Cisco Live EMEA 2026: Toward a Platform Company

This IDC Market Perspective analyzes Cisco Live EMEA 2026, highlighting Cisco's evolution into a platform-centric, AI-driven networking leader. It examines EMEA's standout performance, the company's product and platform innovations, and its challenges in security and services. The document provides actionable guidance for Cisco and its partners to capitalize on AI, life-cycle services, and regional opportunities while addressing execution gaps in services and partner enablement."Cisco's transformation into a platform-centric, AI-driven networking leader is clearly resonating in EMEA, where robust growth and innovation are matched by new challenges in services and partner execution. To sustain momentum, Cisco and its partners must double down on life-cycle services, regional differentiation, and the unique requirements of EMEA customers," said Chris Barnard, vice president, IDC's European Telecoms and Infrastructure.