--- title: Empowering Our Partners to Win in the Agentic AI Era description: Cisco announced new partner program updates and AI-ready infrastructure tools at Cisco Partner Summit 2026. The Cisco 360 Partner Program adds Ecosystem Deal... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/empowering-our-partners-to-win-in-the-agentic-ai-era-uxu3iztnt twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Empowering Our Partners to Win in the Agentic AI Era | daily.dev og:description: Cisco announced new partner program updates and AI-ready infrastructure tools at Cisco Partner Summit 2026. The Cisco 360 Partner Program adds Ecosystem Deal... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/empowering-our-partners-to-win-in-the-agentic-ai-era-uxu3iztnt og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/UXu3IzTNt.png og:image:alt: Empowering Our Partners to Win in the Agentic AI Era og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Empowering Our Partners to Win in the Agentic AI Era **[Cisco](https://daily.dev/sources/cisco)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Cisco announced new partner program updates and AI-ready infrastructure tools at Cisco Partner Summit 2026. The Cisco 360 Partner Program adds Ecosystem Deal Registration and dedicated paths for advisors and developers. Cisco IQ Partner Support - Standard reaches general availability, with a new MCP Server and open APIs for integration into partner platforms and AI agents. Cisco is also launching a $1 million Builders Challenge prize pool, a Model Foundry service for fine-tuning Cisco's AI models, ThousandEyes built into Wi-Fi 6E/7 access points, new MCP servers for network platforms, a quantum-resilient Wi-Fi 7 access point, and just-in-time privileged access to routers and switches via a Teleport partnership. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What is the Cisco IQ MCP Server used for? The Cisco IQ MCP Server lets partners integrate Cisco IQ Partner Support into their own platforms and AI agents via open APIs, enabling a shift from reactive support to proactive advisory. It works alongside features like role-based access control, real-time lifecycle insights, and AI-powered playbooks for quantum-readiness and vulnerability management. _Teams wiring MCP servers into partner platforms can track these integration patterns on daily.dev._ ### What is Cisco's Builders Challenge prize pool for partners? Cisco is launching the Builders Challenge with a $1 million prize pool starting early next year, open to partners who build and scale innovative managed services on Cisco IQ. Judging will weigh creativity, impact, and how well partner services scale, with global and regional prizes; full terms are coming later. _Partners evaluating where to invest managed-services effort can follow these incentive programs on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [You Asked for More Money and More Time. 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