Cisco Impact Report

AI wave impact analysis for Cisco — scoring investment depth across key technology layers, signals, services, tools, and concepts.

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Evaluating Cisco's Foundational Layer capabilities across Artificial Intelligence, Cloud, Open-Source, and 2 more. Cisco's highest score in this layer is Cloud (146), reflecting cloud infrastructure investment.

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Large Language Models (LLMs) Large Language Models (LLMs) Generative Pre-trained Transformer (GPT) Generative Pre-trained Transformer (GPT) Open-Source LLMs Open-Source LLMs

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Cisco's Artificial Intelligence capabilities (score 89) span Anthropic, OpenAI, and Databricks services.

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Cisco demonstrates strong Artificial Intelligence investment through Anthropic and OpenAI, indicating mature artificial intelligence capabilities at enterprise scale.

Cisco's Cloud capabilities (score 146) span Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform services.

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Cisco demonstrates strong Cloud investment through Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure, indicating mature cloud capabilities at enterprise scale.

Cisco's Open-Source capabilities (score 57) are demonstrated through GitHub, Bitbucket, and GitLab services.

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Cisco demonstrates strong Open-Source investment through GitHub and Bitbucket, indicating mature open-source capabilities at enterprise scale.

Cisco's Languages capabilities (score 44) span .Net, Bash, and C Net languages.

Cisco's Languages investment is developing, with limited recorded tooling as the primary platforms, reflecting a growing but not yet fully mature posture.

Cisco's Code capabilities (score 43) include GitHub, Bitbucket, and GitLab services.

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Cisco's Code investment is developing, with GitHub and Bitbucket as the primary platforms, reflecting a growing but not yet fully mature posture.
Cisco's Foundational Layer investment reflects a mature and broad technology posture across this layer. Key platforms include Anthropic, OpenAI, and Databricks.

Evaluating Cisco's Retrieval & Grounding capabilities across Data, Databases, Virtualization, and 2 more. Cisco's highest score in this layer is Data (126), reflecting data platform depth.

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Vector Databases Vector Databases Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) Prompt Engineering Prompt Engineering Context Engineering Context Engineering

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Cisco's Data capabilities (score 126) are demonstrated through Snowflake, Tableau, and Power BI services.

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Cisco demonstrates strong Data investment through Snowflake and Tableau, indicating mature data capabilities at enterprise scale.

Cisco's Databases capabilities (score 42) are demonstrated through Teradata, Oracle Database, and SAP HANA services.

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Cisco's Databases investment is developing, with Teradata and Oracle Database as the primary platforms, reflecting a growing but not yet fully mature posture.

Cisco's Virtualization capabilities (score 25) include VMware, Citrix NetScaler, and Solaris Zones services.

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Cisco's Virtualization investment is developing, with VMware and Citrix NetScaler as the primary platforms, reflecting a growing but not yet fully mature posture.

Cisco's Specifications capabilities (score 10) include Application Programming Interfaces, Web Services, and API Developments concepts.

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Cisco's Specifications score indicates early-stage investment, with limited recorded tooling as the primary signals.

Cisco's Context Engineering investment (score 0) indicates limited or no recorded activity in this dimension.

No recorded Context Engineering investment signals were found for Cisco in the current dataset.
Cisco's Retrieval & Grounding investment reflects a mature and broad technology posture across this layer. Key platforms include Snowflake, Tableau, and Power BI.

Evaluating Cisco's Customization & Adaptation capabilities across Data Pipelines, Model Registry & Versioning, Multimodal Infrastructure, and 1 more. Cisco's highest score in this layer is Multimodal Infrastructure (22), reflecting investment in this dimension.

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Fine-Tuning & Model Customization Fine-Tuning & Model Customization Multimodal AI Multimodal AI

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Cisco's Data Pipelines capabilities (score 10) include Azure Data Factory services.

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Cisco's Data Pipelines score indicates early-stage investment, with Azure Data Factory and Apache Spark as the primary signals.

Cisco's Model Registry & Versioning capabilities (score 20) span Databricks, Azure Databricks, and Azure Machine Learning services.

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Cisco's Model Registry & Versioning investment is developing, with Databricks and Azure Databricks as the primary platforms, reflecting a growing but not yet fully mature posture.

