News Summary: 

• The new Cisco Silicon One G300 switch silicon can power gigawatt-scale AI clusters for training, inference, and real-time agentic workloads, while maximizing GPU utilization with a 28% improvement in job completion time.   
• New AgenticOps innovations across networking, security, and observability further transform how IT teams reduce complexity and operate efficiently at scale.  
• Cisco is launching the biggest-ever updates to its industry-first AI Defense solution alongside advances to its Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) offering, including AI traffic optimization to keep agentic workflows safe and reliable. 

CISCO LIVE EMEA, AMSTERDAM – Feb. 10, 2026 – Cisco today announced another leap forward in the delivery of the critical infrastructure for the AI era.  At the Cisco Live Conference in Amsterdam, in front of more than 21,000 IT professionals, the company unveiled a series of innovations that together enable customers to raise their ambitions for secure and trusted Agentic AI. These new products reinforce Cisco’s ability to deliver networking, security, observability, and sovereignty through a unified technology platform.  

“AI innovation is moving faster than ever before and we’re delivering the critical infrastructure our customers need to move fast and adopt AI safely and securely,” said Jeetu Patel, President and Chief Product Officer, Cisco. “Today’s announcements highlight the power of Cisco as a unified platform, showcasing how our innovations in silicon and systems, AgenticOps, security and observability come together to unlock value for our customers from the data center to the workplace and beyond.” 

Key innovations announced today at Cisco Live EMEA include: 

The Silicon One G300 will allow customers to massively scale out their buildout of AI clusters. The G300 offers Intelligent Collective Networking, delivering a 33% increase in network utilization and a 28% improvement in job completion time versus non-optimized traffic. Cisco is introducing G300-powered N9100 and 8000 systems designed for AI network builders – hyperscalers, neoclouds, sovereign private deployments, service providers, and enterprises. It doesn’t stop at hardware though, with the introduction of the Nexus One unified management plane to simplify operations across on-premises and cloud-based data center deployments. Together, Cisco’s AI infrastructure innovations ensure more profitable data centers, free from complexity, so customers can maximize their AI investments. 

New AgenticOps innovations will span the Cisco portfolio, helping to automate, scale, and simplify IT operations in the AI era.  Cisco’s AgenticOps is informed by system‑wide awareness drawn from one of the industry’s richest sources of cross‑domain telemetry across Cisco Networking, Security Cloud Control, Cisco Nexus One, Splunk, and more. These new capabilities include tools, skills, and platform enhancements across networking, security, and observability.  

The biggest-ever updates to Cisco AI Defense bring AI supply chain governance and runtime protections to agentic tool use, reducing the risk of compromise or manipulation. In addition, AI-driven advancements to Cisco Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) include intent-aware inspection of agentic AI interactions and tool requests, evaluating the “why” and “how” of agentic traffic to ward off novel threats. Organizations can tap into a suite of capabilities that help them securely adopt AI technology while maintaining agent integrity and control of agentic interactions.  

Hardware and software are only one part of the story. Customers running a sovereign environment need support and expertise that follow similar boundaries. Cisco Customer Experience (CX) is now providing support for these sovereignty needs, with options for air-gapped, on-prem, and hybrid setups. 

Cisco Critical National Services Centers (CNSCs) across the UK, France, and Spain have been rolled out to support organizations with their strict requirements. These centers operate under rigorous controls, with dedicated facilities, segregated operational processes, and cleared personnel. Beyond Cisco’s standard Technical Assistance Center (TAC) channels, CNSCs help customers to resolve technical support issues through secure, approved channels that respect their data-handling policies. Building on a 15-year legacy in Germany, Cisco now has 4 CNSCs across Europe with a further CNSC under development in Italy.

To learn more about today’s announcements, visit the Cisco Newsroom. 

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