Tech Field Day | Cisco Live June 2 - 3, 2026

What are your employees saying about AI when leadership is not in the room? In this clip, Tom Hollingsworth shares a message for both workers and business leaders. #TFDPodcast #CiscoLive #TFDx #WirelessNetworking #AI #AIInfrastructure

AI is becoming a battle for control of the enterprise AI stack. 📊 In this Tech Field Day Rundown clip, Alastair Cooke explains why Cisco sees networking, security, observability, automation, and policy management as critical as the AI models. #TFDRundown #CiscoLive #TFDx

Where are the AI products businesses can actually use today? In this clip, Sam Clements questions when the AI innovations will become generally available, reliable products that can be integrated into everyday operations. #TFDPodcast #CiscoLive #TFDx #WirelessNetworking #AI

AI is no longer optional in the enterprise. In this clip from the Tech Field Day Podcast, Rob Coote explains how executives, investors, and shareholders are pushing AI adoption from the top down. #TFDPodcast #CiscoLive #TFDx #WirelessNetworking #AI #AIInfrastructure

What would it actually take for engineers to trust AI with real network changes? In this clip from the Tech Field Day Podcast, Tom Hollingsworth, Dan Ryan, Chris Reed, and Alan Wang break it down to one answer: more evidence. #TFDPodcast #MFD14

At AI Field Day 8, the presentations showed how quickly the AI conversation is changing. Delegates said AI is no longer just about models or chatbots, it’s now a systems, infrastructure, security, cost, and human challenge. #AIFD8 #AIInfrastructure #AI #AgenticAI #AIAgents

As AI becomes more agentic, human oversight, identity, and trust are becoming essential. In his third takeaway from AI Field Day 8, Stephen Foskett explained that delegates discussed the risks of AI agents taking actions without proper controls. #TFDTakeaways #AIFD8 #AgenticAI

AI efficiency is becoming a major business issue, not just a technical one. In his second takeaway from AI Field Day 8, Stephen Foskett explained how delegates focused on tokens, cost, caching, power, and infrastructure limits. #TFDTakeaways #AIFD8 #AI #AIEfficiency #EdgeAI

AI will be faster, but experienced engineers still worry about one thing: breaking everything. In this clip, Tom Hollingsworth, Dan Ryan, Chris Reed, and Alan Wang discuss why networking teams earned the reputation of being the “Department of No.” #TFDPodcast #MFD14

AI can analyze massive amounts of network data, but does it actually understand what’s “normal”? In this clip, Tom Hollingsworth, Dan Ryan, Chris Reed, and Alan Wang discuss how popular AI models failed to detect a critical issue hidden inside a PCAP file. #TFDPodcast #MFD14

AI is no longer just about choosing the right model. It’s now a full systems challenge. In his first takeaway from AI Field Day 8, Stephen Foskett explained that successful AI depends on the entire infrastructure around it. #TFDTakeaways #AIFD8 #AI #AIInfrastructure #MLOps

The future of networking his Las Vegas as Tech Field Day Extra returns to Cisco Live US 2026 June 2nd and 3rd! Tune in on YouTube or LinkedIn to see @cisco.com and @forwardnetworks.com . #CiscoLive #TFDx #Networking #AINetworks

It was exciting to see our friends at #NileSecure present at #MFD14! Videos from their presentation and more are now available on the Tech Field Day YouTube channel and our website. @TechFieldDay.com @NetworkingNerd.net #AI #AINetworking #Mobility #WiFi7 #WirelessNetworking #Nile

The future of AI networking may not belong to chatbots at all. In this clip, Tom Hollingsworth, Dan Ryan, Chris Reed, and Alan Wang explain why agentic AI may be safer and more reliable than traditional LLMs for managing enterprise networks. #TFDPodcast #MFD14

It was exciting to see our friends at #AristaNetworks present at #MFD14! Videos from their presentation and more are now available on the Tech Field Day YouTube channel and our website. @TechFieldDay.com @NetworkingNerd.net #Mobility #WiFi7 #WirelessNetworking #Arista #AI

It was exciting to see our friends at @Ubiquiti Networking present at #MFD14! Videos from their presentation and more are now available on the Tech Field Day YouTube channel and our website. @TechFieldDay.com @NetworkingNerd.net #Mobility #WiFi7 #WirelessNetworking #Ubiquiti

It was exciting to see first time presenter #OneLayer at #MFD14! Videos from their presentation and more are now available on the Tech Field Day YouTube channel and our website. @TechFieldDay.com @NetworkingNerd.net #Mobility #WiFi7 #WirelessNetworking #OneLayer

It was exciting to see our friends at #Wyebot present at #MFD14! Videos from their presentation and more are now available on the Tech Field Day YouTube channel and our website. @TechFieldDay.com @NetworkingNerd.net #Mobility #WiFi7 #WirelessNetworking #Wyebot

