Scaling AI Demands A New Infrastructure Playbook
Cisco, Monday, March 30th, 2026
Moving from AI pilot to production exposes hidden bottlenecks in compute resources, networking, and security. Here's how to solve for that.
As enterprises move beyond AI pilots and proofs of concept, many CIOs are discovering a hard truth: Scaling AI into production is not simply a larger version of traditional application deployment. It is a fundamentally different infrastructure challenge.
AI software must integrate with accelerated compute resources, high-performance networking, AI platforms, security controls, and observability tools. When these components operate in silos, IT teams are forced to stitch together and troubleshoot a fragile stack.