Cisco AI Research: The Most AI-ready Companies Outpace Peers in the Race to Value

Cisco, the worldwide leader in networking and security, today released the results from the third annual Cisco AI Readiness Index. A small but consistent group of companies — the ‘Pacesetters,’ about 17% of organizations surveyed in India, and 13% globally, for the last three years — outperform their peers across every measure of AI value, captured for the first time in Cisco’s global study of over 8,000 AI leaders across 30 markets and 26 industries.

The Pacesetters’ sustained advantage indicates a new form of resilience: a disciplined, system-level approach that balances strategic drivers with the data and infrastructure needed to keep pace with AI’s accelerating evolution. They’re already architecting for the future with 98% designing their networks for the growth, scale and complexity of AI compared to 59% in India. 

The combination of foresight and foundation is delivering real, tangible results at a time when two major forces ...