India, Aug. 13 -- Cisco Systems has closed fiscal 2026 with record quarterly revenue as demand for networking infrastructure to support artificial intelligence workloads continued to accelerate.

The networking company reported revenue of USD 17.25 billion for the fourth quarter ended 25 July 2026, up 17.6% year on year and ahead of the USD 16.82 billion expected by analysts. Adjusted earnings per share came in at USD 1.22, compared with the USD 1.17 market expectation.

GAAP net income rose to about USD 3.9 billion, up 51% from USD 2.55 billion in the same quarter a year earlier. The results underline how quickly AI-related infrastructure spending has become a meaningful growth driver for Cisco, particularly among large cloud and hypersc...