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Aging digital infrastructure equipment like routers, network switches, and network-attached storage-has long posed a silent risk to organizations. In the short term, it's cheaper and easier to just leave those boxes running in a forgotten closet. But this infrastructure may have old, insecure configurations, and legacy tech is often no longer supported by vendors for software patches and other protections.

The acquisition should help organizations build, train, and deploy specific AI models and Small Language Models (SLMs) within their own infrastructure. NeuralFabric's technology should primarily ensure that the new AI Canvas has an even more solid foundation. The future of AI models lies at least as much in small models as in large ones. To make AI truly interesting within organizations, we don't need another generic model, but rather more specialized models and SLMs.

It's finally, officially, over. On Wednesday, Nov. 12, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to end the longest (43 days) U.S. government shutdown in history by a vote of 222-to-209, echoing the verdict of the U.S. Senate that voted 60-to-40 on Monday to do the same thing. When President Trump signed off on the law late Wednesday evening, the shutdown ended.

Cisco updated its advisory regarding critical vulnerabilities in Identity Services Engine, acknowledging active exploitation. Some vulnerabilities were attempted to be exploited in the wild as of July 2025.

Cisco has released patches for a maximum-severity security flaw in Unified Communications Manager (Unified CM) and Unified Communications Manager Session Management Edition (Unified CM SME). The vulnerability, CVE-2025-20309, carries a CVSS score of 10.0, allowing an attacker to log in using the root account with static credentials that cannot be changed. Cisco advises users to upgrade to the latest version or apply the CSCwp27755 patch as there are no workarounds.

Cisco's investment strategy focuses on acquiring companies to enhance innovation rather than building completely from scratch, allowing rapid adaptation in the market.

"The need for a fundamental upgrade of the network is driven by the emergence and rollout of AI and the demanding workloads it brings, referred to as 'VoIP on steroids'."},{

Cisco's ability to outperform EPS with a significant 14% beat last year indicates strong operational capacity, yet current investor sentiment hangs on future demand signals.

Networks used to be completely self-managed. If there was a problem, you would reboot the router. However, the world has changed towards an internet-centered architecture.

Cisco chairman and CEO Chuck Robbins said Tuszik brings a "global perspective and a proven track record of operational excellence" to his new role.