August 28, 2017

MANUFACTURING

From motorcycles to manufacturing: Using data as your competitive advantage

2 min read

This month marks the 50th anniversary of Burt Munro setting the land speed record on a motorcycle. Munro used a 1920, 1,000 CC Indian motorcycle at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah to set a record of 184.087 mph—a record that stands unbroken for its class to this very day. He was 68 years old […]

August 22, 2017

MANUFACTURING

How System Integrators Can Harness the Digital Opportunity

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Manufacturing as a culture is data driven, but the industry has been conservative when it comes to factory modernization projects. These projects provide useful data and immense value to operations.

August 14, 2017

MANUFACTURING

Manufacturers, Here’s What You Need to Know from the 2017 Midyear Cybersecurity Report

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It’s no secret that manufacturers are concerned about security. Recently, Cisco published the 2017 Midyear Cybersecurity Report (MCR), which reflects the changing security landscape for manufacturers and many industries.

August 3, 2017

MANUFACTURING

How can technology improve your NPI process?

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New product introduction (NPI), is fundamental to manufacturing. NPI is usually associated with marketing, its roots lie in the ideation process and collaboration between engineering and product management teams.

July 24, 2017

MANUFACTURING

Industrie 4.0 in Action at Viva Technology Paris 2017

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[Editor’s note:  One of the most exciting things about Industrial IoT and smart manufacturing are innovations happening all around the globe.  The blog below is from our Cisco France colleague,...

July 6, 2017

MANUFACTURING

Your Digital Factory Needs a New Network: CLUS Wrap-up

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It was hot outside, but it was cool inside Cisco Live 2017! What's more, we had exciting announcements for our manufacturing customers that could help accelerate their smart manufacturing initiatives.

June 28, 2017

MANUFACTURING

Ransomware: First WannaCry, now Nyetya

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[Editor’s note] Join us for a webinar hosted by Martin Lee, technical lead on Cisco’s Talos threat research team, to understand the latest in the new malware variant, Nyetya.  Webinar will be on Friday, June 30, 2017 at 7 am PDT / 3 pm BST / 4 pm CEST.  Hear the latest on the attack […]

June 22, 2017

MANUFACTURING

Industrial applications: What does a successful deployment look like?

1 min read

I recently took part in a plant tour with a manufacturer in the early days of modernizing its plant floor. Two decades old, this factory had always relied on manual data collection. The team hand-carried operational data back to the office to be correlated and analyzed. Then they would make improvements or address issues they […]

June 13, 2017

MANUFACTURING

Digital Manufacturing at Cisco Live 2017

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Are you an Embedded IT manufacturing professional (An IT person who also works in operations) and you’re headed to