CISCO PILLAR 01
Networking
Silicon One G300, Nexus N9100, Spectrum-X
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Cisco partner · Validated on UCS, Nexus, Unified Edge
The agentic application layer that completes Cisco Secure AI Factory. Eighty pre-built agents, two-hundred-forty governed tools, three-layer guardrails, running on the UCS, Nexus, and Unified Edge you already operate.
The fifth pillar of Cisco's unified AI platform. Sovereign by design.
Cisco's published positioning describes a unified platform of networking, security, observability, and sovereignty. Each pillar is best-in-class. Each pillar is purpose-built for the AI era. None of them is the agent itself. That is what Katonic delivers.
CISCO PILLAR 01
Silicon One G300, Nexus N9100, Spectrum-X
CISCO PILLAR 02
AI Defense, SASE, Hybrid Mesh Firewall
CISCO PILLAR 03
Splunk, ThousandEyes, AgenticOps
CISCO PILLAR 04
On-prem reference architectures, NCP RA compliant
THE FIFTH PILLAR · KATONIC
The production agentic application layer. Eighty pre-built business agents, two-hundred-forty governed MCP tools, three-layer guardrails, full FinOps. The workload that justifies the AI factory.
What this means in practice
Two agentic surfaces. Two clear domains of responsibility. No overlap. No gaps. They speak to each other through Model Context Protocol when an end-to-end workflow needs both.
Cisco AgenticOps
● ShippingAI that operates the infrastructure for AI.
Autonomous troubleshooting
Resolution times cut from hours to minutes across networking, security, observability
Continuous optimization
Prevents problems before users feel them
Network change validation
Risk assessment on changes before they go live
AI Defense for agents
Guardrails for agent tool use and supply chain governance
Closed-loop execution
Humans in control of outcomes; machines handle complexity
Roadmap
integration
Katonic
● ShippingProduction agentic platform for the rest of the enterprise.
HR, sales, finance, customer service
80+ pre-built domain agents, day one
Knowledge agents
Permission-aware RAG over SharePoint, SAP, Snowflake
Workroom for employees
Generalist agent that calls in specialists
Custom agents from Studio
Five build paths from no-code to BYOA
Per-tenant isolation
Multi-org for telcos, MSPs, sovereign deployments
On the joint roadmap. AgenticOps and Katonic agents call each other through MCP. The infra agent troubleshoots the cluster. The business agent serves the customer. The same operator manages both. The same FinOps reports cover both. One pane of glass for the agentic enterprise.
Joint roadmapSeven layers, one stack. Cisco owns silicon, networking, compute, edge, and the security and ops fabric that holds it together. Katonic owns the agent runtime, builders, knowledge, guardrails, and end-user portal. NVIDIA primitives are the joint inference and runtime layer that both sides depend on.
Validated for Cisco UCS and Nexus
Pre-validated reference architectures on UCS C845A M8 with NVIDIA RTX Pro 6000, Nexus N9000 fabric, NCP RA compliant.
Cisco Unified Edge for distributed agents
Same Katonic agents run in core data center and at the edge. Branch, retail, factory, hospital. Edge inference with central governance.
AI Defense and NeMo Guardrails interop
Cisco AI Defense governs agent tool use. Katonic guardrails govern agent decisions. Joint coverage across the agentic surface.
Workroom · Studio · Distributor Console
End-user portal, agent builder, multi-tenant manager
Agent Runtime · 80+ Pre-built Agents · 240+ MCP Tools
Production execution, governed catalog, BCG framework delivered
AI Gateway · Knowledge Engine · Three-layer Guardrails
Model gateway, permission-aware RAG, content+trajectory+governance
Cisco AI Defense · NVIDIA NeMo Guardrails
Agent supply chain governance, runtime protections, model security
NVIDIA NIM · NeMo · NeMo Agent Toolkit (NAT)
Inference, training, agent runtime primitives
Cisco UCS · Cisco Nexus · Cisco Unified Edge
GPU compute, networking, edge inference
Cisco Silicon One · Cisco AgenticOps
G300, Spectrum-X, AI-aware routing, autonomous network ops
Same architecture deploys in the central data center on UCS, in the regional metro on Cisco Secure AI Factory, and at the edge on Cisco Unified Edge. One Katonic platform. Three deployment patterns. Zero re-architecture.
