India, Feb. 24 -- At a time when enterprises are moving from AI experimentation to operational deployment, the conversation around autonomy, governance, and infrastructure maturity is becoming central to technology strategy. Networking, long considered a foundational layer, is now being re-imagined through agentic systems that can observe, decide, and act in near real time. In this interview, we explore how this shift is redefining operational models, from infrastructure management to enterprise readiness, and what it means for organisations navigating the next phase of AI adoption.

Jeetu Patel, President and Chief Product Officer at Cisco, outlines a vision where AI moves from assisting humans to becoming an embedded operational layer a...