IoT Security

Protect Vital Services in Advanced Medical Care, Automated Manufacturing, and Power Generation and Delivery From time to time, I find it’s helpful to pause and take stock of why I do what I do. Recently, I found myself talking with a CEO of a medical startup. Their goal was to improve the care of ca…

At the 2017 Hannover Messe this week, I talked with dozens of manufacturing execs trying to figure out how to move forward their platforms, teams, and philosophies to enable Industrie 4.0 outcomes at scale. Our customers are already connecting thousands of intelligent devices and demanding new trans…

I recently participated in a panel discussion Solving the IoT Talent Puzzle at the 2017 Internet of Manufacturing Business Conference on behalf of Cisco and the Internet of Things (IoT) Talent Consortium. Alongside other industry leaders Rockwell Automation, MIT, and the State of Illinois we discuss…

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…

April showers brings May flowers but if you are in Germany in late April, Hannover Messe is the breeding ground for innovation in the global manufacturing industry. HM is the largest Manufacturing show in Europe and due to the advancements that are being made with Industrie 4.0 and Industrial IoT ar…

Manufacturing to IT: “You just don’t understand the reality of the factory floor.” IT to Manufacturing: “Your legacy systems expose us to security and hackers.” Greater than 99% of the companies I visit waste time, budget, and emotional cycles battling between the information technology (IT) a…

Enable – Differentiate – Define. This is the message Cisco brought to DistribuTECH 2017, and as the utility industry experiences their own Digital Business Transformation, the Digital Vortex draws them ever closer to the whirlwind. With new technologies and capabilities emerging almost daily, the co…

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…

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…