Cisco expands AI-driven network management and offers new partner incentives

Cisco Systems Inc. has announced a series of enhancements to its partner program and infrastructure management and security portfolio, with a focus on artificial intelligence capabilities and quantum computing threat preparation. At the Cisco Partner Summit in Vancouver, the company unveiled several innovations aimed at expanding opportunities for resellers, developers, advisors, and distributors.

Central to the announcement is Model Foundry, a new service within Cisco Cloud Control that enables organizations to discover, evaluate, fine-tune, and deploy purpose-built AI models using their own data. Additionally, the company is introducing Model Context Protocol servers for its networking platforms, allowing AI agents and third-party applications to access live network telemetry through standardized interfaces.

These advancements aim to help organizations identify vulnerabilities, automate troubleshooting, and modernize their increasingly complex IT environments. The growing sophistication of cyberattacks, coupled with the power of AI, has reduced the time between vulnerability disclosure and exploitation to hours, according to Vikas Butaney, Cisco’s senior vice president of customer experience product management and marketing.

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