IoT

Digital transformation, digital business, digitization, digital disruption. There are countless ways to phrase it, but it boils down to this. When digital technologies enable new business models, that’s digital transformation. Digital factory initiatives are generating incredible business outcomes,…

The 2017 Cisco Mobile Visual Networking Index (VNI) forecasts, for the first time, 5G connections and traffic. We estimate, there will be about 25 million global 5G-capable devices and connections by 2021 (representing 0.2 percent of total mobile devices and connections). Those 5G devices and connec…

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…

Author: Ian Payton, Security Advisory EMEAR Introduction Too frequently security professionals only consider software vulnerabilities when considering the risks of connecting devices to their networks and systems. When it comes to considering potential risks of connected devices and the Internet of…

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…

Internet of Things (IoT) is the term du jour. As adoption increases the natural question becomes, how has it been secured? To understand an effective security strategy for IoT, we first need to understand where the value from IoT is generated. The ability to use data, collected from a variety of loc…

Things were a bit quieter at Enterprise Connect today as the event came to a close with a few morning sessions and the final summary panel concluding at noon. Panels Bots, AI and IoT: Will They Transform Customer Care? Sheila McGee-Smith brought together the panel to discuss some of the latest force…

A year ago, I introduced our Enterprise NFV solution. This year at CiscoLive Berlin (#CLEUR), we announced solutions that extend virtualization beyond the branch, across the entire enterprise network and to the cloud. Every day, we see how digital transformation is changing the way we work, live, pl…

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…