Cisco has introduced new AI-based networking technology to its Cisco Networking Cloud portfolio. The move was made to improve security, customers’ digital end experience and automation.
Cisco announces new integrations with Cisco Secure Access within its Cisco Networking Cloud. This is to enhance its secure networking functionality. These tools should make the current Cisco Networking and Cisco Security platforms cooperate even better. That, in turn, accounts for a more common approach to network and security management, automated monitoring of the digital end experience and better insights into network device and application performance. To that end, Cisco Secure Access and the Cisco Secure Services Edge (SSE) solutions now integrate into the Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN and ThousandEyes solutions.
Enhanced security posture reporting is also becoming available for OT assets within industrial environments. These include clearer details for OT asset inventories, the highest vulnerabilities, and cyber risks to reduce the attack surface for these specific devices. The features for this will become available with Vision technology for Cisco’s rugged industrial routers, switches and firewalls.
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Better management for network platforms
Furthermore, Cisco is simplifying and bringing together the various network management platforms for a better overall user experience. To this end, Cisco is now introducing the Cloud Monitoring for Catalyst Wireless functionality. This service was already available for Catalyst switches and now it is also available for wireless devices. Users can now see the latter devices in their Meraki dashboard, providing a complete and cloud-based overview of their access networks.
The service supports Catalyst 9800 Wireless Controllers and most Catalyst Wi-Fi 5 Wave 2, Wi-Fi 6 and Wi-Fi 6E access points. As part of this effort, the tech giant is also introducing the new Catalyst 9300-M switches. These switches can be managed directly from the Meraki dashboard.
Network functionality for AI applications
Furthermore, Cisco is also helping its customers to properly apply AI technology with the right network applications. For this purpose, the Cisco UCS X-Series Direct modular system has now been introduced. The application is an extension of the existing UCS X-Series Modular System and is designed specifically for edge environments that need the right computing power and connectivity to run more (AI) applications with less underlying infrastructure.
Finally, Cisco is introducing more Cisco AI-validated designs. These converged and hyper-converged validated infrastructure designs will also get so-called Cisco Validated Solutions and AI/ML blueprints for data centre environments.
These solutions should help users accelerate their AI/ML deployments while avoiding potential risks. This includes building high-performance network fabrics for computing power and data centres, including the necessary automation and visibility for various business AI use cases.
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