United States, Oct. 14 -- Cisco, the worldwide leader in networking and security, today released the results from the third annual Cisco AI Readiness Index. A small but consistent group of companies surveyed - the 'Pacesetters,' about 13% of organizations for the last three years - outperform their peers across every measure of AI value, captured for the first time in Cisco's global study of over 8,000 AI leaders across 30 markets and 26 industries.The Pacesetters' sustained advantage indicates a new form of resilience: a disciplined, system-level approach that balances strategic drivers with the data and infrastructure needed to keep pace with AI's accelerating evolution. They're already architecting for the future with 98% designing their...