“As AI Ascends, Cisco Humorously Rings the Bell on the Perils of Antiquated Technology”

“With the Rise of AI, Cisco Sounds an Urgent Alarm About the Risks of Aging Tech”

“As the world contemplates ending a massive lockdown imposed in response to Covid-19, enterprises will need to reimagine how to conduct business, Cisco’s chairman and CEO Chuck Robbins told a panel at the Fortune Connect event this week. There’s an opportunity for all companies to redefine their strategies and build resilience into their business models in the wake of the pandemic.”

Let’s face it. These mundane words of wisdom are far from groundbreaking. But don’t discredit Robbins just yet. He preached to the choir by highlighting how businesses need to embrace transformations after COVID-19 welcomed itself into our lives uninvited. Yeah, that’s right! Coronavirus paired its snide entrance with a wave of might-have-been-futuristic technology wrecking your age-old infrastructure faith. There’s the upset we all needed.

The article insists that companies, not just Cisco, need to revamp their precious infrastructure. The time has come to put the spotlight on our own dear legacy systems and bid them a heart-wrenching goodbye. Why, you ask? Well, they might have been the tried-and-tested buddies we relied on for forever, but let’s be honest, they are more like beloved old dogs who should be let to sleep, for they certainly can’t save our day anymore.

This tiny particle of a virus took a mere months to encourage companies like Cisco to dress their ideas in a cloak of ‘resilience.’ Till yesterday, our corporate titans were flaunting their obsession with frugality, shoving small-scale operations and dated tech into cob-webbed corners. Poof! Its 2020’s magic (or anything but) working, which ushered in an applaudable urgency for innovation.

A transformation, big or small, causes a firm shakeup. Sure it does. And it’s not always bad. It weeds out the superfluous, unattended baggage that has been piling up. So folks, Chuck Robbins might have said something we’ve heard countless times before, but he said it at a time when being reminded isn’t entirely unwelcome. If anything, he subtly underscored the essence of adaptability – in tech and in life. Did you have that on your 2020 Bingo?

Oh, by the way, let’s not forget the convenient timing and the comfortable environment Robbins chose to have this epiphany in; a panel at Fortune Connect. To the cynics out there, one might argue that the context and audience played really well together to amplify this message. Well, well.

In short, there’s no denying that Cisco’s Infrastructure Days could be numbered if the company keeps indulging in the throwback Thursdays and fails to play the catchup game. The post-pandemic game, after all, isn’t just about survival; it’s about being ready for the next invisible enemy that’s yet to cast its shadow. The message is clear: It’s high time we all accepted, “out with the old, in with the new.” Period. No more excuses.

Read the original article here: https://www.wired.com/story/cisco-aging-technical-infrastructure/