Cisco IQ at Cisco Live 2026: Connecting Existing Telemetry into an Actionable System
By
Shashi Bellamkonda
Sesame, salt, and substance. A flagship bake.
Summary
At Cisco Live 2026, Liz Centoni's Day 2 keynote introduced Cisco IQ, a system that connects existing network telemetry data into a continuously acting operational platform. Customer references from GEODIS and GlobalFoundries demonstrated real-world applications, with GlobalFoundries' John Hoenemier delivering the memorable line that organizations need a GPS, not just a map, to navigate future challenges. The core argument is that the data already exists—Cisco IQ simply provides the system to act on it continuously.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledYou cannot navigate what is coming with a map, when what you really need is a GPS.
The map existed, the data existed, the telemetry existed. None of it was connected to a system that acted on it continuously.
The argument is not that Cisco built new telemetry. It is that existing telemetry finally has a system that acts on it continuously.
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