What is AI-grade networking?
Adds network intelligence that improves visibility, security, and performance for today's evolving workloads.
See how AI moves
Get a clearer view of AI activity, costs, performance, and potential issues.
Secure AI interactions
Strengthen security and governance across users, data, and applications.
Optimize AI operations
Identify issues sooner, manage costs, and improve performance across your environment.
Scale AI with confidence
Combine resilient connectivity and programmable capabilities to support growing demand.
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Networking for AI: Cloud-ready vs. AI-grade networks
As AI transforms how data, applications, and workloads move, networking needs to evolve alongside it.
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Cloud-ready network |
AI-grade network |
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Ecosystem |
Cloud ecosystem: Users, applications, and cloud services |
AI ecosystem: Users, agents, models, applications, and data |
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Policy |
Control and policy: Configuration and access rules |
Intelligence and policy context: Workload, security, performance, and cost context |
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Connectivity |
Programmable connectivity: Manual, flexible network services |
Intelligent connectivity: Connectivity that can automatically respond to changing needs |
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Networkfoundation |
Fiber, wireless, internet, and cloud connectivity |
Resilient fiber, wireless, internet, and cloud reach |
How AI is changing the network
AI is reshaping how networks operate, scale, and stay secure.
New traffic patterns
AI creates more distributed, machine-driven traffic than traditional applications.
New operating demands
Connected context helps AI identify patterns, surface issues, and support faster decisions.
New security pressures
As AI-driven threats evolve, organizations need security built for both people and machine actors.
The foundation for AI-grade networking
Build on the networks and systems you already use with solutions that support AI today and scale for what's next.
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From the blog
Why enterprise networks need to adapt for the AI era
Cloud computing changed where applications run. Mobility changed where users connect. AI is changing something even more fundamental: the assumptions that underpin enterprise networks.
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