Cisco's portfolio spans hyperscale data center to enterprise edge. Katonic runs the same agentic platform on every shape, with consistent governance and a single operational model. The deployment changes; the agent doesn't.
Hyperscale deployment for sovereign clouds, neoclouds, and large enterprise data centers. UCS GPU-dense compute, Nexus N9100 fabric with Spectrum-X, AI Defense, and Katonic agents at scale.
Best for: Sovereign clouds, neoclouds, regulated enterprise
Mid-scale deployment for regional cloud, country-scale platforms, and per-business-unit agentic deployments. Pre-validated reference design with one-click Katonic install.
Best for: Country-scale, regional cloud, BU-isolated
Distributed deployment at branch, retail, factory, hospital. Same Katonic agents as core, but inference at the edge for low-latency, sovereign-by-location workloads.
Best for: Retail, healthcare, manufacturing, branch
Cisco has named partnerships with Humain, G42, and Stargate UAE for sovereign AI factories in the Middle East. These customers buy the substrate from Cisco. They need the agentic application layer too. That's where joint deals close.
Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Gulf nations are building sovereign AI infrastructure on Cisco. They need agents, not just infrastructure. Katonic ships the eighty pre-built business agents that justify the factory's existence.
MODON · Pilipinas AI · Vision 2030
Service providers building agentic AI offerings on Cisco hardware need a multi-tenant agent platform that can be white-labeled. Katonic's AI Cloud delivers exactly this, with per-tenant FinOps and Distributor Console.
ePLDT · e& enterprise · regional telcos
Banks, governments, healthcare, and defense organizations buying Cisco UCS for AI workloads need governance, isolation, and the agentic depth that hyperscaler platforms can't match in their perimeter.
Banking, public sector, healthcare
Joint pursuit, joint close. Cisco AEs bring the substrate conversation. Katonic SEs bring the agent conversation. Joint reference architectures shorten the sales cycle. Both vendors win the same deal.
Co-sell readyPilipinas AI is the dimensional reference for what Cisco's strategic AI accounts can become. ePLDT runs the operator layer. Katonic delivers the agentic platform. The pattern works for any sovereign or service-provider deployment Cisco can identify.
Pilipinas AI
● LivePhilippines · National platform · Telco-led
The pattern
ePLDT, the ICT arm of the Philippines' largest telco, operates the in-country GPU infrastructure and white-labels the platform as Pilipinas AI. Katonic delivers the sovereign agentic application layer. Anchor tenants are banks and government agencies, each isolated, each governed.
Why this matters for Cisco
This is the pattern for every sovereign AI factory deal Cisco is closing in the Middle East and Asia today. Telco operator + sovereign infrastructure + Katonic agent platform + anchor tenants. The architecture is reusable. The proof of national scale already exists.
"With Pilipinas AI, we are ensuring Philippine enterprises take that leap onto solid ground, supported by secure infrastructure, trusted partners, and a vision for sustainable digital progress."
- ePLDT
Production metrics
Three steps. From first joint conversation to production. The same path Pilipinas AI followed.
Step 1
Cisco and Katonic SEs jointly map the customer's existing UCS, Nexus, or Unified Edge footprint to the Katonic agentic platform. One session. Reference architecture in the room.
Step 2
A focused POC on the customer's most painful agent use case. Pre-validated on Cisco hardware, Katonic deployed in days not months, joint troubleshooting through both vendors' tier-2.
Step 3
Single procurement vehicle through Cisco channel. Joint deployment. Cisco AI Factory hardware, Katonic platform license, joint customer success motion.
One procurement, two vendors, one outcome. Cisco channel partners can sell the joint stack. Katonic license flows alongside Cisco hardware and software. Single customer relationship, single deployment, both vendors aligned.
Talk to joint partner team →A 30-minute assessment: your UCS, Nexus, or Unified Edge footprint and your top three agentic use cases.
Leave with a joint reference architecture, a sizing, and a co-sell deployment plan.