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Tuesday, October 13, 2026 News · Playbooks · Momentum
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Quali

August 15, 2026 · Cloud & infrastructure

AI Infrastructure Automation Creates a New Managed-Service Play for Cisco Partners

Quali’s Stack Automation platform became generally available on August 11, 2026, after being co-developed with Cisco to automate the deployment of production AI infrastructure. The immediate SME opportunity sits in Cisco’s partner ecosystem: smaller infrastructure specialists and managed-service providers can turn complicated AI deployments into repeatable implementation services instead of competing on hardware resale margins alone.

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