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Cisco Next Generation Utilities, IoT and Smart Cities at Itron Utility Week 2017
Today, managing utilities and smart cities to achieve business outcomes require real-time decision making. In this age of digitizing critical infrastructure, managing renewable power generation, and dealing with the proliferation of electric vehicles – smart solutions must generate actionable insigh…
Industrie 4.0 in Action at Viva Technology Paris 2017
[Editor’s note: One of the most exciting things about Industrial IoT and smart manufacturing are innovations happening all around the globe. The blog below is from our Cisco France colleague, Talyana Cunningham] Viva Technology 2017, which took place last month in Paris, aims to be on the scale of…
Your Digital Factory Needs a New Network: CLUS Wrap-up
Although it was hot outside in the 117F Las Vegas temperatures, it was cool in the ‘Bay at Cisco Live! There were some exciting new announcements that directly affect our manufacturing customers and can help accelerate their smart manufacturing initiatives. Manufacturers are expecting a flood of da…
Digital Manufacturing at Cisco Live 2017
Are you an Embedded IT manufacturing professional (An IT person who also works in operations) and you’re headed to Cisco Live in Las Vegas June 25-29, 2017 at Mandalay Bay? You need to swing by the Manufacturing demos in the IoT and Industry District in the World of Solutions to learn how Cisco can…
The Journey to Industrie 4.0 Continues
We wrapped up the Hannover Messe event at the end of April in Hannover, Germany, and I can say one thing – Wow! The official numbers are still not in, but there were an estimated 225,000+ attendees, 6500 vendors, 2,500 journalists from all over the world , and 5 full days of exhibits. This is the…
Get Insights on Digitizing Manufacturing at Hannover
Even though Industrie 4.0 and smart manufacturing concepts have been around for a few years, thought leaders are now agreeing that Industrie 4.0 is at an inflection point. In a recent issue of CloudComputing News, this passage was particularly striking: “Manufacturers are gaining the greatest value…
7 Reasons Why IIoT Projects Fail
The Industrial IoT brings new promises to the plant floor: lower operating cost, better visibility, and improved Overall Equipment Effectiveness. These results are all in the pot of gold at the end of the IIoT rainbow, but that pot is sometimes hard to find. Here are the top 7 reasons why I believe…
Security + Performance = Key Trends at Automation Fair
A trip to Automation Fair in the “Big Peach” (Atlanta) was time well spent! I ended up learning a lot about where manufacturers are headed through trade show floor conversations, questions during my presentations, and even evenings with customers over a few frosty beverages. They all made it clear t…
Digital manufacturing heads to the Big Peach!
Rockwell Automation Fair: Atlanta Georgia, Georgia World Congress Center – Nov 9-10, 2016 There’s never been a better time to embrace the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), or Industrie 4.0 than now, all while confidently extending security throughout your plant. And there’s no better place…