Industrial Automation
Cisco’s Industrial Automation Solution Brings Digitization to Manufacturing, Oil & Gas, Utilities and Mining
In today’s industrial environment, we see companies struggling to amplify efficiencies that drive better business outcomes. For manufacturing, oil & gas, utilities and more, the key is to digitize with new ways to securely connect global production operations. That’s where we come in. I’m excite…
Cisco Partners: Digital Systems Integrators Modernizing Industrial Networks
Strategy, Technology and Operations Delivering business outcomes for enterprise and IT buyers requires a new approach, new capabilities, and new relationships. An entirely new business solutions practice. Digital Systems Integrators (DSI) represent that new business practice as follows: These DSI’s…
Manufacturing In the Middle: Growth, Opportunity and New Challenges
There is no one size fits all view when it comes to manufacturing. Large, advanced plants are using a plethora of advanced manufacturing processes, robots and data as a core part of their operations. There are emerging startups who are lean and able to respond to changing customer demands quickly. T…
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…
A Bromance for the Ages: When IT met OT
Jordan and Pippen. DeMar and Kyle. Magic and Kareem. The Great One and The Moose. Edwin and Jose (…too soon?) Sports history is filled with dynamic duos. Players who so perfectly complemented each other in skills and personality that they elevated their entire team to greatness. A business is no dif…
Team Chemistry and Industrie 4.0
What do the Kansas City Royals, Pittsburgh Penguins, and Leicester City FC have in common? If you guessed they were all league champions in 2015 or 2016, you’re right. But in addition to winning it all, each had an abundance of team chemistry. Yes, chemistry. As every sports fan knows, talent wins g…
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…
New in 2017: Factory of the Future Webinar Series
2017 is officially here and it’s an exciting time to be in manufacturing. The industry is continuing to evolve as we see continued discussion around how to improve productivity, performance, and apply smarter analytics to improve overall operations. Manufacturing is also seeing a lot more focus on c…
How one manufacturer boosted productivity by 10% in one month
Manufacturing customers are already gaining insight from IoT data by securely connecting machines and sensors. One example of this is the Israel-based manufacturer Lordan. Lordan is a manufacturer of thermal-engineering heating and cooling systems and has a global reputation for delivering high-qual…
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