Modernize, automate and prepare for AI innovation with Red Hat and Cisco
Are you attending Cisco Live Amsterdam 2026? Visit the Red Hat booth A30 to meet with our open source experts and learn how Red Hat and Cisco help customers modernize infrastructure and simplify IT operations with a cloud-native, AI-ready application platform, powered by automation, that runs both virtual machines and containers.
RED HAT CONTENT SPEAKING SESSIONS
Monday, 9 February Session
Time: 10:30 - 11:15 CET
Title: Unlock the Potential of Event Driven Automation with Nexus Dashboard and Ansible [DEVNET-2593]
Abstract: Unlock the power of event-driven automation in your data center with the seamless integration of Cisco Nexus Dashboard and Ansible Rulebook to automatically resolve issues before their impact is detected. Discover how Nexus Dashboard can stream real-time alerts and events to Event-Driven Ansible, where intelligent filtering and automation rulebooks instantly transform data into actionable workflows- regardless of whether you deploy rulebooks in an AAP or in an open source environment. See how this solution enables you to automatically respond to critical changes, enforce network compliance, and resolve issues in your ACI and Nexus fabrics - without the need for manual intervention. This session demonstrates how to leverage Ansible playbooks and rulebooks to remediate faults, enforce intended configurations, and proactively manage resources as soon as events are detected. Experience how this agile automation approach not only accelerates response times but also strengthens network reliability and operational efficiency. Whether you’re a network engineer, automation architect, or data center operator, this session will equip you with the strategies and tools to drive next-generation automation in your data center.
Speakers: Anvitha Jain, Technical Marketing Engineer, Cisco
Location: DevNet Zone
Time: 11:00 - 11:30 CET
Title: Meet-the-expert: Driving end-to-end automation
Be one of 10 people to attend this initimate, short session. Sign up at the Red Hat booth today as seats are limited!
Location: Red Hat meeting room
Time: 14:00 - 14:30 CET
Title: Meet-the-expert: Building the AI-Ready platform
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Location: Red Hat meeting room
Time: 15:30 - 16:00 CET
Title: Meet-the-expert: Rethinking virtualization
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Location: Red Hat meeting room
Time: 17:00 - 17:30 CET
Title: Meet-the-expert: Powering the Unified Edge
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Location: Red Hat meeting room
Tuesday, 10 February Session
Time: 13:00 - 13:30 CET
Title: Meet-the-expert: Driving end-to-end automation
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Location: Red Hat meeting room
Time: 14:00 - 13:30 CET
Title: Meet-the-expert: Building the AI-Ready platform
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Location: Red Hat meeting room
Time: 14:15 - 15:15 CET
Title: Master the Move: Migrating VMs to OpenShift Virtualization in 60 Minutes [BRKCLD-1013]
Abstract: Ready to migrate your VMs into the OpenShift ecosystem? In this session, we'll cover everything you need to know about migrating existing VMs to OpenShift Virtualization and explore effective planning strategies to ensure a seamless transition. We will also discuss post-migration and day 2 operations, offering practical guidance on managing, scaling, and optimizing your workloads within OpenShift. Whether modernizing your infrastructure or exploring OpenShift for the first time, this session will equip you with actionable insights to ensure a smooth and secure VM migration.
Speaker: Michael Hrivnak, Dintinguished Engineer, Red Hat
Stefano Gioia, Technical Solution Architect, Cisco
Location: TBD
Time: 16:00 - 16:30 CET
Title: Meet-the-expert: Rethinking virtualization
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Location: Red Hat meeting room
Time: 17:30 - 18:00 CET
Title: Meet-the-expert: Powering the Unified Edge
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Location: Red Hat meeting room
Wednesday, 11 February Session
Time: 10:00 - 10:30 CET
Title: Meet-the-expert: Driving end-to-end automation
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Location: Red Hat meeting room
Time: 11:30 - 12:00 CET
Title: Meet-the-expert: Building the AI-Ready platform
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Location: Red Hat meeting room
Time: 13:``10 - 13:20 CET
Title: Ansible Automation Platform as the foundation: Enabling end-to-end automation, AI and security with Cisco and Red Hat
Abstract: This session focuses on Red Hat’s Ansible Automation Platform as the core, unifying force that integrates the extensive Cisco infrastructure portfolio (including ACI and UCS) with Red Hat OpenShift. We will demonstrate how Ansible enables true end-to-end automation, treating the entire hybrid cloud—from bare-metal to applications—as infrastructure-as-code. Key topics include leveraging Ansible for massive scaling and provisioning, accelerating AI workloads by orchestrating MLOps pipelines within OpenShift AI, and implementing automated cybersecurity compliance through declarative Policy as Code. Discover how the simple, human-readable power of Ansible drastically reduces operational complexity and speeds up time-to-value.
