Industry 4.0
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…
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…
Driving Convergence and Interoperability for Industrial IoT & Industrie 4.0
The excitement surrounding the fourth industrial revolution or Industrie 4.0 is largely due to the limitless possibilities that come with connecting everything, everywhere, with everyone. The opportunities to improve processes, reduce downtime and increase efficiency through the Industrial Internet…
Making the Factory of the Future a Reality with FANUC
A jam-packed media briefing room in Tokyo was the site of a big announcement this week. FANUC, the world’s leading maker of industrial robots, announced a collaborative effort with Cisco, Rockwell Automation, and Preferred Networks (PFN) to jointly develop and deploy the FANUC Intelligent Edge Link…
Digitizing Your Factory Gets Easier for PROFINET Customers
We’re excited to be at Hannover Messe this week and even more excited to announce that our network architecture now supports the PROFINET standard. This is a big step on our journey towards the Industrie 4.0 Initiative, and in helping our manufacturing customers achieve the business benefits of full…
See Industries 4.0 Digital Manufacturing in Berlin
This week at Cisco Live Berlin we are excited to share three new digital manufacturing demonstrations: • Cisco’s Connected Machine Solution powered by Mazak’s SmartBox • The Fanuc robot as part of the Digital Machine • The Cisco switch integration of a Profinet MRP Ring…
4 Reasons Network Architects Need Hyper-Distributed Computing
It’s an exciting time for those of us in IT as the business and technology news is dominated by stories of innovation and disruption in industries that seemed to be succeeding in a closed business ecosystem with a sensible and securely controlled computing environment. Think of apps that completely…
Beyond the Theory of IoT: Real Solutions and Answers
At this year’s Hannover Messe International (HMI), the world’s largest industrial fair, it was more about how industrial companies are leveraging the Internet of Things (IoT) to evolve Industry 4.0 from theory to practice. The Internet of Things was everywhere at this show. Almost every vendor on…
Cisco At Hannover Messe 2014
Hannover Messe is once again upon us. The world’s premier industrial technical showcase will be held in Hannover, Germany from April 7-11, 2014. Last year’s faire had a clear focus on the “The Integrated Industry”, often referred to “Industry 4.0 and “Smart Fact…
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