oil and gas

How IoT is addressing security threats in oil and gas

It isn’t hard to imagine the havoc a physical attack on an oil and gas operation can wreak. But few pause to consider the extent of damage that can be achieved with cyberattacks alone. Be it malware taking over control systems or ransomware shutting down data access, the consequences of cyberattacks…

September 24, 2019

INTERNET OF THINGS (IOT)

Cisco, Emerson hit the right notes in Nashville

It’s the second day of 2019 Emerson Exchange for the Americas here in Music City USA, where my Cisco colleagues and I have been actively meeting attendees at the Cisco booth. We’ve decided that Nashville is a fitting venue for discussing the Cisco-Emerson partnership – collaboration that harmonizes…

September 17, 2019

INTERNET OF THINGS (IOT)

Wi-Fi in hazardous locations: five must-haves

In oil and gas refineries and chemical manufacturing plants, Wi-Fi makes it possible to give technicians greater access to information and systems – including video conferencing with remote experts to troubleshoot operations and maintenance challenges. It enables location awareness, so it’s faster a…

Cisco and Redline Communications Team at Global Petroleum 2019

The Global Petroleum Show (GPS) is North America’s leading energy event which attracts more than 50,000 domestic and international oil and gas executives from over 21,000 companies.  This year’s event takes place June 11 – 13, 2019 at Stampede Park in Calgary, Canada.  Officials from government, nat…

Cisco and Redline Team at ENTELEC 2019

The 91st Annual ENTELEC Conference & Expo runs April 23rd – 25th at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, TX.  As one of the premier events for communications and control technologies in the energy industry, it brings together leading communications, IT/OT and networking professional…

January 30, 2019

INTERNET OF THINGS (IOT)

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…

Partnering in Oil & Gas Opportunities

Nowadays when people think of Oil & Gas they tend to link this industry with pollution, depletion of natural resources and super-rich countries that base their economies and lifestyle on the extraction of these fossil fuels in their territories. However, it is important to realize that most of t…

Cisco Kinetic Unlocks the Power of Your IoT Data

On Tuesday we announced Cisco Kinetic, a first-of-its kind IoT operations platform designed to unlock the power of data from the billions of connected devices being added to the network. In recent years, companies across the globe have embraced the idea of a hyper-connected, digital world. Now I’m s…

CiscoLive 2017! You’re the Digital Energy Superheroes

You are the champions of configuration; the sultans of software, the pashas of peripherals, the bhagwans of bandwidth, the wizards of wireless and industrial IoT; the kings and queens of the cloud. For the Superheroes, we have a Super-Event, as Cisco rolls into Las Vegas for the annual CiscoLive me…