UAS attends the Cisco Partner Summit 2026 and sees announcements as a boost for network resilience, security, and AI-driven services in the Philippines

Cisco held its 30th Partner Summit in Vancouver on October 26-28, and one message ran through nearly every session: networks can no longer just keep people connected. In the AI era, they need to spot problems early, protect themselves, and adapt on their own.

For UAS, a long-time Cisco partner, the question that follows every Cisco announcement is what it changes for organizations in the country. UAS points to four announcements that stood out.

Catching problems before they become outages

Cisco IQ for Partners is now generally available, with close to 20 million devices already connected worldwide. The platform gives partners a clear view of network telemetry and emerging risks.

For UAS, the tool fits into its Operational Support Services. The company expects to be able to look into a client’s environment, find weak spots, anticipate downtime, and plan upgrades before something breaks. The aim is less firefighting and more prevention.

As threats grow more sophisticated, the network itself has to help defend against them. Cisco expanded Live Protect, which shields critical networking hardware from vulnerabilities even before a permanent software patch is ready. Cisco also introduced what it describes as the first quantum-resilient Wi-Fi 7 access points.

Both additions complement the UAS Cyber Resilience Solutions & Technologies (CReST) portfolio. For organizations in finance, healthcare, and utilities, sectors that attackers frequently target, they offer stronger protection today and a head start on threats still to come.

Cisco is putting heavy emphasis on agentic AI, an area UAS is also looking to build into its integration work. With the Cisco Cloud Control enhancements and Model Foundry, partners will be able to fine-tune Cisco’s purpose-built AI models using a customer’s own data.

In practical terms, that opens the door to automation tailored to each client instead of one-size-fits-all tools. Because Cisco is using standard Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers, partners can connect live network data to automated workflows, helping IT teams resolve issues faster than they could by hand.

The summit also introduced Ecosystem Deal Registration under the updated Cisco 360 Partner Program. The program rewards partners for the advisory, design, and development work they do across a client’s digital transformation, not just for selling products.

UAS describes its own approach in similar terms: helping a client decide what to build and then building it alongside them, rather than simply delivering equipment.

Modern infrastructure needs flexibility, built-in security, and smart automation. With the tools Cisco announced at the 2026 Partner Summit, UAS aims to help Philippine businesses connect, protect, and grow the systems they depend on every day.