Automated Networks for Flexible Manufacturing Cell’s

Competing in the industry as a manufacturer isn’t just about controlling costs. It’s about building an agile company that can deliver exactly what the market demands—today and tomorrow. Yet as product lifecycles get shorter every day, it doesn’t make things any easier in a mass production environment. So...

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Relying on secure wireless in harsh environments

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We announced our next generation heavy duty industrial wireless platform, the IW6300. This Class 1, Div 2, IP67 rated intrinsically safe WiFi mesh access point capable of handling some of the most challenging working environments. These harsh operating environments are often found in open mine pits, refineries, paper...

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Connected Car – What is Your Vehicle Reporting?

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We looked at In-Vehicle Infotainment, focusing on streamed media and navigation services. In this blog, we’ll look at Connected vehicle services and telemetry. What is this and what data volume does it represent? Vehicle services Some vehicle manufacturers such as Jaguar, provide additional information services to the vehicle...

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Cisco and Sentryo work together to help secure factory networks

Manufacturers, utilities, and oil & gas companies are using data and applications to improve business operations through smart manufacturing initiatives like Industrie 4.0.  To accomplish these benefits these companies recognize the need to converge their enterprise network and their factory networks with industrial Ethernet to gain a 360-degree...

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Manufacturing mobility: Data, voice, video, and location

Manufacturers use wireless to increase margins, reduce cycle times, enable lean, and improve equipment productivity. While pervasive wireless connects sensors, tools, robots, AGVs, and RFID devices, it also enables mobility. Mobility supports far more than just cell phones, tablets, and laptops. Very simply put, mobility drives data, voice,...

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Lessons from Hannover Messe: 5 Ways to Leverage IT for Your Industrial Ops

Our customers are already connecting thousands of intelligent devices and demanding new transparency from their vendors: They want to liberate plant floor data from operational silos and proprietary technologies. Only by doing this will they be able to adapt to the latest advances in automation, sensor technology, and...

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