Most Canadian enterprise networks not ready for AI: Cisco report

With AI and IoT putting increasing pressure on network infrastructure, a major architectural shift is underway across enterprise networks in Canada, according to a new global study from Cisco. Canadian data released from the study on Wednesday shows 93 per cent of Canadian IT leaders see modernized networks as critical to deploying AI, IoT and cloud, with 82 per cent saying they plan to increase the share of their overall IT budget allocated to networking. As AI assistants, agents, and data-driven workloads create more latency-sensitive and complex network traffic, AI is also reshaping computing infrastructure — 76 per cent of Canadian...