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Cisco Unveils AI Innovations with NVIDIA: Revolutionizing Secure, Scalable AI Infrastructure

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Cisco Systems has introduced a suite of AI innovations in collaboration with NVIDIA, showcasing the company's commitment to delivering secure, scalable, and high-performance AI infrastructure across data centers, enterprises, and telecommunications networks worldwide. The launches, announced at NVIDIA GTC 2025 in Washington, D.C., mark a significant step in Cisco's strategy to bridge advanced networking, security, and cloud technologies. The core of the rollout is the Cisco N9100 Series, powered by NVIDIA Spectrum-X Ethernet technology, which enables neocloud and sovereign cloud providers to deploy open, flexible AI data centers.

Key Takeaways:

  • The Cisco N9100 Series switch is powered by NVIDIA Spectrum-X Ethernet technology, enabling secure, scalable, and high-performance AI infrastructure.
  • The switch provides the low latency and bandwidth efficiency required for large-scale AI training and inference workloads, while maintaining interoperability with diverse environments.
  • Cisco expanded its Secure AI Factory platform, built jointly with NVIDIA, to strengthen observability, data security, and compliance for enterprise AI deployments.
  • The enhanced platform integrates advanced monitoring and defense mechanisms to protect sensitive model data and ensure reliable AI lifecycle management.
  • The innovations underscore Cisco's growing role in the global AI infrastructure ecosystem, bridging advanced networking, security, and cloud technologies.
  • Jeetu Patel, President and Chief Product Officer, Cisco, stated, "Were at the beginning of the largest data center build-out in history. Together, Cisco and NVIDIA are defining the technologies that will power AI-ready data centers in all their varieties."

Statistics:

  • The Cisco N9100 Series switch is designed for next-generation 6G networks.
  • The switch offers the choice between Cisco's NX-OS and the open-source SONiC operating system.
  • NVIDIA Spectrum-X Ethernet technology provides the performance of accelerated networking for Ethernet.
  • The platform is complimentary with diverse environments, such as neocloud, sovereign cloud, enterprise, and telecommunications networks.

Sources:

  • NVIDIA GTC 2025
  • Global Data Point
  • SyndiGate Media Inc.

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