Cisco's Multimodal Infrastructure capabilities (score 22) include Anthropic, OpenAI, and Hugging Face services.

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Cisco's Multimodal Infrastructure investment is developing, with Anthropic and OpenAI as the primary platforms, reflecting a growing but not yet fully mature posture.

Cisco's Domain Specialization capabilities (score 2) reflect investment in this dimension with limited specific signal data.

Cisco's Domain Specialization score indicates early-stage investment, with limited recorded tooling as the primary signals.
Cisco's Customization & Adaptation investment reflects growing capabilities with meaningful signals. Key platforms include Azure Data Factory, Databricks, and Azure Databricks.

Evaluating Cisco's Efficiency & Specialization capabilities across Automation, Containers, Platform, and 1 more. Cisco's highest score in this layer is Operations (75), reflecting investment in this dimension.

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Small Language Models (SLMs) Small Language Models (SLMs) Model Routing / Orchestration Model Routing / Orchestration Reasoning Models Reasoning Models

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Cisco's Automation capabilities (score 67) include ServiceNow, Microsoft PowerPoint, and GitHub Actions services.

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Cisco demonstrates strong Automation investment through ServiceNow and Microsoft PowerPoint, indicating mature automation capabilities at enterprise scale.

Cisco's Containers capabilities (score 39) are demonstrated through OpenShift services.

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Concepts

Cisco's Containers investment is developing, with OpenShift and Docker as the primary platforms, reflecting a growing but not yet fully mature posture.

Cisco's Platform capabilities (score 43) include ServiceNow, Salesforce, and Amazon Web Services services.

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Cisco's Platform investment is developing, with ServiceNow and Salesforce as the primary platforms, reflecting a growing but not yet fully mature posture.

Cisco's Operations capabilities (score 75) are demonstrated through ServiceNow, Datadog, and New Relic services.

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Cisco demonstrates strong Operations investment through ServiceNow and Datadog, indicating mature operations capabilities at enterprise scale.
Cisco's Efficiency & Specialization investment reflects a mature and broad technology posture across this layer. Key platforms include ServiceNow, Microsoft PowerPoint, and GitHub Actions.

Evaluating Cisco's Productivity capabilities across Software As A Service (SaaS), Code, and Services. Cisco's highest score in this layer is Services (279), reflecting investment in this dimension.

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Coding Assistants Coding Assistants Copilots Copilots

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Cisco's Software As A Service (SaaS) capabilities (score 4) include BigCommerce, Slack, and Zendesk services.

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Cisco's Software As A Service (SaaS) score indicates early-stage investment, with BigCommerce and Slack as the primary signals.

Cisco's Code capabilities (score 43) include GitHub, Bitbucket, and GitLab services.

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Cisco's Code investment is developing, with GitHub and Bitbucket as the primary platforms, reflecting a growing but not yet fully mature posture.

Cisco's Services capabilities (score 279) are demonstrated through BigCommerce, Slack, and Zendesk services.

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Cisco demonstrates strong Services investment through BigCommerce and Slack, indicating mature services capabilities at enterprise scale.
Cisco's Productivity investment reflects a mature and broad technology posture across this layer. Key platforms include BigCommerce, Slack, and Zendesk.

Evaluating Cisco's Integration & Interoperability capabilities across API, Integrations, Event-Driven, and 4 more. Cisco's highest score in this layer is CNCF (40), reflecting investment in this dimension.

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MCP (Model Context Protocol) MCP (Model Context Protocol) Agents Agents Skills Skills

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Cisco's API capabilities (score 22) include Kong and MuleSoft services.

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Cisco's API investment is developing, with Kong and MuleSoft as the primary platforms, reflecting a growing but not yet fully mature posture.

Cisco's Integrations capabilities (score 35) span Azure Data Factory, MuleSoft, and Oracle Integration services.

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Cisco's Integrations investment is developing, with Azure Data Factory and MuleSoft as the primary platforms, reflecting a growing but not yet fully mature posture.

Cisco's Event-Driven capabilities (score 30) are demonstrated through Apache Kafka, RabbitMQ, and Kafka Connect tools.

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Cisco's Event-Driven investment is developing, with Apache Kafka and RabbitMQ as the primary platforms, reflecting a growing but not yet fully mature posture.

Cisco's Patterns capabilities (score 22) include Spring, Spring Boot, and Spring Framework tools.

