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Cisco and Bit Stew Set Out to Transform the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) – One Customer at a Time
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We’ve introduced several of the key figures within Bit Stew and shared with you the ways they are working to bring the IIoT to fruition, particularly within the energy sector. I had a chat with Kevin Collins, CEO of Bit Stew to discuss the next opportunities for the company: “It’s an exciting day at Bit […]
Securing Your Industrial Networks by Aligning IT and OT
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In the first six months of 2013, 53 percent of cybersecurity incidents were in the energy sector, according to the Department of Homeland Security. As cyber-attacks are becoming increasingly prevalent in industries that support our critical infrastructure, it’s crucial that business leaders adopt security process designed to address these new threats. Are you ready? While […]
Oil and the Smart Pipe – Article on The Network, Cisco, by Scott Gurvey
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Scott Gurvey (the famous New York bureau chief and senior correspondent of the PBS broadcast Nightly Business Report for more than 20 years) has written a thought-provoking piece on “The Network” (Cisco’s Technology News Site). Safety is the key in the Oil and Gas industry. Whether it’s people, infrastructure, or the environment, the industry is […]
Summary: A New Reality for Oil & Gas
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An excellent post from Mike Riegel talks about how things have changed between the Tech industry and the Oil and Gas Industry over the past 20 years. The conversations he once had with his father-in-law who was at Mobil Oil have changed dramatically since the nineties. Oil companies are now ‘Digitizing’: The Digital Age has come […]
Combating Cyber-Attacks Through Cyber Intelligence & Security: Part One
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Hello and welcome to Part One of my new blog series discussing cyber intelligence and security around the critical infrastructure sectors in the U.S. Cyber-attacks are becoming increasingly prevalent and threatening to utilities, refineries, military defense systems, water treatment plants and other sectors of our critical infrastructure. Part One of this series details the dangers […]
Bit Stew and Cisco collaborate to bring intelligence and automation to the digital oil field
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I caught up with Franco Castaldini, VP, Marketing at Bit Stew Systems to talk about Bit Stew and Cisco and wanted to know about where Bit Stew are going with product offerings, industry solutions, and customer engagements. This is what he told me: “It’s an exciting time for Bit Stew Systems as we extend our heritage in […]
Incidence Response – Safety, Reliability and Recovery for Industry and Workers
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Dan O’Malley talks about Cisco Systems offerings that are resonating in the Energy Industry and elsewhere. Cisco helps customers pre-plan for storms and to respond to disasters with sophisticated collaboration and device connectivity enabling technologies. Many new technologies enable worker safety and visibility using 2-way radios, smart devices, and mobile broadband “connecting people and devices […]
Industrial Operations Kit shown off at San Diego Conference
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You may already have seen the announcement of the Cisco Industrial Operations kit (if not you can read about it here: New Cisco Offerings Help Unlock the Industrial Value of the Internet of Things). As organizations such as utilities, oil, gas and energy companies, and municipalities, look to leverage new IoT applications, demand is growing […]
Seeing is believing – Graphics Conference first day brings together industry players with Cisco
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No longer just the domain of gamesters and young-at-heart, the graphics industry is now providing stunning performance to all sorts of industries such as manufacturing, finance, healthcare and design. Perhaps none more so though than the Oil and Gas Industry, as companies explore in harder-to-get-at places and dangers to workers are greater than ever. The GPU […]