Manufacturing

Written by Carlos Rojas, Global Industry Solutions Leader, Cisco Systems, Inc. What is Industry 4.0? Although many demands on manufacturers drive the need for change (increased customer preferences, improved methods of product access, new delivery and consumption models, and of course the neverendin…

When I started in technology thirty-plus years ago, I never would have imagined we’d have the smart devices we enjoy today. There are so many types of gadgets that improve our quality of life, from smart lighting and smart refrigerators (to remind you it’s time to buy more milk), even smart hairbrus…

When the largest Coca-Cola bottler in the United States recently increased their number of production centers from 5 to 13 (through acquisition) they knew that getting them to work together would be a challenge. With issues around proprietary infrastructure, an explosion of data, and the age old iss…

Connected vehicles are considered to be one of the major drivers for investment in cellular communications technologies with forecasts projecting every new vehicle produced being ‘connected’ by 2025. What does this mean with respect to the impact on communications networks? What are the applications…

One thing about Hannover Messe that is unmistakable? The huge SCALE of the event. Thousands of exhibitors. Hundreds of thousands of the world’s smartest people in manufacturing. A massive exhibition footprint. Scale is something that is very familiar to us in IoT. Scale sits at the intersection of p…

For most companies, a security breach is one opportunistic hack or algorithm away. There’s never a good time to let your guard down. This is increasingly true in the manufacturing industry, where so many companies have multiple – often global – plant locations and complex supply chain channels. The…

The excitement is building as the Cisco IoT team continues preparing for Hannover Messe, April 1 – 5, 2019. With this year’s event focused on the intersection of Industry 4.0 and artificial intelligence, we’ll be showcasing our strengths in factory networking, industrial security, edge computing and…

Next week kicks off Cisco Live! Melbourne, and four of our inter-connected Co-Innovation Centers in the greater Asia Pacific region—in Sydney, Perth, Tokyo, and Singapore–will showcase some of the world’s latest digital solutions co-developed with customers and partners. Please join us along w…

The next big thing in wireless is almost here. 5G mobile technology will soon be available, bringing the promise of compelling new uses cases and capabilities to transform industrial IoT (IIoT). But how will 5G impact networking architecture for industrial environments? Our new white paper, Demystif…