Helping customers reduce cyber risk by complying with NIS2 and securely managing industrial assets

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This week, I’m attending Cisco Live in Amsterdam! Together with my team, we’re excited to exchange insights and network with our customers and industry leaders. Our focus is to interact with customers firsthand, grasp their preferences, and highlight how our latest portfolio upgrades cater to their requirements.Up to...

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Cisco wins Manufacturing Solution of the Year award for integrating industrial security with networking

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We are thrilled to announce that Cisco’s unified OT security and networking architecture is named “Smart Manufacturing Solution of the Year” in the 2024 IoT Breakthrough Awards.Industrial security can be a complex undertaking, and yet OT security is quintessential for modern Industrial IoT (IIoT) operations. IIoT systems generally...

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The Power of LTE 450 for Critical Infrastructure

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In case of disasters, a reliable communication network is critical. The emergency centers need to be able to exchange information to coordinate their response in the field. Service providers need to keep their network live. Power utilities need to be able to keep the electric grid up and...

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SD WAN solutions for utility Distribution Automation

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Networks are expanding outside traditional office buildings and into industrial fixed and mobile use cases. This results in more devices being connected to the Internet and data centers as well as increased security exposure. IoT has moved traditional networking far beyond the carpeted spaces and into industries like...

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Cisco Catalyst IE9300 Rugged Series switches: Enterprise-grade industrial-strength

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Realizing the full potential of industrial digitization requires extensive connectivity of operations assets wherever they might be – at busy city intersections, inside utility substations, in rail and subway stations, along extreme temperatures and high-vibration production lines, within wind or solar farms, in mines and in oilfields. In...

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Mining innovation: Underground mining visibility, locating assets and protecting people

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Enabling autonomous operations and understanding the location of people and assets in real time are necessary for realizing fully operational smart mines. Smart mines require the ability to make good decisions based on large volumes of data, specifically within tunnels. This capability requires enhanced network availability and corresponding...

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Something New: AP Discovery Methods for 6GHz Wi-Fi – Part 2

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In Part 1 (Something Old) we looked at basic changes to the physical layer provided by wave 1 of 801.11ax, how these changes can affect performance, and how OFDMA enables the optimal use of the 6GHz spectrum. In this second article, we’ll explore “something new:” the challenges of...

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Wi-Fi 6E, Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue – Part 1

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With the recent release of a number of Wi-Fi 6E-enabled devices at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), now is a good time to take into account some of the benefits that Wi-Fi 6/6E provides. Wi-Fi 6/6E was not an “incremental” change, it was a major leap forward with...

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Cisco Catalyst IE3100 Rugged Series switches: Big benefits, small footprint

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Now making its entrance is our latest and most compact industrial managed Ethernet switch, the Catalyst IE3100 Rugged Series. First announced in February 2023, these switches are now shipping and are ready to power your industrial networks, especially in space-constrained deployments, where every inch matters.Part of a powerhouse...

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Communication Service Providers: the Potential Power Behind an Inclusive Internet

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Gartner defines communication service providers (CSPs) as those who offer telecommunications services, media, information, content, entertainment, and applications services over networks. We know them as our telecommunications companies, our cable service provider, our satellite broadcast operators, and our cloud communications providers. CSPs are arguably the most important players...

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