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Cisco's Patterns investment is developing, with Spring and Spring Boot as the primary platforms, reflecting a growing but not yet fully mature posture.

Cisco's Specifications capabilities (score 10) include Application Programming Interfaces, Web Services, and API Developments concepts.

Concepts

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Cisco's Specifications score indicates early-stage investment, with limited recorded tooling as the primary signals.

Cisco's Apache capabilities (score 16) include Apache Spark, Apache Kafka, and Apache Airflow tools.

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Cisco's Apache investment is developing, with Apache Spark and Apache Kafka as the primary platforms, reflecting a growing but not yet fully mature posture.

Cisco's CNCF capabilities (score 40) include Kubernetes, Prometheus, and SPIRE tools.

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Cisco's CNCF investment is developing, with Kubernetes and Prometheus as the primary platforms, reflecting a growing but not yet fully mature posture.
Cisco's Integration & Interoperability investment reflects a mature and broad technology posture across this layer. Key platforms include Kong, MuleSoft, and Azure Data Factory.

Evaluating Cisco's Statefulness capabilities across Observability, Governance, Security, and 1 more. Cisco's highest score in this layer is Data (126), reflecting data platform depth.

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Memory Systems Memory Systems

Signals

Cisco's Observability capabilities (score 48) are demonstrated through Datadog, New Relic, and Splunk services.

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Concepts

Cisco's Observability investment is developing, with Datadog and New Relic as the primary platforms, reflecting a growing but not yet fully mature posture.

Cisco's Governance capabilities (score 36) are demonstrated through Compliances, Governances, and Risk Managements concepts.

Concepts

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Cisco's Governance investment is developing, with limited recorded tooling as the primary platforms, reflecting a growing but not yet fully mature posture.

Cisco's Security capabilities (score 86) span Fortinet, Prisma, and Cloudflare services.

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Cisco demonstrates strong Security investment through Fortinet and Prisma, indicating mature security capabilities at enterprise scale.

Cisco's Data capabilities (score 126) are demonstrated through Snowflake, Tableau, and Power BI services.

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Cisco demonstrates strong Data investment through Snowflake and Tableau, indicating mature data capabilities at enterprise scale.
Cisco's Statefulness investment reflects a mature and broad technology posture across this layer. Key platforms include Datadog, New Relic, and Splunk.

Evaluating Cisco's Measurement & Accountability capabilities across Testing & Quality, Observability, Developer Experience, and 1 more. Cisco's highest score in this layer is ROI & Business Metrics (54), reflecting investment in this dimension.

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Evaluation & Benchmarking Evaluation & Benchmarking

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Cisco's Testing & Quality capabilities (score 21) are demonstrated through Selenium, Playwright, and JUnit tools.

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Cisco's Testing & Quality investment is developing, with Selenium and Playwright as the primary platforms, reflecting a growing but not yet fully mature posture.

Cisco's Observability capabilities (score 48) are demonstrated through Datadog, New Relic, and Splunk services.

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Cisco's Observability investment is developing, with Datadog and New Relic as the primary platforms, reflecting a growing but not yet fully mature posture.

Cisco's Developer Experience capabilities (score 22) include GitHub, GitLab, and GitHub Actions services.

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Cisco's Developer Experience investment is developing, with GitHub and GitLab as the primary platforms, reflecting a growing but not yet fully mature posture.

Cisco's ROI & Business Metrics capabilities (score 54) are demonstrated through Tableau, Power BI, and Tableau Desktop services.

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Cisco demonstrates strong ROI & Business Metrics investment through Tableau and Power BI, indicating mature roi & business metrics capabilities at enterprise scale.
Cisco's Measurement & Accountability investment reflects a mature and broad technology posture across this layer. Key platforms include Datadog, New Relic, and Splunk.

Evaluating Cisco's Governance & Risk capabilities across Regulatory Posture, AI Review & Approval, Security, and 2 more. Cisco's highest score in this layer is Security (86), reflecting security posture strength.

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Governance & Compliance Governance & Compliance

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Cisco's Regulatory Posture capabilities (score 12) are demonstrated through Compliances, Regulatory Compliances, and Compliance Frameworks concepts.

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Cisco's Regulatory Posture score indicates early-stage investment, with limited recorded tooling as the primary signals.

