Cisco AI Readiness Index

Cisco Learning Promotes AI Readiness with AI Learning Journey and New Certifications

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Cisco Learning Promotes AI Readiness with AI Learning Journey and New Certifications

AI is everywhere – and not just in conversation and on the news. It’s in software, in workflows, and across network and security operations. It’s a transformational moment for job roles and job tasks, whether you are using AI or building AI infrastructure. Cisco’s recent AI Readiness Index, released in November 2024, showed that just one in seven organizations are fully prepared to deploy new AI technologies. A lack of skills is a key reason…

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Cisco AI Defense: Comprehensive Security for Enterprise AI Adoption

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Cisco AI Defense: Comprehensive Security for Enterprise AI Adoption

Today, we are witnessing artificial intelligence radically reshape the way we do business. Last year, we published our Cisco AI Readiness Index, which provided critical insights into the state of enterprise AI adoption. In both our survey results and my own conversations with business leaders, a common trend was evident. Despite growing pressures to harness this transformational technology, AI readiness seems to be declining. There are several factors behind this but concerns around safety and…

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Future-Ready: Equipping the EU Workforce for AI and Cybersecurity Success

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Future-Ready: Equipping the EU Workforce for AI and Cybersecurity Success

There is no denying that the digital capabilities of any country, business, or entity significantly impact its competitiveness on the world stage or in the global marketplace. Leveraging secure digital technologies allows organizations to improve efficiency and productivity, respond to market demands faster, and innovate effectively. However, without a skilled workforce—whether it’s basic IT skills or more advanced competence in AI, cybersecurity, or networking—the full potential of those digital capabilities will never be fully realized….

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Not Ready For AI? Time To Lay The Groundwork

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Not Ready For AI? Time To Lay The Groundwork

Our recent Cisco AI Readiness Index, found that only 13% of organizations report themselves ready to capture AI’s potential, even though urgency is high. Companies are investing, but close to half of respondents say the gains aren’t meeting expectations. Here’s how organizations can get themselves better prepared.   I believe that in the next few years, there will be only two kinds of companies: those that are AI companies and those that are irrelevant. You…

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Not Ready For AI? Time To Lay The Groundwork

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Not Ready For AI? Time To Lay The Groundwork

Our recent Cisco AI Readiness Index, found that only 13% of organizations report themselves ready to capture AI’s potential, even though urgency is high. Companies are investing, but close to half of respondents say the gains aren’t meeting expectations. Here’s how organizations can get themselves better prepared.   I believe that in the next few years, there will be only two kinds of companies: those that are AI companies and those that are irrelevant. You…

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Partner Study Uncovers the Opportunities Ahead for Cisco Partners and Informs New AI Specialization

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Partner Study Uncovers the Opportunities Ahead for Cisco Partners and Informs New AI Specialization

As the Artificial Intelligence (AI) landscape continues to evolve, organizations must adopt AI effectively to stay competitive. Our inaugural study, “Bridging the Customer AI Readiness Gap,” explores the opportunities and challenges facing partners in supporting their customers’ AI ambitions. Based on a double-blind survey of over 1,500 partners, the study reveals that IT partners around the world anticipate a transformative wave of AI technology demand that will drive significant revenue over the next four to…

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The AI Threat Landscape: Tech Companies and Governments Must Unite Behind Cybersecurity in 2024

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The AI Threat Landscape: Tech Companies and Governments Must Unite Behind Cybersecurity in 2024

Tech companies and governments will join forces to develop advanced AI detection systems, ensuring a safer online environment. Human ingenuity boosted by AI capabilities offers new pathways to address complex societal problems—such as more efficient agricultural production, medical research, and sustainable energy production. AI may even harness the power of networks at scale to finally tip the balance in favor of defenders over cyber threat actors. However, to realize this enticing vision, more work must…

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Reimagine Your Data Center for Responsible AI Deployments

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Reimagine Your Data Center for Responsible AI Deployments

Most days of the week, you can expect to see AI- and/or sustainability-related headlines in every major technology outlet. But finding a solution that is future ready with capacity, scale and flexibility needed for generative AI requirements and with sustainability in mind, well that’s scarce. Cisco is evaluating the intersection of just that – sustainability and technology – to create a more sustainable AI infrastructure that addresses the implications of what generative AI will do…

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The world convenes to discuss AI protections and policies amid growing data asymmetries

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The world convenes to discuss AI protections and policies amid growing data asymmetries

This year we’ll see a movement for responsible, ethical use of AI that begins with clear AI governance frameworks that respect human rights and values. In 2024, we’re at a breathtaking crossroads. Artificial intelligence (AI) has created incredible expectations of improving lives and driving business forward in ways that were unimaginable only a few short years ago. But it also comes with complicated challenges around individual autonomy, self-determination, and privacy. Our capacity to trust organizations…

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(20)24 x 7 Tech Trends: AI Readiness, Adoption and Integration

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(20)24 x 7 Tech Trends: AI Readiness, Adoption and Integration

Technology continues to evolve at an unprecedented pace and predictions about coming trends are always a topic of debate – what’s real, what’s hype. While there’s always a wave of excitement around the next big thing, I think the last year has been different. Advancements in AI, especially generative AI (GenAI), are leading to a once-in-a-generation shift. This is opening vast new opportunities and transforming industries, modes of operation, and career paths. Not surprisingly this…

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