Discover how Cisco helps organizations modernize and transform data centers to power traditional and AI workloads anywhere.

Learn about how Cisco unifies networking, compute, security, and observability to deliver AI-ready data centers. Make the most of Cisco Live by exploring these essential demos and sessions — and get a first-hand look at how organizations can build AI-ready data centers with Cisco.

1. Keynote Deep Dive

Powering the AI-Ready Data Center: Secure, Scalable Infrastructure to Accelerate Innovation

Why Attend: Join this session to learn how you can build seamless, secure, and AI-ready data centers that can turn challenges into strategic advantages.

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2. Networking and Sustainability

Demo: Full-stack AI infrastructure

Location: DEMAIDC-05 

Why Visit: Learn how you can build your Secure AI Factory with Nexus Hyperfabric AI — a vertically integrated, cloud-managed, full-stack AI infrastructure solution that helps mitigate deployment risk and accelerates time to value. Visit other demos nearby to see all the ways we help you power data centers.  

Demo: Improving power usage effectiveness

Location: DEMAIDC-06 

Why Visit: Learn how Cisco and Green Revolution Cooling help with data center hot spots and energy management with an immersion cooling demo. See other demos nearby including a liquid cooling solution with Veritiv and a direct-to-chip liquid cooled switch.

3. Compute

Demo: Unlock hybrid cloud

Location: DEMAIDC-07

Why Visit: See how Cisco Compute Hyperconverged with Nutanix can accelerate AI and IT modernization initiatives from the data center to the edge.

4. Security

Demo: Fusing security and networking

Location: DEMAIDC-15

Why Visit: Learn how to integrate security directly into your network infrastructure with Hypershield and Smart Switch capabilities within Cisco Hybrid Mesh Firewall. See other nearby demos to discover how Cisco is building security into the fabric of the data center.

5. Seamless Operations & Observability

Demo: Intelligent, unified operations

Location: DEMAIDC-12

Why Visit: See how you can transform data center operations with Cisco Nexus Dashboard, gaining unified management, AI-powered insights, and automation across your data center fabrics. See other nearby demos about how we help simplify operations, including the Cisco Intersight Add-on for Splunk.

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  • Additional Demos: See more demos in the AI-Ready Data Centers showcase area across networking, Silicon One, compute, sustainability, security, observability, Customer Experience (CX), and Cisco-on-Cisco implementations.

  • Cisco Platform Advantage: Visit this area to learn more about Cisco Silicon One and how Cisco’s platform approach delivers greater insights, automation, and protection as your adoption grows.

  • Customer Experience (CX): Visit the CX area to see how Cisco services help accelerate and maximize value from your investments at every stage of your technology journey.

  • Cisco Capital: Connect with a Cisco Capital and Cisco Refresh representative and learn how our flexible payment solutions can accelerate AI investments, scale efficiently, and manage costs with predictable payments.

  • The DevNet Zone: Connect with Cisco's DevNet Community to explore cutting-edge technologies from Cisco Developer solutions and partners, while also gaining the opportunity to shape DevNet's research and design.

  • Relevant Sessions by Day: View the full list of sessions for AI-Ready Data Centers on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. (Use the filters to customize and find sessions based on the solutions most relevant to you.)

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