AI
AI Is a Leadership Conversation, Not a Technology One
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In 2026, it’s unmistakable: the center of gravity around AI has fundamentally shifted. The conversation is no longer confined to the domain of technology teams. AI is now a leadership mandate, shaping not just how we build systems, but how we define national priorities, economic ambitions, and social…
Cisco to Power TPG Telecom’s Next Generation Security and Service Operations Across Australia with Splunk
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News summary: TPG Telecom selects Splunk to accelerate its transition to a Service Operations Centre driven by AIOps. Splunk’s offering provides TPG Telecom with real-time observability, predictive insights, and security automation across its critical services and infrastructure.…
Cisco Networking Academy Reaches 3 Million Learners in India, Strengthening the Skills-to-Jobs Pipeline
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For three decades now, Cisco Networking Academy has relentlessly worked across the length and breadth of India, through classrooms, campuses, universities, and government collaborations. The result: 3 million learners empowered. Millions of lives transformed. This milestone is a testament…
Why Managed Services Are Powering the Next Wave of Growth for Service Providers
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Across industries, enterprises are rethinking how they consume technology. Rather than owning, operating, and maintaining every piece of infrastructure, they increasingly turn to managed service providers (MSPs) for flexibility, expertise, and cost efficiency. The appeal is clear: MSPs allow…
‘Left of Boom’
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Security breaches continue to make headlines, affecting organizations of all sizes and industries. Understanding how breaches unfold and how to stop adversaries before the ‘Boom!’ is critical. Leveraging a proper architecture is vital to reducing risk and protecting sensitive data. This blog…
Mumbai named the first international community in Cisco’s 40 Communities initiative
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News Summary Launch of Cisco Centre of Excellence for AI, Networking, and Entrepreneurship in partnership with the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) to skill and train 100,000 students over 3 years, along with a multi-year collaboration with NIIT Foundation to skill 2.7 million individuals…
The Subsea Cables Powering AI, Cloud, and the Digital Economy
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They are the internet’s hidden lifelines, humming quietly in darkness far below the waves. Stretching across oceans and seas, the global lattice of subsea fiber-optic cables carries more than 95% of the world’s internet traffic. We rarely see them, yet we depend on them every time we open an app, watch…
AI’s Risk vs Reward: Cisco & Governance Institute Urge Risk Leaders to Help Unlock Australia’s AI Potential
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AI’s Risk vs Reward: Cisco & Governance Institute Urge Risk Leaders to Help Unlock Australia’s AI Potential New Report Reveals the Decision Paralysis is Impacting AI Uptake News Summary A new Cisco and Governance Institute report highlights Chief Risk Officers as catalysts for unlocking AI’s…
Dicker Data to offer Cisco AI PODs Infrastructure to Australian Partner Ecosystem
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Cisco to offer channel partners the opportunity to leverage and trial AI use cases and build out capabilities for AI deployment and driving AI infrastructure adoption, with an AI PODs available through Dicker Data Cisco AI PODs expected to be live in early 2026 with select channel partners able to leverage…