Bryan Tantzen's Articles
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Manufacturing
Lessons from Hannover Messe: 5 Ways to Leverage IT for Your Industrial Ops
At the 2017 Hannover Messe, dozens of manufacturing execs were trying to figure out how to move forward their platforms, teams, and philosophies to enable Industrie 4.0 outcomes at scale.
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Manufacturing
Making the Factory of the Future a Reality with FANUC
FANUC announced a collaborative effort with Cisco, Rockwell Automation, and Preferred Networks (PFN) to jointly develop the FANUC Intelligent Edge Link and Drive (FIELD) system.
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Manufacturing
The Future of Manufacturing in a Connected World: Learn More at Automation Fair
Recently, there’s been a lot of discussion around digital disruption in various industries and in particular, how manufacturers need to jumpstart their digital transformation and adopt digital business models. We
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Manufacturing
Connected Machines: Reducing Unplanned Downtime and Improving Service
Many manufacturers operate at high volumes, and unplanned production downtime is costly. One leading auto manufacturer estimates unplanned downtime in a factory can cost them as much as $20,000 per
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Manufacturing
Mitigating Security Threats in Manufacturing with Cisco’s Connected Factory
Today’s manufacturing industry faces an aging industrial machinery infrastructure that presents huge security challenges poised for continued growth in the coming months and years. Increasingly, manufacturers are beginning…
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Manufacturing
Making the ‘Plant of the Future’ a Reality Today
At Automation Fair last month, I participated in several sessions and industry forums as part of Cisco’s participation in this event, which is Rockwell Automation’s largest user conference. What struck
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Manufacturing
Compelling Use Cases for Wireless in the Factory
At Automation Fair this week, we are announcing major enhancements to our Cisco Connected Factory solution with new wireless and mobility capabilities. This solution, called Factory Wireless, builds on the
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Digital Transformation
The Internet of Things and the Future of Business
As SAP says, the trends reshaping your world will ultimately transform the way you do business. Today, Cisco and SAP join together to deliver their visions for the Internet of
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Manufacturing
Business Scenarios for a Connected Factory
In a recent blog post, Tony Shakib, VP of the IoT Business Unit here at Cisco, described how the “Road to the Connected Factory is made Easier” with some enhancements
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Collaboration
How to “collaboration enable” your business process
Low Adoption. Poor economies of scale. High Cost. No ROI. Failure. Difficult to imagine these words being used to describe a collaboration initiative around knowledge & document management systems, enterprise
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