9 articles that week
Techstrong.IT, Friday, April 24th, 2026
Cisco has debuted the Universal Quantum Switch, a prototype quantum networking switch built to route quantum information between systems that encode data in different ways. This type of interoperability has so far been impractical because translating quantum information typically destroys the fragile quantum state.
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CISCO, Friday, April 24th, 2026
The way enterprise customers buy is changing. Procurement is increasingly consolidating around cloud marketplaces, not just as a convenience, but as a strategic mechanism to align technology adoption with pre-committed cloud spend. In this model, the question is no longer what to buy, but how to buy it efficiently within the frameworks customers already use.
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Search Networking, Thursday, April 23rd, 2026
Cisco's quantum switch prototype operates like a data center switch and supports four encoding modalities. It marks a step forward in making quantum computing 'broadly viable.'
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CISCO, Thursday, April 23rd, 2026
Quantum computing is the future of computational power. It's expected to transform how complex problems are solved in a wide range of industries, from drug discovery and financial modeling, to weather predictions, and cybersecurity. But how and when will quantum computing become accessible to these fields and beyond?
more → CISCO, Thursday, April 23rd, 2026
You've identified the use cases. You've built the business case. You're ready to deploy AI on the shop floor-predictive maintenance, machine vision for real-time quality control, digital twins, autonomous robotics, virtual PLCs. And then the project stalls. It's not the technology that stops you. It's the network underneath it.
more → CISCO, Thursday, April 23rd, 2026
Every IT leader faces the same paradox: innovate faster while maintaining rock-solid stability. At Cisco IT, we were deploying AI systems and new technologies at breakneck speed-and watching our incident rate climb. Then we turned it around. Here's how we reduced major incidents by 25% in one year while accelerating our pace of innovation.
more → CISCO, Wednesday, April 22nd, 2026
In France, Cisco is working with a major European bank to design a next-generation artificial intelligence (AI) data center. This new system is being built to reduce energy costs and shrink the bank's AI compute footprint. It combines high-density compute, immersive cooling, and advanced network automation to manage the growing demands of AI workloads.
more → CISCO, Wednesday, April 22nd, 2026
Only a handful of professionals have maintained their CCIE certification for three decades. Salman Asadullah is one of them-and after delivering 300 customer engagements through Netnology over the past eight years, including in today's AI-driven era, he says the certification is more relevant now than ever before.
more → CISCO, Monday, April 20th, 2026
The factory floor is where innovation often shows up first, and where it's tested the hardest. Systems are always on. Decisions happen in milliseconds. Downtime and errors carry immediate cost.
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