splunk services to mission-driven organizations. View Source

Vinccler: Sustainability trends for 2026: From boardroom decisions to real-world systems

As we approach 2026, sustainability is becoming a core business discipline rather than a standalone initiative. Here are the trends we expect in the year ahead. View Source

Vinccler: Cisco Secure Client: The Integrated Platform for Federal Endpoint Security and Compliance

Curious how public sector agencies can simplify security and boost performance? Discover how Cisco Secure Client unifies protection, streamlines compliance, and empowers your team—all in one solution. View Source

Vinccler: Cisco Meraki + PagerDuty Integration for Faster Incident Response

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, […] View Source

Vinccler: Building Blocks for Agentic AI: The Hierarchy of Developer Needs

Learn how a developer hierarchy of needs can drive better AI integration and agentic automation across any enterprise technology environment. View Source

Vinccler: Elevating Data Security: New DLP Enhancements in Cisco Secure Access

Extend your ability to safeguard sensitive information, achieve regulatory compliance, and mitigate risk with endpoint data loss prevention (DLP) and email DLP. View Source

Vinccler: Transforming Wi-Fi Performance with AgenticOps: From Anxiety to Autonomy

Cisco AI-Enhanced RRM uses AI to optimize wireless networks, boosting reliability, speed, and efficiency while minimizing disruptions for users. View Source

Vinccler: OT Security Reimagined: From Legacy Limits to Network-Native Scale

Network-native OT security eliminates costly appliances and visibility gaps by embedding protection into the network, delivering comprehensive asset discovery and segmentation built for scale View Source

Vinccler: 2025 in Review: Strengthening Cybersecurity in EMEA with AI

Reflecting on a transformative year for cybersecurity in EMEA. Discover how AI, regulation, and talent development shaped our digital future in 2025. View Source

Vinccler: Deck the halls with Webex calls: How Cisco technology brings holiday cheer to hospitals

Cisco’s Connected Santa program brings Christmas cheer to children in hospitals through the power of Webex and a team of dedicated Cisco volunteers. Discover the secrets behind the holiday magic. View Source

Vinccler: Five Ways Network Assurance Enables Critical AI Infrastructure

Is your network ready for AI traffic? Discover five ways proactive network assurance can optimize AI workloads—without slowing down everything else. View Source

Vinccler: Unify IT Asset Management and Network Security in Real Time: Cisco ISE and ServiceNow Are Redefining Asset-Aware Access

Cisco ISE and ServiceNow are redefining asset-aware access by unifying IT asset management and network security in real time. View Source

Vinccler: APJC’s AI Leap: A 2025 Cybersecurity Retrospective

As 2025 closes, APJC is leading the world in AI adoption. Discover how Cisco advances AI-led security, digital resilience, and secure-by-design workplaces for a trusted, AI-ready future. View Source

Vinccler: Key Challenges that Impede Segmentation Progress

The 2025 Cisco Segmentation Report shows that complexity, visibility, and context remain the main challenges for successful segmentation implementations. View Source

Vinccler: Steve Clayton joins Cisco as Chief Communications Officer

Steve Clayton joins Cisco as our new Chief Communications Officer. View Source

Vinccler: A Validated Approach: Lenovo and Cisco for AI Data Center Infrastructure Deployment

Scale AI with confidence. Lenovo Hybrid AI 285 with Cisco Networking delivers pre-validated, high-performance infrastructure—removing deployment risk and accelerating your time to value. View Source

Vinccler: Ushering in a new era of social impact in India: Mumbai joins Cisco’s 40 Communities initiative

Cisco announced Mumbai as the second location — and first international market — under our 40 Communities initiative. Building on 30 years of partnership in India, we're bringing together skills training, support for startups, and cyber resilience in an integrated approach to tackle systemic challenges and drive lasting change. View Source

Vinccler: Beyond the First Clue: XDR Forensics at Cisco Live Melbourne 2025

SOC teams need more evidence for deep investigations. Learn how Cisco XDR Forensics provides rich, interactive data to trace complex attacks and uncover malicious content. View Source

Vinccler: Two New Ways to Bring NetBox Into Your CML Networks

Introducing the ready-to-go NetBox Server node for instant synchronization and the cml2netbox utility to sync CML with NetBox. View Source

Vinccler: From Passive to Purpose-Built: Why Your Edge Strategy Needs a Refresh [GigaOm Webinar Insights]

The edge is transforming from a passive data collection point to an active, purpose-built infrastructure capable of real-time AI processing—75% of enterprise data will be created and processed there. In our recent webinar with GigaOm analyst Jon Collins, we explored why legacy edge deployments aren't ready for this shift and what it takes to build a modern, full-stack edge solution. View Source

Vinccler: Agentic AI and the future of customer experience

Agentic CX isn’t coming, it’s here. The 2025 Cisco AI Readiness Index shows the tremendous potential and real challenges organizations face as they race to capture its power. View Source

Vinccler: The Segmentation Cycle: A Practical Approach to Network Security

The segmentation journey starts with visibility, goes through identity context, policy and enforcement, ultimately returning to enhanced visibility. View Source

