#592: Why most enterprise AI fails (and how to succeed)

Agentic AI is putting a 400x load on enterprise networks. Cisco and NTT Data experts reveal why only 13% of leaders successfully scale AI, the nightmare of quantum threats, and how to secure your infrastructure.

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0:00 - Coming Up
01:09 - Introduction
03:04 - Enterprise AI Adoption: The Board-Level Challenge
05:02 - How AI Agents Are Reshaping Network Infrastructure
07:22 - AI Agent Access, Sensitive Data and Security Risks
10:24 - Cybersecurity at Machine Speed and Modernising Security
14:08 - AI Budgets, ROI and Business Readiness
15:00 - AI’s Impact on Jobs and an Insurance Case Study
19:08 - Data Sovereignty and Custom AI Models
22:18 - AI Factories, Edge Deployment and Public-Sector Use Cases
26:31 - Preparing for Quantum-Safe Security
28:43 - Managing Multi-Vendor Environments and Security Readiness
32:09 - Live Protect and Hybrid Mesh Firewalls
34:04 - Splunk, Galileo, AI Observability
36:33 - Where to Learn More

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