WebexOne 2026: Key themes and why they matter to network engineers
Collaboration events have rarely been must-attend shows for network engineers.
Collaboration events have rarely been must-attend shows for network engineers.
The short version
- Meetings, contact centers, and room systems ran on the network, and the network team kept latency low and Wi-Fi up.
- At Cisco’s WebexOne 2026 event in Austin, it became clear that this division of labor is ending.
- Here are the themes that should be on the radars of network engineers.
What happened
Agents create a new traffic profile The most important data point for network teams came from Patel’s day-one keynote. Chatbot traffic, he said, was “very human-bound,” with spiky usage patterns that mirrored people’s work habits.
Why it matters
“These agents work seven by 24,” he said, and they spin up subagents that do the same.
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