It was exciting to see our friends at #CelonaIO present at #MFD14! Videos from their presentation and more are now available on the Tech Field Day YouTube channel and our website. @TechFieldDay.com @NetworkingNerd.net #Mobility #WiFi7 #WirelessNetworking #Celona

It was exciting to see our friends at #Fortinet present at #MFD14! Videos from their presentation and more are now available on the Tech Field Day YouTube channel and our website. @TechFieldDay.com @NetworkingNerd.net #Mobility #FortiGuard #WirelessNetworking #Fortinet

It was exciting to see our friends at @Cisco.com present at #MFD14! Videos from their presentation and more are now available on the Tech Field Day YouTube channel and our website. @TechFieldDay.com @NetworkingNerd.net #Mobility #WiFi7 #WirelessNetworking #Cisco

It was exciting to see our friends at #HPENetworking present at #MFD14! Videos from their presentation and more are now available on the Tech Field Day YouTube channel and our website. @TechFieldDay.com @NetworkingNerd.net #Mobility #WiFi7 #WirelessNetworking #HPE

There are three major forces reshaping the industry. The rise of agentic AI and autonomous operations can now diagnose and fix issues in hours instead of weeks, the accelerating real-world adoption of Wi-Fi 7, & complementary private 5G. @NetworkingNerd #TFDTakeaways #MFD14

AI promises self-healing networks, but most IT pros still aren’t ready to hand over full control. In this clip, Tom Hollingsworth, Dan Ryan, Chris Reed, and Alan Wang discuss how AI can move beyond diagnosis and actually fix networking problems safely. #TFDPodcast #MFD14

Private 5G is no longer competing directly with Wi-Fi, it’s becoming a specialized complement. At #MFD14, the focus was on how private cellular is being deployed in high-noise, high-density environments like factories, data centers, and industrial campuses. #TFDTakeaways #MFD14

AI can diagnose network issues fast, but should it fix them alone? In this clip from the Tech Field Day Podcast, the panel discusses why deterministic automation works, but full AI autonomy still feels risky in 2026. #TFDPodcast #MFD14 #Networking #AI

Wi-Fi 7 is moving out of the lab and into real-world enterprise deployments. At #MFD14, vendors emphasized how the focus has shifted to maximizing the 6 GHz band for higher throughput and better performance. @NetworkingNerd #TFDTakeaways #MFD14 #WiFi7 #WiFiInnovation

Standardized cloud design or full composability? In this Tech Field Day Podcast clip, Scott Robohn explores why NeoClouds are moving beyond reference architectures toward more flexible infrastructure. @Cisco @ScottRobohn #TFDPodcast #TFDSpotlight #NFD40 #AgenticAI

Performance today or flexibility tomorrow? In this Tech Field Day Podcast Spotlight presented by Cisco, Tom Hollingsworth explains why flexibility is now key in AI networking investments. @Cisco @NetworkingNerd @TechFieldDayPod #TFDPodcast #NFD40 #TFDSpotlight

How important is operational familiarity in AI deployments? In this Tech Field Day Podcast Spotlight presented by Cisco, Tom Hollingsworth explains why operational consistency is critical in AI networking environments. @Cisco @NetworkingNerd #TFDPodcast #NFD40 #TFDSpotlight

As AI data centers push power grids to their limits, renewable energy may be the answer. On the Rundown, Tom Hollingsworth and Alastair Cooke discuss whether solar power and modernized transmission infrastructure could offset the massive energy demands of AI. #TFDRundown #AI

Google’s AI infrastructure ambitions may come down to one critical factor: chip supply. In this clip from the Rundown, Alastair Cooke explains why Google’s partnership with Blackstone could become a serious challenger to NVIDIA. #TFDRundown #NVIDIA #AIInfrastructure #ChipSupply

Wi-Fi 7 is moving out of the lab and into real-world enterprise deployments. At #MFD14, vendors emphasized how the focus has shifted to maximizing the 6 GHz band for higher throughput and better performance. @NetworkingNerd #TFDTakeaways #MFD14 #WiFi7 #WiFiInnovation

AI infrastructure is evolving fast and the right stack depends on the workload. In this Tech Field Day Podcast Spotlight presented by Cisco, Scott Robohn discusses how cloud and enterprise needs are reshaping networking. @Cisco @ScottRobohn #TFDSpotlight #NFD40

Google and Blackstone are making a massive push to reshape the AI infrastructure landscape. On the Rundown, Tom Hollingsworth & Alastair Cooke discuss how Google’s custom TPU chips combined with Blackstone’s massive data center investments. #TFDRundown #TPUChips #AIDataCenters

Tom Hollingsworth and Alastair Cooke break down Anthropic’s acquisition of Stainless and why controlling critical SDK automation technology could become a powerful weapon in the battle for AI dominance on the Rundown. #TFDRundown #AI #Anthropic #AIDominance

