Impact Insights: Building the Secure AI Factory — Cisco’s Vision for Cloud, AI & Digital Resilience

In this episode of Impact Insights, journalist and communications coach Teymoor Nabili speaks with Guan Lee, Director of Cloud and AI Architecture for ASEAN at Cisco—a leader in secure, scalable enterprise networking. 

Guan shares how Cisco is helping organisations prepare for the AI revolution, from re-architecting hybrid and multi-cloud environments to embedding security into every layer of the stack.  

Learn how the “Secure AI Factory”, a partnership between Cisco and NVIDIA is setting a new standard for enterprise AI infrastructure, enabling high-performance, scalable, and secure operations across industries. 

We explore: 

• The evolution from cloud to AI-centric architectures 
• How to simplify complex hybrid and multi-cloud environments 
• Building resilient, secure AI data centers 
• Global and regional strategies for enterprise AI 
• The shift toward agentic AI and future use cases 

Whether you’re a CTO shaping innovation strategy, an operations leader optimising infrastructure, or a transformation driver exploring new customer experiences, this conversation delivers actionable insights for navigating the AI era.