Nov 12, 2025
What does it really take to build
an AI ready network in 2025? In this episode of Tech Talks Daily, I
speak with Vikas Butaney from Cisco and Ali Tehrani from Presidio
to unpack the biggest announcements from Cisco’s Partner Summit and
discuss how their collaboration is helping enterprises modernise
networks for the AI era. Together, we explore how businesses can
move faster, strengthen security, and simplify operations while
adapting to a world of continuous data flow and intelligent
automation. Vikas shares how Cisco’s
strategy is built around three customer imperatives: AI ready data
centers, future proof workplaces, and digital resilience. He talks
about how Cisco is weaving these priorities into new innovations
such as secure routers with five times the throughput, Wi Fi 7
access points, and unified dashboards that bring Catalyst Center
and Meraki together for a single view of the network. He also
introduces AI Canvas, a multiplayer workspace that allows NetOps
and SecOps teams to collaborate in real time, showing what it looks
like when AI becomes part of the operational fabric rather than an
add on. Ali joins the conversation
with the partner’s perspective, explaining how Presidio brings
Cisco’s architecture to life through the last mile of execution. He
describes how the Cisco Unified Branch initiative uses AI workflows
and branches as code to deliver zero touch rollout across thousands
of sites. By combining automation, golden configuration templates,
and telemetry driven SLAs, Presidio helps customers reduce
deployment times from weeks to minutes while maintaining consistent
performance and security. Throughout our discussion, we
compare AI for networking, where AI helps to run and optimise the
network, with networking for AI, which provides the infrastructure
to power high volume AI workloads. We talk about how Cisco is
building security directly into the network with Access Manager,
simplifying IoT segmentation, and preparing for a post quantum
world. If you want to learn more
about Cisco’s announcements and vision for the AI era, check out
these resources: This episode offers a clear, inside look at
how Cisco and Presidio are shaping the next generation of secure,
intelligent networks. So, how ready is your organisation for this
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