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The unlicensed highway: 6 GHz power comes to Costa Rica
As Latin America (LATAM) embraces the age of AI, Wi-Fi and other wireless solutions that operate on unlicensed spectrum without requiring a government-issued license are critical to building the infrastructure these AI-driven applications demand. Cisco recently joined the Latin America Spectrum Management Conference (Figure 1) in San José, Costa Rica, to showcase how its 6…
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Agentic AI demands a stronger, more assured network foundation
2026 has continually rewritten the requirements for the network: Frontier models like Mythos GPT-5.6 Sol are rapidly uncovering new vulnerabilities; global governments are accelerating post-quantum cryptography mandates; and AgenticOps went from vision to a day-to-day necessity for NetOps. When technology change is advancing at machine speed, we need a stronger foundation in the network to…
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Dynamic model routing: The new SD-WAN for the AI era
The rise of agentic AI is fundamentally transforming enterprise network traffic, creating a scale of complexity that legacy routing strategies weren’t designed to handle. In a recent guest column for SiliconANGLE, Lee Peterson, Vice President, Branch and WAN Network at Cisco, drew a striking parallel between the evolution of enterprise networking and the current state…
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When a golf course becomes a connected championship venue
I spend a lot of time looking at networks in large public venues. Usually, the first question is whether everything works. At the Royal Birkdale Golf Club, what stood out was how deliberately the network had been planned around the people, systems, and spaces it needed to support for The 154th Open Championship golf tournament.…
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Midmarket wireless network playbook – Cisco Blogs
A new storefront opens. The warehouse adds handheld scanners to the shipping process. More employees depend on cloud applications and AI agents throughout the day. Each of these changes to your business operations places yet another demand on the network, often without dedicated resources on the team to manage them. But what downstream effects does…
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Turning network requests into business-ready connectivity
How Cisco 8000 Series Secure Routers and SRv6 support Bell On-Demand Network A new office, a cloud application, or a sudden surge in demand can put pressure on network teams to reconfigure and scale their networks quickly. Businesses need the right service, with confidence that it is working and secure. The new Bell On-Demand Network…
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Wireless is the next security frontier, and Cisco is leading the way
The long-standing idea that wireless is more than connectivity is rapidly becoming a day-to-day reality. It is the primary interface for people, devices, machines and AI systems. This transition makes security a top priority, and AI adds a new level of urgency to this mission. AI agents are moving beyond occasional user requests as organizations…
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Wi-Fi 8: The next evolution in enterprise connectivity
For decades, Wi-Fi has been the invisible backbone of enterprise connectivity. From the early days of 802.11b delivering a modest 11 Mbps to today’s Wi-Fi 7 networks pushing multigigabit speeds, each generation has promised and delivered transformative capabilities for businesses worldwide. But as enterprises grapple with the unprecedented density of connected devices, bandwidth-hungry applications, and…
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Modern retail networks are secure, simple, and ready for what’s next
When a store’s point-of-sale (POS) system stalls during a holiday rush, the impact means longer lines, frustrated shoppers, and missed sales. Peak shopping periods test more than staffing and inventory. They test whether the store’s network can keep everything connected and running reliably under pressure—from the guest Wi-Fi to in-store cameras. For most retailers, the…
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When security moves at machine speed, campus networks can’t afford to stop
The same tension surfaces in nearly every campus networking conversation with customers: security teams need to move faster, but the network cannot afford to stop. That tension isn’t new. What’s new is the speed of security threats. In a post-Mythos world, attackers are using AI-assisted tooling to find, adapt, and weaponize vulnerabilities faster than traditional…
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