May 30, 2013

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Messages on Hannover Messe Part 2 – Rudolph Maly and 4th Industrial Revolution

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Rudolph Maly, Head of Cisco Connected Industries for EMEAR, talks about the 2013 Hannover Messe event in Germany and says “Welcome to the 4th Industrial Revolution!” Here is the second installment from the recent Cisco presence at Hannover Messe presence. The first installment can be viewed here: Cisco Messages on Hannover Messe Part 1, Guy […]

May 23, 2013

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“We Want More Automated Cars” Cisco Consumer Experience Report shows

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Cisco Consumer Experience Report for Automotive Surprises Many: Consumers Desire More Automated Automobiles, According to the Cisco Study I was fortunate enough to lead the Cisco team that looked at consumer experiences in the automotive industry, and the results were eye-opening. For those of you that didn’t know, the study surveyed more than 1,500 consumers […]

May 7, 2013

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Business Agility in the Evolving Workforce

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Eighty-Five percent of companies with global supply chains experienced at least one supply chain disruption in the previous 12 months.1 Risk is inherently unpredictable. Fortunately, the current workforce is undergoing its own transformation to be able to identify and manage risk on a global basis. For more than 35 years I have worked with companies […]

May 1, 2013

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Research and Development – Who are the Global Leaders?

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Following on from my recent blog about “Is Manufacturing Coming Back to the US?” one of Morgan Stanley’s Investment guys, Ruchir Sharma, (Managing Director and the head of the Emerging Markets Equity team) has a book out called ‘Breakout Nations’ and in it he says: “Every Investment idea is right for a while” He was […]

April 25, 2013

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Cisco Power Over EtherNet (POE) – What’s the Benefit to Your Business?

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An introduction to how Cisco Industrial POE can simplify electrical wiring, increase device portability, and lower Total Cost of Ownership (TCO). This is available on the Cisco IE3000 and IE2000 Series products now. IP devices are becoming Ubiquitous, and the Internet of things is upon us, and predictions are for billions of devices connected over […]

April 22, 2013

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Is Manufacturing Coming Back to the US?

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Manufacturing Exports up over past 18 months for USA. Douglas Burtnick of Aberdeen Asset Management was heard on NBR recently talking about how the US export story is really interesting, and often overlooked by those not focused on the manufacturing industry. He said…  “Companies are seeing external demand for anything from machinery, to electronics, to […]

April 11, 2013

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Cisco and ODVA at 2013 Hannover Messe

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The buzz this year at Hannover Messe Fair is around "The Integrated Industry".  One of the key technologies that's enabling this convergence is unmodified Ethernet being deployed...