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A Quantum Leap in Networking: Cisco's Blueprint for Tomorrow's Infrastructure - CENETI-1281#

Cisco Live US 2026 (Las Vegas) digest Program Wildcard pick Las Vegas · 31 May – 4 June 2026

Abstract

Ramana Kompella (Cisco)

  • Why: Not a fit for daily work, but a credible roadmap signal: Cisco is committing to quantum networking on a ~5-year horizon, with named artifacts and partners.
  • What: Cisco's quantum networking vision and concrete pieces: the Quantum Network Entanglement Chip and a Network-Aware Quantum Compiler, plus how quantum capabilities augment classical systems today and the IBM partnership (from abstract only).
  • How: Entanglement distribution hardware plus a compiler that maps quantum programs onto network topology — the beginning of a distributed-quantum-systems networking stack.
  • Where applicable: Early research/vendor-vision stage; treat as strategic sensing, not deployable technology.