Cisco Live 2026
Jun 2, 2026 · Las Vegas, Nevada · Cisco Live 2025
Opening Keynote: Lead in the Agentic EraJun 2, 2026 · 2h 1m · Chuck Robbins, Jeetu PatelRobbins and Patel framed 2026 as the agentic era, where organizations put AI to work alongside people. The keynote covered agentic operations with Cisco Cloud Control, Silicon One networking for AI data centers (the G300 chip and N9300 systems), quantum-safe infrastructure, securing agents with AI Defense and Splunk, and non-human identity.
Key themes: Agents, AI infrastructure, Security
- 1Agentic operations with Cisco Cloud Control were set up as the day's central theme
- 2Robbins called quantum the next major disruption and said Cisco has invested in it for six or seven years
- 3Networking for AI starts with silicon: Cisco Silicon One was built for this moment
- 4The G300 switch chip targets the largest AI clusters, in air- and liquid-cooled systems including the N9300
- 5Cisco expanded its partnership with NVIDIA, starting from the Secure AI Factory reference architecture
- 6The new infrastructure is designed to be quantum safe
- 7AI Defense intercepts models and agents at runtime when they misbehave
| Announcement | Status |
|---|---|
| Cisco Cloud ControlAgentic operations across domains | Announced |
| Silicon One G300 systemsSwitch chip and systems for AI clusters | Announced |
| Quantum-safe infrastructureNew systems designed to be quantum safe | Announced |
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