The AI-Ready Enterprise: Building the Intelligent Workplace with Cisco

AI applications are adding pressure to all networks—campus, branch, and industrial—demanding greater capacity and lower latency. To handle this traffic surge, we’re introducing a new generation of purpose-built network devices.

For access networks, two new smart switches: the Cisco C9350 Fixed Access Smart Switch offers 48 multigigabit (mGig)/90W Universal Power over Ethernet (UPoE) downlink ports, up to 4×100 Gbps uplinks, and up to 1.6 Tbps stacked capacity. The Cisco C9610 Modular Core Smart Switch scales up to 256×100 Gbps ports and 51.2 Tbps capacity with redundant supervisors. Powered by Cisco Silicon One, these switches build on our data center smart switch momentum and have network processors and co-processors for additional functions like AI and security.

We’re also extending our Wi-Fi 7 portfolio with the new Cisco CW9179F access point. Featuring software-controllable beam switching, 16 spatial streams, redundant 10 Gbps ports, and integrated GPS for auto-location and Automated Frequency Coordination outdoors, it brings high performance to large venues like stadiums and arenas. The new Cisco Campus Gateway offers high-performance cloud management for campuses with up to 5000 access points and 50,000 clients, with no need to reconfigure networks and VLANs deployed with traditional wireless LAN controllers.

Additional demands on access networks puts additional demands on the WAN, and 10 Gbps uplinks are giving way to 40+ Gbps uplinks. Our new Cisco 8000 Series Secure Routers deliver fast and scalable SD-WAN, integrated next-generation firewall, and post-quantum security in a single-box solution. With up to 3x performance of previous generations, multiple uplink options up to 2×100 Gbps, and flexible WAN connectivity options (including 5G and LTE), they offer forwarding throughput up to 190 Gbps and IPsec throughput up to 63 Gbps (at 512-byte packet size). We are also introducing our Unified Branch solution to simplify managing branch networks with a DevOps approach, replacing CLI commands with APIs and programmatic automation. Learn more about the new 8000 Series Secure Routers and Unified Branch.