digitization

May 12, 2016

EXECUTIVE PLATFORM

First-Movers Make Cybersecurity Their Digital Foundation

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To win in today’s market where disruptive startups and agile competitors are advancing on all sides, digitizing the enterprise to infuse greater agility and innovation is critical. This means transforming your operating model, which includes reimagining products and services, business models, as well as business function strategies for marketing, operations, and finance. To succeed, companies […]

May 5, 2016

GOVERNMENT

Making Streetcars Smarter in Kansas City

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Here at Cisco, we think there’s never been a better time to make cities smarter and Kansas City, Missouri is helping to lead this charge with its smart streetcar debut this week. Kansas City is getting even smarter by tapping into technology advances to change the way people work and live today which is on […]

May 4, 2016

MANUFACTURING

Vendors as Attack Vectors – The Risk You Take with Partner Services

3 min read

About the Author: Mr. Albach is the Sr. Product Line Manager of IoT Security and joined Cisco in 2010 when he defined and delivered three network security solutions with the most recent – Cisco’s first Industrial Security Appliance. Did you know you can be contractually obligated to let people you don’t know access your critical […]

April 27, 2016

MANUFACTURING

Making the Factory of the Future a Reality with FANUC

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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.

Innovation in Action: Warp Accelerated Rapid Prototyping (WARP)

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We know innovation requires more than just a great idea - it requires the successful delivery of a solution, and that starts with working prototype. A few weeks ago, we...

April 26, 2016

EXECUTIVE PLATFORM

Will Digitization Eliminate Jobs or Redefine Them?

2 min read

Digitization is impacting companies in every industry as business leaders implement digital technologies and processes to transform all aspects of their operating models. Yet, even with the growth and innovation that digitization will drive, many people fear it will eliminate jobs at a record pace. In addition, by 2020, four in 10 industry incumbents will […]

April 26, 2016

MANUFACTURING

Digitizing Your Factory Gets Easier for PROFINET Customers

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We’re excited to be at Hannover Messe this week and even more excited to announce that our network architecture now supports the PROFINET standard. This is...

April 15, 2016

MANUFACTURING

What You Missed at the North American Manufacturing Excellence Summit

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I was fortunate to attend and present at the N.American Manufacturing Excellence Summit (NAMES) last week.  It was an excellent chance to listen and learn from industry leading manufacturing executives around their best practices for lean/six-sigma, attracting and training the next generation workforce, and improving operational excellence. I was very impressed with BMW’s vision, specifically […]

The Shift from Retail Solutions to Strategic Capabilities

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Hello, everyone! My name is Ed Jimenez, and I am the new lead for Retail & Hospitality for Cisco’s Business Transformation Team. My job is to help retailers and hoteliers make better use of technologies to deliver customer experiences that align with their brand promise. I worked my way though college as a retail store […]