What if the real AI boom hasn’t started yet?

Brink Sanders, SVP of Global Networking Sales at Cisco, joins us to map the shift from GPU-packed data centers to edge networks where AI operators, robots, and latency-sensitive apps will live, and why simplification is now the most valuable feature in enterprise networking.

We dig into the unification of Meraki and Catalyst with a single license model, how G2’s product leadership is speeding innovation and slashing complexity, and why customers want hybrid choice without penalty: cloud where possible, on‑prem where required, and a smooth path between them.

We get candid about the next bottlenecks – not model size, but campus and branch design. As inference grows and agentic workflows proliferate, east‑west traffic inside sites surges, and the security model must evolve beyond user-only thinking. Brink lays out how segmentation, identity, and observability adapt when AI agents become first-class actors. He also shares Cisco’s AI Canvas approach to cross-domain operations, plus a peek at a deep networking model trained on Cisco’s knowledge to assist CCIE‑level operations.

If you’re choosing between platforms, clouds, and models while trying to keep options open, this conversation offers a pragmatic path forward.

🚀 Uplink explores the future of connectivity, cloud, and AI with the people shaping it. Hosted by Michael Reid.

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