Cisco Unveils Stack Automation Platform for Rapid AI Infrastructure Deployment

Stack Automation by Quali has reached general availability as an exclusive offering from Cisco. The platform aims to automate infrastructure deployment, reducing the time it takes for companies to set up AI infrastructure from weeks to hours. Quali and Cisco co-developed the platform, which integrates with various Cisco products and services, including Intersight and Nexus Dashboard.

The platform pairs automation and agentic AI engine with Cisco Validated Designs and security practices. It also includes a catalog of validated blueprints for networking, security, observability, virtualization, AI frameworks, and enterprise applications. The catalog currently features over 20 solutions from Cisco and its partners, including Splunk, Red Hat OpenShift, NVIDIA NIMs, VMware, Qumulo, and Veeam.

Stack Automation comes in two tiers: Essentials covers standard software deployments, while Advantage adds advanced customization, agentic design capabilities, and GitOps workflows. The platform is available for order through Cisco, with support for AI PODs as deployable full-stack solutions reaching general availability in October 2026.