How are Cisco and NVIDIA reshaping AI infrastructure? In this Tech Field Day Podcast Spotlight, Richard Licon explores the Cisco and NVIDIA partnership and advances in AI networking performance. @Cisco @NVIDIA @TechFieldDayPod #TFDPodcast #TFDSpotlight #NFD40 #AIInfrastructure

AI’s explosive growth may be creating an unexpected crisis: soaring electricity costs. In this clip from the Tech Field Day News Rundown, Tom Hollingsworth and Alastair Cooke discuss how the rapid expansion of AI data centers. #TFDRundown #AIDataCenters #EnergyCrisis #AICost

Security isn’t just about stopping attacks anymore, it’s about building resilience into every layer of the technology lifecycle. At #XFD15 #DellTechnolgies presented its “Advanced Cybersecurity Maturity” strategy, led by Steve Kenniston. @NetworkingNerd.net #Cybersecurity #CyberResilience

AI-powered cyber threats are evolving faster than governments can respond. On the Rundown, Alastair Cooke and Tom Hollingsworth discuss growing concerns from major tech and cybersecurity organizations over the rise of agentic AI and frontier models. #TFDRundown #AgenticAI

Security is no longer a perimeter problem, it’s becoming a unified platform battle across cloud, endpoint, and AI. At #XFD15 #Fortinet showcased its platform-first security strategy across five deep-dive sessions. @NetworkingNerd.net #Cybersecurity #ZeroTrust #FortiSASE #AIsecurity

Why does custom silicon matter? In this Tech Field Day Podcast Spotlight presented by Cisco, Tom Hollingsworth explains how purpose-built hardware boosts performance by optimizing for specific workloads. @Cisco @NetworkingNerd @TechFieldDayPod #TFDPodcast #TFDSpotlight #NFD40

In this clip from the Tech Field Day Podcast Spotlight presented by Cisco, Richard Licon explains the tradeoffs between NVIDIA ecosystem integration & the high-performance flexibility of Cisco Silicon One. @Cisco @NetworkingNerd @TechFieldDayPod #TFDPodcast #TFDSpotlight #NFD40

Mirantis has announced its acquisition by IREN, signaling a new phase focused on accelerating open, enterprise-grade AI infrastructure through its k0rdent AI platform. #TFDRundown #Mirantis #IREN #AIPlatform #Automation #AIAgents

Can AI really replace experienced workers? In this clip from the Tech Field Day Podcast, Barbara Roos explains why companies expecting AI to fully replace people are missing a critical reality: AI still depends on human judgment, context, and experience. #TFDPodcast #AIFD8 #AI

Lumen Technologies has agreed to acquire Alkira. The deal combines Alkira’s cloud-based control plane with Lumen’s global fiber network to advance a unified, software-driven approach to enterprise networking. #TFDRundown #Alkira #Lumen #Networking #CloudComputing #CloudNetworks

In this clip, the panel discusses why wisdom, judgment, and context are becoming some of the most valuable skills in the AI era, and why companies expecting AI to fully replace skilled workers may be overlooking the biggest risk of all. #TFDPodcast #AIFD8 #GenAI #AI

AI can improve the quality of your work, but only if you understand what it’s actually doing. Guy Currier explains why generative AI should be viewed as an imitative and simulative tool that helps humans create more effective output. #TFDPodcast #GenAI #AIFD8 #AITools

Span and NVIDIA are developing a decentralized AI infrastructure model that turns residential neighborhoods into distributed data centers using small “XFRA” compute nodes installed in backyards. #TFDRundown #AIInfrastructure #DistributedAIInfrastructure #DataCenter

Lumen Technologies has agreed to acquire Alkira, a cloud-native networking platform that enables enterprises to manage connectivity across hybrid and multi-cloud environments. #TFDRundown #Lumen #Alkira #CloudNative #Multicloud #Networking #HybridCloud

Generative AI is designed to give you answers you want to hear, but does that make it trustworthy? Barbara Roos compares AI to an incredibly fast and well-read intern that still requires human wisdom, judgment, and experience to guide it properly. #TFDPodcast #GenAI #AI #AIFD8

Anthropic has signed a multibillion-dollar agreement with SpaceX to access large-scale compute capacity from its Colossus supercomputer, immediately boosting performance for Claude users. #TFDRundown #AI #Claude #SpaceX #AIDatacenters #OrbitalDatacenters #AIInfrastructure

Span and NVIDIA are developing a decentralized AI infrastructure model that turns residential neighborhoods into distributed data centers using small “XFRA” compute nodes installed in backyards. #TFDRundown #DecentralizedAI #AIInfrastructure

AI compared to a loyal dog? In this hilarious clip from the Tech Field Day Podcast, Dave Graham jokes that AI behaves like “the perfect dog,” constantly seeking attention and positive feedback from users. #TFDPodcast #AIFD8 #AI #GenAI #AIData #AIQuality