Expanded architecture lets businesses run AI at scale, from central data centers to the factory floor, without sacrificing performance or security

NEWS SUMMARY:

  • Cisco expands its Secure AI Factory with NVIDIA to work not just in large data centers, but at local edge sites where real-time decisions can't wait, from hospitals and warehouses to moving vehicles.
  • Cisco is the premier partner to deliver partner-developed systems featuring NVIDIA Spectrum-X switch silicon paired with a Cisco operating system, providing customers the flexibility of leveraging both NVIDIA Cloud Partner-compliant reference architectures and Cisco Silicon One-based architectures.
  • Cisco adds deeper security capabilities to its reference architecture by extending Hybrid Mesh Firewall policy enforcement to NVIDIA BlueField DPUs and integrating Cisco AI Defense to secure multi-agent systems.
  • Cisco AI Defense will support and secure NVIDIA's new open agent development platform, OpenShell, adding controls and guardrails to govern agent and claw actions.

SAN JOSE, Calif., March 16, 2026 /CNW/ -- Cisco (NASDAQ:CSCO) today announced a major expansion of its Secure AI Factory with NVIDIA, giving customers a framework for deploying AI across their entire infrastructure – from central data center to local sites where data is created and decisions are made.  Enterprises, neoclouds, sovereign clouds, and service providers can now move AI from pilot to full-scale production without stitching together disconnected systems, compressing deployment timelines from months to weeks and embedding security from the start.