Vinccler: Focus Group and Mitchells & Butlers: Raising the Bar for Digital Transformation in Hospitality

Cisco, Focus Group, and Mitchells & Butlers collaborated on a £17M digital transformation across 1,700 UK venues, deploying Wi-Fi 7, SD-WAN, and security solutions to modernize hospitality infrastructure and enhance guest experiences. View Source

Vinccler: Innovation Happens in the Open: Cisco Joins the Agentic AI Foundation (AAIF)

Cisco is proud to join the AAIF as a Gold member, aligning with industry leaders to support the development of open standards and contribute to the success of the broader AI community. View Source

Vinccler: Securing AI Agents with Cisco’s Open-Source A2A Scanner

The Rise of Agent Networks: A New Security Frontier  Emerging Agent-to-Agent (A2A) frameworks have emerged to support organizations as they move from isolated AI applications to interconnected networks of autonomous agents. A2A enables software agents to discover, authenticate, and collaborate across organizational boundaries, unlocks unprecedented automation capabilities. A2A also introduces an expanded attack surface, and […] View Source

Vinccler: Thriving Through Layers. My Path Across Networks, Business, and Inclusion

Solutions Engineer Chuks shares his inspiring Cisco journey from curious kid to empowering Africa's digital future through dedication, and mentorship. View Source

Vinccler: The Real Magic of the Season: AI-Powered Workplaces

Peek inside the modern holiday workshop and explore how AI innovations transform the way teams work during one of the busiest times of year. View Source

Vinccler: Cisco Live Melbourne 2025 Reflections: Transforming Cisco Customer Experience with AI and Human Expertise

Looking back on an energizing week at Cisco Live! Melbourne 2025, I am inspired by the human connections that empowered the event. This year’s Cisco Live is a testament to the powerful outcomes we create when technology and people come together with a common purpose. Keynote Highlights: Dynamic demands require a New CX Cisco Live! […] View Source

Vinccler: Agentic AI is the future of Higher Education: Cisco’s AI campus e-book gives a glimpse into the future

Ready to unlock a smarter, more innovative future for your university? Explore how Cisco’s AI Campus is redefining what’s possible in higher education. View Source

Vinccler: Segmentation Remains a Foundational Security Concept

The 2025 Cisco Segmentation Report shows that the concept’s adaptability makes it a foundational cornerstone for modern enterprise security strategies. View Source

Vinccler: Making sure AI becomes the global equalizer — and not the great divider

Cisco’s Digital Impact Office has partnered with the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) to create the Digital Well-being Hub, which dives deeper into the complex relationships between AI and digitization as well as their impact on people’s lives and well-being.  View Source

Vinccler: GovWare Captive Portal: (Splash Page)

Cisco provided a splash page for GovWare 2025, a click-through captive portal. Learn how the team did it. View Source

Vinccler: Mitigate Cyber Threats by Uncovering the Paths into Your System

Take on our latest ethical hacking challenge. Capture the Flag: Attack Chain from Recon to Root challenge is available now in Cisco U. View Source

Vinccler: Securing Agents & AI Supply Chain with Cisco AI Defense

The conversation around AI and its enterprise applications has rapidly shifted focus to AI agents—autonomous AI systems that are not only capable of conversing, but also reasoning, planning, and executing autonomous actions.  Our Cisco AI Readiness Index 2025 underscores this excitement, as 83% of companies surveyed already intend to develop or deploy AI agents across […] View Source

Vinccler: Guardians of the Wi-Fi: Cisco Field Manual for Securing Wireless

Strengthen enterprise Wi-Fi security with Cisco’s comprehensive guide covering WPA3, 802.1X authentication, AI-powered threat detection, and wireless intrusion prevention. Learn deployment strategies to protect your network from modern attacks. View Source

Vinccler: How Time2Give Led Me to Africa — and to New Lessons in Leadership and Inclusion

Communications Specialist Susan C. shares how Cisco's Time2Give program enabled her life-changing volunteer trip to Zimbabwe, transforming lives & her own perspective. View Source

Vinccler: Cisco Secure Access for Government Reaches General Availability

Empower your agency with seamless, zero trust security—Cisco Secure Access for Government is now FedRAMP-authorized and generally available for U.S. public sector organizations. View Source

Vinccler: Empowering Partners for Success: How Cisco’s Black Belt Academy is Raising the Bar

Discover how Cisco's Black Belt Academy is raising the bar for partner success with fresh content, a redesigned learning experience, flexible certifications, and innovative AI-powered tools like instant translations and a sales pitch practice tool. Empower your business with engaging, gamified training for consistent growth. View Source

Vinccler: Cisco Live for You: AIOps for Cisco Secure Firewall

AIOps for Cisco Secure Firewall: Enhancing Operational Efficiency and Security There is no doubt that firewall management can be a highly complicated, high-stakes operation. In a recent breakout session at Cisco Live APJC, Gayathri Nagarajan, a leader in Cisco’s firewall product management team, illustrates that the challenge of enhancing operational efficiency and security is not […] View Source