The latest trends in artificial intelligence (AI) as they relate to Cisco’s Webex and SD-WAN are reshaping the way businesses communicate, collaborate, and maintain network security. These advancements are especially crucial in today’s hybrid work environments, where the blend of remote and in-person work demands more sophisticated and adaptable technology solutions.
Cisco Webex and AI Integration
- Webex AI Assistant: The newly developed Webex AI Assistant is designed for collaboration, featuring generative AI capabilities that transform business interactions and customer engagements​​.
- Webex AI Codec: This innovative feature uses generative AI to enhance audio quality in Webex calls, even with ultra-low bandwidth. This improvement aims to eliminate common communication issues like asking for repeats or confirming if others can hear you​​.
- Agent Burnout Detection: AI in Webex can now proactively detect signs of agent burnout in contact centers. This feature listens, detects, and triggers automated actions to mitigate burnout during and after calls, thus enhancing the workplace environment​​.
- Enhanced Communication Tools: Webex now offers tools for summarizing meetings and messages in real-time. Additionally, it includes AI-driven tools for tone adjustment, formatting, and language translation, making communication more efficient and inclusive​​.
- Integration with Apple Devices: Webex now seamlessly integrates with various Apple devices, including Apple Watch and Apple TV 4K, enhancing user experience across platforms​​.
- Webex Calling Enhancements: This includes features to improve customer experience and includes the Webex Customer Experience Essentials offer, which provides enhanced tools for agents, supervisors, and analytics​​.
- HD Voice: This AI-powered feature in Webex Calling eliminates background noise and reconstructs wideband audio speech spectrum, particularly useful for customer experience agents​​.
- Partnership with AT&T: Webex Calling is now available for AT&T mobile devices in the U.S., offering a high-quality, secure, and compliant collaboration experience on business mobile devices​​.
- Integration with Microsoft Teams: Enhanced integration allows Microsoft Teams users to access Webex Calling features without requiring a Teams Phone license​​.
- AI Assistant for Control Hub: This tool increases IT productivity by providing quick answers and facilitating fast configuration changes​​.
Cisco SD-WAN and AI Integration
- Generative AI in Collaboration and Security: Cisco is leveraging large language models (LLMs) across its collaboration and security portfolios. This integration is aimed at increasing productivity and simplifying operations for the workforce​​​​.
- Impact on Businesses: Cisco’s 2023 State of Global Innovation Study highlights that IT professionals view generative AI as a key technology likely to significantly impact their business. Cisco is focused on providing efficient, safe, and productive work experiences for hybrid workers​​.
- AI for Security Policy Management: The Cisco Security Cloud will use a generative AI Policy Assistant to simplify the creation and management of security policies. This tool will enable administrators to describe and implement security policies more efficiently​​​​.
- Cisco Policy Assistant: This tool uses AI to work with existing firewall policy sets, simplifying and implementing rules within the Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center. It serves as an example of how AI can transform policy management​​.
- SOC Assistant: The Security Operations Center (SOC) Assistant uses AI to provide situation analysis, correlating intelligence across Cisco Security Cloud solutions. This assists security analysts in making timely decisions and responding to potential threats more effectively​​.
- Principles of Webex AI: Cisco has established principles for its enterprise-grade AI, focusing on multi-modal support, permissions, privacy, and accuracy. These principles ensure that AI uses data in compliance with privacy and security rules​​.
Cisco’s incorporation of AI into its Webex and SD-WAN solutions is revolutionizing how businesses handle communication, collaboration, and security. The integration of generative AI and large language models is enhancing the productivity, efficiency, and security of hybrid work environments, making these technologies crucial for modern business operations.
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