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VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Oct. 26, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CISCO PARTNER SUMMIT 2026 -- Presidio has been named Global Services and Software Excellence Partner of the Year at Cisco Partner Summit 2026. Cisco’s Partner Summit Global Awards recognize top-performing partners demonstrating innovation in delivering solutions that help customers succeed in new ways. Awarded to partners for standout success and exemplary sales and service, Partner Summit Global Awards are the highest form of recogn

NEW YORK, Oct. 26, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Presidio, a leading global digital services and AI solutions provider, today announced the integration of Cisco IQ with Presidio Advisor, combining Cisco’s AI-powered operational intelligence with Presidio’s service-led, multi-vendor approach to IT lifecycle management. Cisco IQ is Cisco’s unified, AI-powered digital interface that brings together asset visibility, environment-specific insights, vulnerability assessments, support, and case management i

AI is moving infrastructure to the center of enterprise investment, creating a critical market opportunity to modernize, scale, and secure the networks that power the AI era. To help its partners lead this transformation, today at Cisco Partner Summit, Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) unveiled new advancements across its partner program, customer experience offerings and technology portfolio, providing the tools and incentives required to capture this next wave of global connectivity growth.

Cisco Systems (CSCO) just widened its role in AI infrastructure by unveiling new Silicon One hardware and an optical partnership with NVIDIA that targets ultra-dense 400Gb/s-per-lane modules for future AI data centers. Cisco Systems’ latest AI hardware push comes after a mixed stretch for the ticker, with the share price up 40.06% year to date while the 90 day share price return declined 7.86%, and long term total shareholder returns above 100%. Scan beyond Cisco Systems and line up other AI...

According to the average brokerage recommendation (ABR), one should invest in Cisco (CSCO). It is debatable whether this highly sought-after metric is effective because Wall Street analysts' recommendations tend to be overly optimistic. Would it be worth investing in the stock?
Cisco Systems (CSCO) reached $104.89 at the closing of the latest trading day, reflecting a -2.21% change compared to its last close.

Cisco Systems announced new high density AI networking hardware, including Silicon One G302 switches and a planned 400Gb/s per lane USFP optical module co-developed with NVIDIA, TE Connectivity and Amphenol, alongside expanded SONiC support and security tooling for AI operations. The firm is tying hyperscaler AI demand to a fuller ecosystem play. This spans custom silicon and optics through to observability and token-based AI cost control, with the aim of making its networking and security...
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On October 21, 2026, it was reported that Senator John Boozman executed a purchase of Cisco Systems (NASDAQ:CSCO) stock, valued between $10,010 and $150,000. The transaction, recorded in the October filing, was made on

Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO), included in Insider Monkey’s 10 Best Pick and Shovel AI Stocks to Buy for the Long Term, has another way to benefit from AI investment: helping customers control their operating costs. Agents can repeatedly call models and retry tasks, creating unpredictable bills. Monitoring that waste could support lasting software demand. Cisco Systems, Inc. […]

Both Arista and Cisco just posted record AI-driven results, yet their stocks sold off hard. One company offers margin-rich focus while the other controls its own silicon, and the scale-across design wins separating them could define data center networking for the next decade.
Cisco Systems (NasdaqGS:CSCO) announced new AI networking platforms using Silicon One P200, G300 and G302 switching chips with 51.2T and 102.4T systems. The company introduced 1.6T optical modules and integrated liquid cooling aimed at high density AI data center deployments. Cisco disclosed a collaboration with NVIDIA, TE Connectivity and Amphenol to co develop a 400Gb/s per lane USFP optical module and open specification. This Cisco AI networking and NVIDIA alliance shift is worth weighing...

Cisco Systems, Inc. looks attractive ahead of Q1: 21% revenue and 33% EPS growth guided, by AI networking tailwinds and a low forward P/Eâclick for this CSCO stock update.
Central bankers now talk openly about higher interest rates as AI infrastructure spending absorbs capital, which puts the spotlight on the companies building the switches, optical links, and servers that keep AI running. That scramble for hardware capacity creates a clear focal point for investors who do not want to sit on the sidelines. This article examines three stocks from this AI networking and server hardware theme. The three stocks below are just a starting sample from this AI...

Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO) sells networking equipment, software, and support to enterprises and service providers. AI infrastructure spending and campus upgrades are lifting demand. The question is how much customers will keep paying after equipment purchases slow. As an established networking leader, Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO) is among the 10 Most Active Blue Chip Stocks […]
Cisco Systems (NasdaqGS:CSCO) and NVIDIA announced a collaboration to introduce next generation 400G optical technology for AI data centers. The partners plan to commercialize a new ultra small form factor pluggable, or USFP, standard designed to quadruple bandwidth density. Cisco and NVIDIA aim to build an open hardware ecosystem with additional optical and networking vendors to support large scale AI workloads. The 400G USFP optical push with NVIDIA is one chapter in a broader Cisco story...

Cisco Systems (CSCO) posted a 17.6% sales increase for the quarter ended July 2026 compared with the same period a year earlier. This marks the fastest quarterly sales growth the company has recorded in ten years. Take a guess before reading on: how fast do Cisco's sales grow in a normal quarter.
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Cisco discloses a critical 9.8-rated Secure Email Gateway vulnerability under active exploitation. See the details and fixes.

Caterpillar is viewed by J.P. Morgan as “the biggest winner of an extended U.S. construction cycle,” though it’s had a rough week.
Cisco Systems (CSCO) has put AI front and center with new agentic collaboration tools in Webex, fresh workplace automation features, and Dialog, a customer focused platform for long running, context aware digital agents. Cisco Systems’ recent rollout of agentic AI tools comes on top of a powerful market run, with the share price up 51.09% year to date and a 1 year total shareholder return of 67.26%. However, the 90 day share price return declined 5.29%, hinting that momentum has cooled after...

Lumentum (LITE) stock currently trades at 150.5 times its adjusted earnings for the last twelve months, meaning normalized net income with stock-based pay added back. While that is a steep price for one year of profit, Lumentum's sales more than doubled from a year earlier in its latest quarter, shifting how that valuation looks against the profit ahead. So what are you really paying for the profit Lumentum is expected to earn over the next two years.
Shares of Ondas (ONDS) have lost 33% over the past twelve months, while the S&P 500 returned 17.1%. A lack of orders is not the reason to worry: on October 7, the defense technology company announced it had won more than $270 million of them since June 30. During an August 13 call, management itself raised a different problem. What could go wrong for a company with this many orders.
Cisco Systems (CSCO) closed the most recent trading day at $114.89, moving 2.13% from the previous trading session.

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LeapXpert, the leader in Governed Communication Intelligence, and Webex by Cisco, a leading provider of collaboration technologies powering hybrid work, today announced a collaboration that extends Webex beyond internal collaboration into governed client messaging on their channel of choice. The integration lets Webex users message clients on WhatsApp without ever leaving the platform — the first of several channels LeapXpert plans to bring into Webex. With Webex used by 95% of the Fortune 500 a

Steve Weiss, managing partner at Short Hills Capital, said in a recent appearance on CNBC’s Halftime Report that he sold Cisco Systems (NASDAQ:CSCO) and cut his position in Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META). Weiss said he is getting cautious because Treasury yields keep climbing. The 10-year yield sat near 5.26% during the program. He said 5% now […]
Cisco Systems (NASDAQ:CSCO) has outperformed the market over the past 5 years by 3.06% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 15.25%. Currently, Cisco Systems has a market capitalization of $432.89

Cisco (CSCO) has been one of the stocks most watched by Zacks.com users lately. So, it is worth exploring what lies ahead for the stock.

Cisco Systems (CSCO) stock returned 62% over the past 12 months (as of Ssptember 28, 2026). After that run, you pay 31.8 times its past year's earnings, against 22.1 for the S&P 500. At that price, the stock appears to assume growth that has not happened yet, so further upside would need something beyond that. So what could still surprise Cisco Systems investors on the upside.