Cisco's AI Review & Approval capabilities (score 18) are demonstrated through Anthropic, OpenAI, and Azure Machine Learning services.

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Cisco's AI Review & Approval investment is developing, with Anthropic and OpenAI as the primary platforms, reflecting a growing but not yet fully mature posture.

Cisco's Security capabilities (score 86) span Fortinet, Prisma, and Cloudflare services.

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Cisco demonstrates strong Security investment through Fortinet and Prisma, indicating mature security capabilities at enterprise scale.

Cisco's Governance capabilities (score 36) are demonstrated through Compliances, Governances, and Risk Managements concepts.

Concepts

Standards

Cisco's Governance investment is developing, with limited recorded tooling as the primary platforms, reflecting a growing but not yet fully mature posture.

Cisco's Privacy & Data Rights capabilities (score 4) include Data Protections concepts.

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Cisco's Privacy & Data Rights score indicates early-stage investment, with limited recorded tooling as the primary signals.
Cisco's Governance & Risk investment reflects a mature and broad technology posture across this layer. Key platforms include Anthropic, OpenAI, and Azure Machine Learning.

Evaluating Cisco's Economics & Sustainability capabilities across AI FinOps, Provider Strategy, Partnerships & Ecosystem, and 2 more. Cisco's highest score in this layer is Partnerships & Ecosystem (20), reflecting investment in this dimension.

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Cost Economics & FinOps Cost Economics & FinOps Supply Chain & Dependency Risk Supply Chain & Dependency Risk Data Centers Data Centers

Signals

Cisco's AI FinOps capabilities (score 7) include Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform services.

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Cisco's AI FinOps score indicates early-stage investment, with Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure as the primary signals.

Cisco's Provider Strategy capabilities (score 14) span Salesforce, Microsoft, and Amazon Web Services services.

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Cisco's Provider Strategy score indicates early-stage investment, with Salesforce and Microsoft as the primary signals.

Cisco's Partnerships & Ecosystem capabilities (score 20) span Anthropic, Salesforce, and LinkedIn services.

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Cisco's Partnerships & Ecosystem investment is developing, with Anthropic and Salesforce as the primary platforms, reflecting a growing but not yet fully mature posture.

Cisco's Talent & Organizational Design capabilities (score 14) span LinkedIn, Workday, and PeopleSoft services.

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Cisco's Talent & Organizational Design score indicates early-stage investment, with LinkedIn and Workday as the primary signals.

Cisco's Data Centers investment (score 0) indicates limited or no recorded activity in this dimension.

No recorded Data Centers investment signals were found for Cisco in the current dataset.
Cisco's Economics & Sustainability investment reflects growing capabilities with meaningful signals. Key platforms include Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform.

Evaluating Cisco's Storytelling & Entertainment & Theater capabilities across Alignment, Standardization, Mergers & Acquisitions, and 1 more. Cisco's highest score in this layer is Alignment (32), reflecting investment in this dimension.

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Moltbook Moltbook Gastown Gastown Ralph Wiggum Ralph Wiggum OpenClaw / Clawdbot OpenClaw / Clawdbot Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) Artificial General Intelligence (AGI)

Signals

Cisco's Alignment capabilities (score 32) span Architectures, Digital Transformations, and Data Architectures concepts.

Concepts

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Cisco's Alignment investment is developing, with limited recorded tooling as the primary platforms, reflecting a growing but not yet fully mature posture.

Cisco's Standardization capabilities (score 10) reflect investment in this dimension with limited specific signal data.

Standards

Cisco's Standardization score indicates early-stage investment, with limited recorded tooling as the primary signals.

Cisco's Mergers & Acquisitions capabilities (score 21) are demonstrated through Data Acquisitions, Mergers And Acquisitions, and Talent Acquisitions concepts.

Concepts

Cisco's Mergers & Acquisitions investment is developing, with limited recorded tooling as the primary platforms, reflecting a growing but not yet fully mature posture.

Cisco's Experimentation & Prototyping investment (score 0) indicates limited or no recorded activity in this dimension.

No recorded Experimentation & Prototyping investment signals were found for Cisco in the current dataset.
Cisco's Storytelling & Entertainment & Theater investment reflects growing capabilities with meaningful signals. Key platforms include various platforms.