The future of networking takes center stage once again as Tech Field Day Extra returns to Cisco Live US 2026 in Las Vegas. Join us June 2nd and 3rd for live coverage featuring deep dives into AI-powered data centers, enterprise networking, security, resilient infrastructure, and the latest innova...

Is the AI tech bubble about to burst just like the dot-com boom did? On this episode of the Tech Field Day Podcast ahead of Cisco Live 2026, host Tom Hollingsworth and experts Sam Clements, Ed Weadon, and Rob Coote look at the real state of enterprise AI. They discuss why tech giants are facing l...

Vimala Veerappan, Senior Director in the Data Center Networking Business Group at Cisco, presented the company's evolving data center networking strategy, which focuses on solving the challenges of infrastructure fragmentation, escalating operational complexity, and advanced security vulnerabilit...

See how Cisco can bridge Nexus One data center fabrics and Kubernetes environments with a consistent operating model for visibility, policy, and security. This session shows how teams can reduce tool sprawl, speed troubleshooting, strengthen workload protection, and build AI-ready application inf...

Hamzah Kardme and Nitin Kumar of Cisco explained how Cisco SASE is evolving to secure an agentic workforce. Kardme covered identifying and steering AI traffic at the edge, distributed security enforcement, and unified management in Cisco Cloud Control. Kumar detailed AI Access controls, agent ide...

Javed Asghar presented Cisco's emerging strategy for securing AI inferencing workloads, expanding on architectural concepts originally disclosed at the NVIDIA GTC conference. While Cisco's existing Smart Switches serve as an effective entry-level security option for frontend fabrics running lower...

Cisco showcased AgenticOps powered by Cisco Cloud Control, a unified platform designed to serve as a single pane of glass for cross-domain telemetry and infrastructure operations. The architecture is anchored by a layer of trusted agents that operate within an agentic loop across five critical st...

Switching infrastructure is being reinvented to meet the demands of AI workloads, evolving threats, and the looming quantum era. In this Tech Field Day session, we explore how zero-downtime operations, quantum-resistant cryptography, and embedded vulnerability protection are transforming switches...

The campus network is now a strategic part of AI, hybrid work and secure experiences across the enterprise. In this Tech Field Day session, we explore how security is infused into fabric architectures, powered by automation and intent-driven design, are redefining the next era of enterprise netwo...

Arpitha Shetty and Simarbir Singh presented the modular strategy behind Cisco Unified Branch, utilizing architecture standards categorized by size. Small branches rely on a single-tier footprint consisting of one router, one switch, and one access point, while medium deployments layer on redundan...

Forward introduces a solution to a fundamental, long-standing gap in networking: the lack of a deep, end-to-end behavioral understanding of complex, multi-vendor environments and the inability to test intended configuration updates safely. To address these vulnerabilities, Forward developed a mat...

Elyor Khakimov details how the combination of a definitive network digital twin and advanced AI logic shifts network engineering from manual risk mitigation to fully autonomous execution. Traditionally, complex migrations require weeks of coordination, leaving engineers with immense anxiety right...

Enterprises are increasingly turning to open networking and they need guidance to ensure the right choices are being made. A great partner can ease the transition. In this episode of the Tech Field Day podcast, brought to you by Cisco, Tom Hollingsworth is joined by Scott Robon, Ryan Booth, and C...