San Jose and New York – October 05, 2026 -- LeapXpert and Webex by Cisco have launched an integration that lets Webex users message clients on WhatsApp without leaving the collaboration platform, extending governed communication to a user base spanning 95% of the Fortune 500 and roughly 300,000 organizations worldwide.

San Jose, Calif. – September 23, 2026 -- Cisco and Omdia research finds that 95% of enterprises say their existing AIOps tools cannot keep pace with current network demands, while more than half have already shifted to AgenticOps, where AI agents act autonomously in production network environments.

New York – September 22, 2026 -- Chainguard has been authorized by the CVE Program as a CVE Numbering Authority (CNA), granting it the power to assign official vulnerability identifiers for qualifying open source flaws surfaced through its Athena coalition.

Washington – September 22, 2026 -- Internet2 has added Cisco AI PODs at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln and Sacramento State to expand shared GPU capacity on the National Research Platform (NRP), a federally backed computing network supporting thousands of researchers nationwide.

Delray Beach, Fla. – September 17, 2026 -- The global network automation market is projected to grow from USD 8.69 billion in 2026 to USD 14.42 billion by 2032, a compound annual growth rate of 8.8%, according to MarketsandMarkets. The market stood at USD 7.88 billion in 2025, marking steady acceleration as enterprises replace fragmented manual network operations with centralized, programmable management systems.

Redwood City, Calif. – September 15, 2026 -- Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX) has appointed DD Dasgupta as Chief Marketing Officer, elevating a 25-year infrastructure veteran to steer marketing strategy as enterprises shift from AI pilots to full-scale deployment.

NEW YORK – September 04, 2026 -- Logan Bus Company Inc., the largest private school bus provider for the New York City Department of Education, has launched an AI-powered phone system built on Cisco technology to give parents faster answers on bus location, delays and arrival times.

Riyadh – September 03, 2026 -- AMD Instinct MI355X GPU-based AI infrastructure, networked on Cisco Silicon One technology, is now live in Saudi Arabia and serving HUMAIN customers in the Kingdom and beyond.