Cisco has unveiled a series of major innovations designed to accelerate the global deployment of secure, scalable artificial intelligence AI infrastructure. The announcements, made in collaboration with NVIDIA and industry partners, mark a significant step forward in redefining data center, enterprise, and telecom architectures for the AI era.
At the center of the announcement is the Cisco N9100, the first NVIDIA partner-developed data center switch based on NVIDIA Spectrum-X Ethernet switch silicon. The switch will serve as the foundation for NVIDIA Cloud Partner-compliant reference architectures, enabling both neocloud and sovereign cloud deployments. This advancement positions Cisco as a key enabler of high-performance, open, and energy-efficient networking for AI workloads.
The Cisco Secure AI Factory with NVIDIA introduces enhanced protection and visibility for enterprise AI deployments. Through new security and observability integrations - including Cisco AI Defense with NVIDIA NeMo Guardrails and Splunk Observability Cloud - enterprises can now monitor AI workloads in real time, protect sensitive data, and ensure compliance across distributed environments.
