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My First 100 Days At Cisco – Building AI the Right Way
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I’ve always believed that when it comes to building scalable AI infrastructure, you have to find a balance between performance and reliability. Technology offers speed, but a dependable infrastructure is what makes AI truly sustainable. My time at Cisco has reinforced that belief, so I wanted to…
My First 100 Days At Cisco – Cisco Live 2025 & the Future of AI Applications
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In my first few months at Cisco, I’ve had a front-row seat to the business’s key areas of focus. Every large tech business claims to be changing the way the world does things, but the scale of transformative solutions I’m seeing at Cisco is different. This year’s Cisco Live event was confirmation –…
My First 100 Days At Cisco – Why Cisco’s Responsible AI Framework Matters More Than Anyone Thinks
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In my first few months at Cisco, I’ve had the chance to dive into a lot of what’s happening behind the scenes – there’s been no shortage of innovation to take in. But one theme that has quietly stood out was something that’s less about what we can build with AI, and more about how we build it. Cisco’s…
My First 100 Days At Cisco – Reinventing Cybersecurity
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When I joined Cisco 100 days ago, I thought it was just a networking company. Now I realise it’s an AI company. One with a very real stake in shaping the future of cybersecurity. That shift came into focus when I was introduced to Foundation-sec-8b. What looked like just another model on the surface turned…
My First 100 Days At Cisco – Making AI an Operating Principle
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Over the last few months, I’ve had the chance to see Cisco from the inside, and it’s challenged more than a few assumptions. Yes, I was aware of the company’s pivot toward software. But I didn’t fully grasp just how deeply AI is being embedded across the business, and how fast that’s redefining everything.…
My First 100 Days At Cisco – The Splunk Acquisition
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It’s been 100 days since I joined Cisco and one shift stands out clearly – the strategic impact of the Cisco/Splunk acquisition. What began as a $28B transaction on paper is already reshaping how we think about observability, AI, and secure infrastructure for customers. It’s easy to see $28 billion…