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Kevin Davenport

Cisco’s Global Solutions Manager

Industrial Intelligence

Kevin Davenport brings over seventeen years of industrial automation and manufacturing leadership to his role as Cisco’s Global Solutions Manager for Industrial Intelligence. He is responsible for creating, driving and delivering Cisco’s integrated and scalable whole offer market and industry strategies for our manufacturing and industrial automation customers.

As a young kid Kevin’s fascination with Lincoln Logs, Legos and Erector sets created a passion to pursue a career in the manufacturing and automation industry. He has worked at Pacific Gas and Electric, Applied Materials, Omron Electronics and Beckhoff Automation where he has engineered, and created marketing and sales strategies for a diverse set of manufacturing and automated applications ranging from discrete machine control to tightly integrated process control systems.

Kevin is looking forward to having open and collaborative dialogue with fellow blog readers who share an interest and passion for creating disruptive technology and applications that will transform the way people connect and build.

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May 18, 2015

MANUFACTURING

How to Capture the Value of Industrial IoT: Smart Connected Operations

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Despite the seeming media saturation of the Internet of Things (IoT) and the importance of industrial adoption, it was eye-opening to hear that 47% of manufacturers are still unclear on the value of IoT and how to proceed with adoption.   Cisco recently partnered with LNS Research on a research study to further understand the dynamics […]

April 17, 2015

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Beyond the Theory of IoT: Real Solutions and Answers

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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...

March 30, 2015

MANUFACTURING

Visit Cisco at Hannover Messe 2015

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Springtime in Germany brings us Hannover Messe, one of the largest industrial conferences and exhibitions in the world. This year, Cisco will feature our validated and proven Manufacturing and Power Transmission & Control solutions. Our portfolio of market-leading industrial products and solutions offered with our complete lifecycle management services that address the key challenges of […]

March 13, 2015

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IoT in Action Webcast: Opportunities and Momentum in Manufacturing

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The widespread adoption of the Internet of Things, connecting sensors, equipment, machines and assembly lines to the network is driving a manufacturing industry transformation. In fact, nearly 30 percent of all manufacturing-related firms are in some stage of piloting, implementing, or expanding IoT deployments. By 2017, an expected 80 percent will have implemented an IoT […]

January 23, 2015

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Automation World Awards First Team Honors To Cisco Systems for Leadership in Networking

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Recently, Cisco was honored in the Automation World 2014 First Team Honorees list. This award recognizes Cisco as a leader and trusted partner for manufacturing, distributing and industrial companies. A Paved Path to IoE Value We’ve heard a lot about the $14.9T value opportunity provided by the Internet of Everything (IoE) with $3.9T or 26% […]

November 26, 2014

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Industrial IP Advantage at Automation Fair 2014

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Last week, I joined my colleagues from Rockwell Automation and Panduit at the Industrial IP Advantage (IIPA) booth at Automation Fair in Anaheim.  This is the largest gathering of Rockwell Automation users where IIPA can do outreach directly to the community of controls engineers, automation managers and industrial IT professionals. Since IIPA has a vision […]

October 27, 2014

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IoT, STEM, Women, Innovation, Manufacturing and the 52% Opportunity

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I can humbly say that I can now understand, embrace and apply the phrase that my grandfather often spoke, “Son, I’ve lived a little.  Trust your eyes more than your ears.   May the HOPE experienced by your ears be the reality of your eyes.” I, one day HOPE that the reality of equality and opportunity […]

September 18, 2014

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Manufacturers Are Following the Crowd to ‘Drive’ Innovation

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The appetite for the latest new products and services is growing exponentially driven by the 24 hour, on demand, social media driven, next day delivery expecting,  ‘selfie’ posing with the new shiny object, hyper informed consumer.  Satisfying the demand for this fast-paced consumer cycle requires manufacturers to move rapidly to stay ahead of competitors and […]

August 6, 2014

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Manufacturing, IoT and Innovation – What’s the Missing LInk?

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My colleague Chet Namboodri recently discussed, “The Internet of Things and the Future of Manufacturing” with Manufacturing Revival Radio.  In the interview, Chet discussed how best in class manufacturers like GM and Stanley Black and Decker are driving innovation and capturing real business value across their value chain by developing and executing an IoT strategy. […]