What is Cisco?

Cisco (Cisco Systems, Inc.) is an American technology company and one of the global leaders in networking equipment, cybersecurity, and infrastructure solutions for data centers. It develops routers, switches, wireless access points, firewalls, software-defined networking (SDN) solutions, and security platforms (Cisco Secure Firewall, Hypershield, AI Defense).

The company provides routing, segmentation, and traffic protection at all layers of the architecture. Since 2026, Cisco has focused on AI-ready infrastructure, offering solutions such as Silicon One G300 for gigawatt-scale AI clusters, AgenticOps for IT operations automation with AI agents, AI-aware SASE, and enhanced cybersecurity threat protection. Cisco products integrate hardware and software components into a unified ecosystem with centralized management, automation, monitoring, and access control. They are used to build fault-tolerant, scalable networks in enterprise, cloud, hybrid, and AI-driven environments.