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Vikas Butaney

SVP and General Manager

Secure WAN and Industrial IoT

As the Senior Vice President and General Manager of Cisco Secure WAN and Industrial IoT, Vikas Butaney leads product strategy, roadmap, and development for Cisco Routing and SD-WAN, Industrial Networking, Industrial Cyber Security, and Multicloud Networking. As networking and security become more tightly integrated, Vikas has led the implementation of an SD-WAN offering with comprehensive security built-in. Bringing all these technologies together with the Cisco Networking Cloud vision, Vikas is helping customers simplify, secure, and scale their businesses. Vikas engages closely with customers across key industries like manufacturing, retail, financial services, energy, and the public sector as they undergo digital transformation – increasing the emphasis of their security practice, moving toward cloud-based and hybrid operating models, and securely connecting assets, applications, and data from their offices to their operational areas. His team of developers, product managers, technical marketers, industry experts, and business development professionals have enabled hundreds of thousands of successful SD-WAN, security, and IIoT deployments. Vikas has developed several successful incubation businesses by fostering innovative teams and pioneering new business models. Prior to this role, Vikas held the position of VP, Product Management for Cisco Industrial IoT and other leadership roles in Cisco network engineering. Vikas also brings experience from working at cloud and mobility start-ups including Accelera and Mobile Iron. Vikas serves on the board of directors for Seeq. Vikas earned his M.S. in Electrical Engineering focusing on Optical and Data Communications from Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, VA.

Articles

May 26, 2020

INDUSTRIAL IOT

New innovations for more connected devices, performance, and power at the IoT edge

4 min read

Cisco IoT is announcing three new innovations to securely connect and scale your remote operations bringing real-time and bandwidth heavy IoT applications to fruition – anywhere – with the security and simplicity to scale with existing IT capabilities.

June 10, 2019

INDUSTRIAL IOT

Cisco Live US: Let’s Accelerate Outcomes at the IoT Edge

3 min read

Cisco extends intent-based networking to the IoT Edge and hazardous locations with IP67 rated Catalyst Heavy Duty Series switches and wireless access points.

February 6, 2019

INDUSTRIAL IOT

One Utility Network for the Modern Grid

3 min read

Utility networks are transforming worldwide, and Cisco is leading the way by providing flexible deployment solutions at scale, with multi-layered grid security.

November 15, 2018

INDUSTRIAL IOT

Cisco Empowers Partners to Accelerate Their IoT Business

3 min read

At the Cisco Partner Summit in Las Vegas, our customers discuss how IoT is changing their businesses. We also show our partners how Cisco can accelerate IoT opportunities.

October 15, 2018

INDUSTRIAL IOT

Cisco to Offer Wi-SUN Certified IoT Products for Secure Utility and Smart City Deployments

1 min read

As a Sponsor member of the Wi-SUN Alliance, Cisco has been actively working with member companies to define, test, and deliver a common open-standards based profile for this interoperability.

June 20, 2018

INDUSTRIAL IOT

Helping Enterprises Scale IoT Deployments with Secure Computing at the Edge

4 min read

The new Cisco Industrial Compute Gateway IC3000 offers built-in security and manageability at scale, enabling faster decision making at the edge by processing and normalizing data from various sensors.

November 29, 2017

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION

Bridging the IoT Computing Gap: Edge Compute, IoT Gateways, and AWS

3 min read

Exciting demo from Cisco at AWS re:Invent -- an example of Cisco working with AWS to help developers bridge the IoT computing gap from cloud to the edge.

Cisco’s LoRaWAN Solution 2.0 Boosts Capabilities to Accelerate Adoption

4 min read

How are copper spools, garbage bins, a cool wireless technology, and Cisco related? Answer: Cisco’s LoRaWAN Solution 2.0! I know that may sound cryptic – let me explain this better.

From Asset Tracking to a Connected Mouse Trap

2 min read

From outdoor geolocation and asset tracking to a connected mouse trap, LoRaWAN™ is all about making connections and powering innovation.

September 22, 2016

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION

Cisco Delivers Industrial IoT Network Management for Operations Teams

2 min read

Today Cisco announces a new software product purpose-built for operations teams to manage industrial Ethernet networks across their Industrial Internet of Things (IoT) initiatives. The Industrial Network Director...

3 Ways Cisco is Enhancing the Industrial IoT

5 min read

As the Internet of Things (IoT) gains widespread adoption, we now have the opportunity to accelerate business outcomes. Whether a business needs to create agile supply chains, automate manufacturing processes, or reduced operating costs, Cisco Industrial IoT solutions and products make it easier to innovate, boost productivity and derive value from IoT data. The new […]

Low Power Wide Area: LoRa – Emerging IoT Technology Accelerating Service Provider and Smart City Services

2 min read

The Internet of Things (IoT) is accelerating the Digital World. All Connected things however, don’t have the same characteristics in terms of connectivity, bandwidth capacity and deployment. Until recently, the range of wide area connectivity technologies for M2M and IoT applications were largely limited to powered devices over cellular and WiFi. As cities become digital, […]