Speakers: Stephen Fulmer, Principal Product Manager, Ansible Business Unit Automation, Red Hat
Location: Speaker's Corner | World of Solutions
Time: 14:30 - 15:00 CET
Title: Meet-the-expert: Rethinking virtualization
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Location: Red Hat meeting room
Time: 16:00 - 16:30 CET
Title: Meet-the-expert: Powering the Unified Edge
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Location: Red Hat meeting room
Thursday, 12 February Session
Time: 10:00 - 10:30 CET
Title: Meet-the-expert: Driving end-to-end automation
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Location: Red Hat meeting room
Time: 10:30 - 12:00 CET
Title: From AI Pods to AIOps: Mastering Enterprise AI Workloads in the Modern Data Centre [BRKCLD-2714]
Abstract: AI is driving cloud repatriation - not just for compliance and sovereignty, but to boost performance and to regain control. As an enterprise architect and IT platform team, it is now your responsibility to bring these AI workloads back to your own data centre, which can be a daunting task. To help you do this successfully, two Cisco AI solutions engineers will walk you through building and operating an AI private cloud platform - from designing, provisioning and configuring a cloud-native, multi-tenant, on-premises environment to hosting and orchestrating AI applications and agents at scale. This session blends live demos, behind-the-scenes architectures, and lessons learned using best of breed tools and stacks from Cisco and partners.
Whether you're a platform engineer, enterprise architect, or innovation lead, you’ll leave with:
- A clear understanding of how AI applications and agents are managed throughout the entire lifecycle
- Practical insights into how AIOps and AgenticOps enhance day 0 to day 2 operations
- An in-depth look at how Cisco provides secure, validated and scalable full-stack AI systems
Basic knowledge of data centre designs and containerized applications is recommended. Technology solutions covered include Cisco AI Pods with Cisco compute and networking, NVIDIA GPUs, Red Hat OpenShift and OpenShift AI, as well as Isovalent and Splunk.
Speakers: Jara Osterfeld, Solutions Engineer, Cisco; Antonio Gallego Saez, Solutions Engineer - Service Providers - EMEA, Cisco
Location: TBD
Time: 11:30 - 12:00 CET
Title: Meet-the-expert: Building the AI-Ready platform
Be one of 10 people to attend this initimate, short session. Sign up at the Red Hat booth today as seats are limited!
Location: Red Hat meeting room
Time: 13:30 - 14:00 CET
Title: Meet-the-expert: rethinking virtualization
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Location: Red Hat meeting room
Time: 15:30 - 16:00 CET
Title: Meet-the-expert: Powering the Unified Edge
Be one of 10 people to attend this initimate, short session. Sign up at the Red Hat booth today as seats are limited!
Location: Red Hat meeting room
Red Hat Reception
Join us!
Join us on Wednesday, 11 February from 18:00-21:00 at The Traveller Zuid restaurant, located at the Europaplein, right next to the RAI Convention Centre.
Red Hat customers and your Cisco Account Executives are invited to join Red Hat experts, Cisco leaders and our shared ecosystem partners for cocktails, hors d'oeuvres, and great conversations. Please drop by the Red Hat booth A30 for an invitation. Mark your calendar now!
*Due to capacity limitations, Cisco Live 2026 badge and invitation are required for entry.
AI workloads need speed, consistency, and flexibility, which is exactly what the Red Hat AI Inference Server is designed to deliver. This innovation offers Cisco and Red Hat opportunities to continue to collaborate on new ways to make AI deployments more accessible, efficient and scalable—helping organizations prepare for what’s next.
Network Automation Workshops
Interested in getting hands on with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform? Visit Red Hat at the DevNet Zone to participate in hands-on workshops for network engineers and operators looking for an introduction to Ansible Automation Platform. Workshops are available throughout the event with topics including:
- Ansible for Network Automation Basics: Surveys and Workflows [DEVRHL-1001]
- Ansible for Network Automation: Writing playbooks and completing backups and restores [DEVRHL-1002]
- Red Hat Ansible for network automation: Network visibility and resource modules [DEVRHL-1003]
- Event-driven Ansible for network automation and sources of truth [DEVRHL-1004]
- Writing automation with Ansible development tools in VS Code [DEVRHL-1005]
- Get started with ServiceNow automation [DEVRHL-1006]
- Introduction to Ansible Automation Platform self-service [DEVRHL-1007]
Red Hat Raffle
Enter for a chance to win*!
On Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday we will be raffling off one pair of Google Pixel Air Buds Pro 2 (color many vary). Make sure this is your FIRST stop when you enter the World Solutions area each day - Red Hat booth A30 - to get get a raffle ticket to enter you for a chance to win!
*Terms and conditions apply. Please ask booth staff for details.
Partnership: Red Hat and Cisco
Want to learn more about the latest Red Hat technologies? Read the sections below to view some of the products that you can ask our experts about while onsite at the conference:
Red Hat AI Products
Red Hat can help you begin your AI journey or get ready to scale with a portfolio of AI products, which include Red Hat OpenShift AI, Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI, and Red Hat Lightspeed. Matt Hicks, President and CEO of Red Hat, shared Red Hat vision for AI in this blog.
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform
Red Hat® Ansible® Automation Platform is a foundation for building and operating automation across an organization. The platform includes all the tools needed to implement enterprise-wide automation.
Red Hat OpenShift - Quickly build, deploy & scale in any cloud
Our Interactive Learning Scenarios provide you with a pre-configured OpenShift® instance, accessible from your browser without any downloads or configuration. Use it to experiment, learn OpenShift® and see how we can solve real-world problems.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Platform
Red Hat Enterprise Linux is the world’s leading enterprise Linux platform. RHEL provides a stable, trusted foundation to boost innovation across all environments from on-premise to cloud to the edge.
Show Information
Show Location: RAI Amsterdam
Show Address: Europaplein 24, 1078 GZ Amsterdam, Netherlands
Show Dates: 9-13 February 2026
Show Hours (CST):
Monday, 10 February: 10am-6:00pm
Tuesday, 11 February: 9:30am-7:00pm
Wednesday, 12 February: 9am-6:00pm
Thursday, 13 February: 9am-6:30pm
Red Hat Booth: A30
With image mode for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 running on Cisco UCS X-Series managed through Cisco Intersight, customers can build a single trusted Red Hat Enterprise Linux image and roll it out securely from core datacenters to thousands of edge locations. Early adopters are cutting OS deployment times while meeting zero-trust mandates through hardware-rooted Secure Boot and SBOM attestation. Cisco and Red Hat together give enterprises a faster, safer runway for AI-driven, container-native workloads wherever they need to run.
Resources
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform
- Platform engineering through automation, dev tools, and GenAI
- Accelerating AI, automation, and innovation in modern enterprises
- Network automation with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform
- Why choose Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform as your AI foundation?
- Blog: IT Automation: A key enabler for enterprise AI adoption
- Blog: 4 reasons to train and certify on Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform
- Blog: Infusing AI into IT operations
- Case study: Southwest Airlines is expanding its automation use cases
- Case study: Swisscom gains efficiency by standardizing and expanding automation
Red Hat News
- Red Hat Announces Definitive Agreement to Acquire Neural Magic
- Red Hat Delivers Next Wave of Gen AI Innovation with New Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI Capabilities
- Red Hat Powers Up AI Scale and Adaptability with Latest Release of Red Hat OpenShift AI
- Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform Established as the Leader in Infrastructure Automation by Industry Research Firm
- Red Hat Recognized as a Leader in 2024 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Cloud Application Platforms
- Red Hat Recognized as a Leader and Furthest in Vision in 2024 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Container Management
Red Hat OpenShift
- 5 ways developers benefit from Red Hat OpenShift
- Top 10 security architecture patterns for LLM applications
- Blog: Customer Success with Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization: A Journey to Modern Infrastructure
- Blog: Red Hat’s customer success in action: Enhancing security posture for organizations across the information services and telco industries
Red Hat AI
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Red Hat Enterprise (new product coming Jan 1)
Upcoming Events
Continue to learn more about Red Hat products and technology through virtual and in-person local webinars, workshops and events.
14 January ~ 27 March: Build your automation strategy
21 January ~ 19 March: Adopt and scale AI
18 February ~ 18 March: Accelerate your application modernization journey
27 February ~ 18 June: EMEA network automation webinar series (registration link coming)
See the full event list here.