Cisco's survey exposes an operations bottleneck, but reported demand is not booked platform revenue.

Steve Eisman says the artificial intelligence boom is "for real," pointing to surging growth at Cisco Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO), but warns a price war with cheaper Chinese and open-weight models could test how long it lasts. "The question is how...

Boost ROI with AI/ML auto-remediation, predictive analytics and real-time monitoring; adopt cloud tools, optimize deployments and use local solutions to reduce costs.Dublin, Sept. 29, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- "IT Operations Analytics Market Report 2026" has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. The global IT operations analytics market is undergoing a period of adjustment before returning to sustained growth. The market is projected to decline from $24.53 billion in 2025 to $23.43 bil
Bell Canada (BCE) and Cisco (NASDAQ:CSCO) have signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on a sovereign artificial intelligence infrastructure offering for customers in Canada. The proposed offering will combine Bell’s Canadian data centre, network and operational capabilities with Cisco’s AI, security, observability, infrastructure monitoring and management technologies, including its Sovereign Critical Infrastructure portfolio.

Bell Canada (TSX: BCE) (NYSE: BCE) and Cisco today announced a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to collaborate on a sovereign AI infrastructure offering for Canada, bringing together Bell's data centre, network and operations capabilities with Cisco's AI, security, observability, infrastructure monitoring and management, and Sovereign Critical Infrastructure technologies.
Cisco Systems (CSCO) stock returned 62% in the twelve months to September 24, 2026, against 16% for the S&P 500. A $10,000 holding at the start was worth about $16,220 at the end. The run was about AI data center orders from hyperscalers, the largest cloud companies. You could have read the run early only if two things held: Cisco was saying it, and its results were showing it.

Cisco shares have surged nearly 40% this year on an AI-driven networking boom, but one valuation figure will determine whether the rally has room to run or has already priced in the good news.
The global private 5G market is projected to grow from USD 5.35 billion in 2026 to USD 24.84 billion by 2032, at a 29.1% CAGR. Growth is driven by Industry 4.0, industrial automation, IIoT, robotics, computer vision, and demand for secure, ultra-reliable low-latency connectivity. Mid-band spectrum is expected to record the fastest growth, while manufacturing led the market in 2025. The US held the largest North American share, supported by CBRS availability and advanced digital infrastructure. K

Arista Networks, Inc. (NYSE:ANET) and Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO) are both benefiting as AI clusters turn networking into a larger part of the data-center bill. Arista is growing much faster, but investors are paying about 43.8 times forward earnings for that growth versus roughly 20.7 times for Cisco. That valuation gap makes the pair more […]
Infleqtion, Inc. (NYSE:INFQ) announced a joint research and development collaboration with Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO) on September 10, 2026, to connect, operate, and scale quantum systems into distributed networks. By linking Infleqtion’s neutral-atom quantum processors and sensors with Cisco’s quantum networking stack, the companies aim to transition standalone quantum hardware into scalable, interconnected networks. As […]

Cisco Systems (CSCO) is back in focus after a fresh wave of AI and security product news around Splunk, including new on-premises AI infrastructure and tools to monitor token usage and agent performance. Investors have seen mixed signals around Cisco Systems in recent weeks, with fresh Splunk AI products, new quantum networking work with Infleqtion and a Notre Dame campus upgrade arriving just as an analyst downgrade and profit taking pulled the stock back from recent highs. Despite a 90 day...
Notre Dame's modernization showcases networking depth, although Cisco disclosed no contract value.

Chuck Robbins, the CEO of $415 billion tech company Cisco, urges leaders to not use AI as a “cost-reduction efficiency play” and cut staffers.

NOK expands its Microsoft partnership to build an AI-ready data foundation, helping telecom operators automate network operations.
Dell Technologies (DELL) stock trades at about $588, and the options market has already priced where it is most likely to sit twelve months from now: there is a two-in-three chance it lands between roughly $290 and roughly $1,180. That band is what a holder is carrying, in dollars. It prices the size of the move and says nothing about the direction. The size is the part worth your attention.











