Cisco Live 2017: Artificial intelligence and machine learning will herald in the next era of networking - TechRepublic

The world is entering yet another new era in networking, according to Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins, in his keynote address on Monday at Cisco Live 2017 in Las Vegas. Cisco announced its new "intent-based" networking solution last week, and Robbins discussed it in detail at Cisco Live. The network is an intuitive, artificial intelligence (AI)-based system that anticipates actions and stops security threats as it evolves and learns. It's necessary, Robbins said, because the world will soon be at a point where millions of new devices will be added to the internet every day. To create the new networking solution, Cisco rewrote 25-plus years of software.