Cisco IQ Goes GA for Partners With an MCP Server, Model Foundry, and a Quantum-Resilient Wi-Fi 7 AP
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Cisco today made Cisco IQ generally available to partners at Cisco Partner Summit in Vancouver, opening the support platform’s telemetry and automation to partner workflows through a Cisco IQ MCP Server, expanded API access, and role-based access control that lets a customer grant its partner direct visibility into its installed base. Cisco says the platform has onboarded more than 16,000 customers and 19 million devices since April. The same announcement adds AgenticOps tooling to Cisco Cloud Control, a quantum-resilient Wi-Fi 7 access point, a wider Live Protect footprint, and a revised partner program with higher incentive rates. “Our partners are where Cisco meets the customer, and the AI era is asking more of all of us,” said Tim Coogan, SVP, Global Partner Sales, Cisco. “Customers need partners with the agility to move first and fast. By combining the strength of the Cisco 360 Partner Program with Cisco IQ and Cisco Cloud Control, we’re giving every type of partner new ways to deliver that and be rewarded for it, from the advisor who shapes a decision to the partner who delivers and supports it.” Cloud Control, the console Cisco introduced in June as one login for human operators and AI agents, picks up tooling built for automated administration. Model Foundry is a new Cloud Control platform service for discovering, evaluating, fine-tuning, and running Cisco’s...
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For operational access, Cisco is developing Cisco Privileged Infrastructure Access with Teleport, which gives network teams and AI agents task-specific access to Cisco routers and switches through short-lived, identity-bound certificates; sessions are recorded, privilege expires when the session ends, and customers on Cisco ISE and TACACS+ can reuse the policy and device context they already manage.
