March 12, 2013

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Cisco Live Australia 2013 a success for Connected Industries and IoT

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I just caught up with some colleagues who were present at the Cisco Live 2013 event just held in Melbourne, Australia, 5-8 March, 2013. "It was a great...

March 7, 2013

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Security, IoT and Risk Management for Industrial Networking

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Isn't it great to meet your respected peers all in one place to share ideas on improving industrial business performance? Executives, engineers, developers and analysts did just that at the...

March 4, 2013

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Cisco Connected Industries at Cisco Live! Melbourne, Australia, 5-8 March, 2013

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Check out the Connected Industries presence at Cisco Live Australia, 2013. Cisco Connected Industries are present  in Melbourne showing off some...

February 21, 2013

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Bringing Flexibility to Manufacturing through Mobile Collaboration

Manufacturing’s evolving workforce has introduced both challenges and opportunities to the manufacturing industry. With the increasing penetration of smartphones and tablets in the workplace, manufacturers are seeking ways to leverage their newly-connected workers to enhance the impact of the enterprise network and adapt to the needs of its employees and customers. The reasoning is simple. […]

February 21, 2013

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Please Welcome Jason Pates to the Cisco Manufacturing Blog

I’m pleased to introduce Jason Pates to the Cisco Manufacturing Blog. Jason leads the Manufacturing, High Tech and Energy verticals for Cisco’s Customer Business Transformation (CBT) consulting practice which is a part of the Collaboration Technology Group here at Cisco. The CBT team includes a group of experienced business consultants who work with many of […]

February 20, 2013

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Cisco Congratulates Winners of the 2013 Manufacturing Leadership 100 Awards

 As a signature sponsor of the 2013 Manufacturing Leadership Summit and members of the Manufacturing Leadership Council Cisco would like to congratulate all of the Manufacturing Leadership 100 (ML100) Award recipients that were officially announced today by Manufacturing Executive. These companies have been selected from a considerable pool of nominees from across the globe for […]

February 19, 2013

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Virtualization on the plant floor – Control Engineering Article

Virtualization on the plant floor “While IT networks already use virtualization extensively, its benefits are moving into industrial networks. Five diverse viewpoints on its advantages and implementation are offered.” Great article in the recent Control Engineering magazine on the the topic of virtualization for manufacturing environments. Control Engineering states it is a major discussion, so […]

February 13, 2013

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Initial impressions of the Cisco Industrial Smart Solution at ARC Forum

In Monday’s blog, Maciej Kranz, Cisco VP/GM for the Connected Industries Group introduced the Cisco Industrial Smart Solution which converges factory automation, control systems and enterprise business systems onto a common, standards-based IP network. Yesterday, Maciej and many others wrapped up the second of four days at the ARC World Industry Forum, discussing processes and […]