Mining

MineXpo Shows No Turning Back for Digital Mining

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Hear the insights from this year's MineXpo in Las Vegas and see driverless mining trucks.

February 26, 2015

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION

Goldcorp Raises the Bar

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Co-Authored by Patrick Gilbert, AeroScout Industrial  The connection of people, process, data and things has propelled innovation across a variety of industries. Now, the Internet of Everything has gone underground, streamlining operations, maximizing production and enhancing safety practices for one of the world’s largest gold producers. In the Baie-James region of Northern Quebec, Goldcorp has […]

November 4, 2014

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION

Predictive Maintenance: The Business Impact of IoE for Mining Companies

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What if an industrial vehicle or piece of equipment could tell you to change a part or warn you before it breaks?  The impact for mining and other industrial companies would be tremendous in terms of reduced downtime and maintenance costs.  As I spent time with mining executives at the recent SAP Mining Forum, many […]

July 3, 2014

NETWORKING

A Major IT Shift – Delivering Business Outcomes

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During geek-fests like CiscoLive, it’s easy to become hypnotized by all the amazing technology. So many smart people are innovating in so many amazing ways. When the party’s over, though, we all need to get back to business. Not just CIO’s and CTO’s – everyone in IT needs to focus on business outcomes – now […]

How Dundee Precious Metals is Reinventing Mining with Internet of Everything

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Maciej Kranz, VP and GM of Cisco’s Corporate Technology Group, shares his perspective on Dundee Precious Metals and the Internet of Everything I’ve traveled a great deal around the globe in the last year and am amazed at the interesting things organizations are doing with technology to connect the unconnected. As we enter the next […]

Mining Copper Ore — and Digital Insights — in the Internet of Everything Economy

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The Internet of Everything (IoE) is a juggernaut of change, transforming organizations in profound ways. It sows disruption, and it grants enormous opportunities. But this sweeping wave of change is not reserved for what we normally think of as “technology companies.” In the IoE economy, even seemingly “analog” endeavors must be bestowed with network connectivity, […]

March 29, 2014

GOVERNMENT

Public Safety Blog Series – Premium Mobile Broadband, a virtualized private LTE network

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Cisco’s new Quantum Virtual Packet Core technologies and Premium Mobile Broadband will provide remarkable benefits for Public Safety, Smart Cities, Utilities, Mining and more. Intelligence relies on the ability to create connections – to connect the unconnected – and to deliver the right information to the right person, machine or device that facilitates autonomous decision […]

September 10, 2013

MANUFACTURING

The Gold Value of a “Connected Mine”

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By Tony Shakib, Vice President of IoT Vertical Business, Cisco       I’ve been in IT for a long time and I often hear that data is worth its weight in gold.  Well, I recently spoke with Canadian-based Dundee Mining Company about how the data generated from their mines is now “connected” and helping […]

June 19, 2013

MANUFACTURING

Cisco Live 2013 – Manufacturing and Industry Sessions

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As Global Industry Director for Manufacturing at Cisco, Chet Namboodri is looking forward to joining you and more than 20,000 of your colleagues at our 2013 Cisco Live event in Orlando, Florida, during June 23-27. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZSs4svkY4Q As part of this year’s Cisco Live on Tuesday afternoon, June 25, I’ll be hosting a one hour break-out […]