It’s simply two weeks since Cisco Live 2023 in Las Vegas wrapped up. The pleasure and power on the occasion have been contagious. We loved many discussions with prospects and companions concerning the industrial IoT improvements we launched on the occasion.
It’s clear that safety and visibility throughout the economic surroundings are vital. To obtain this, organizations want insights into their safety posture, and management and oversight of distant entry to their linked industrial property, in addition to safe entry to knowledge from these property. Often, these capabilities are enabled by introducing level {hardware} options, which in themselves improve the assault floor, whereas additionally increasing upkeep wants. We have been excited to speak about how we’re serving to organizations tackle this problem: cloud-based IoT Operations Dashboard now lets you deploy OT companies that present safety and knowledge entry capabilities instantly onto your Cisco Catalyst industrial switches. This eliminates the necessity for these level {hardware} options, and so the potential for cyber-attack is diminished, whereas upkeep prices are contained. This reduces price and danger throughout the group.
IoT Operations Dashboard delivers on the Cisco Networking Cloud imaginative and prescient to simplify IT. It permits easy, constant experiences throughout our portfolio with the pliability to satisfy your particular wants. And on the similar time we proceed to drive innovation in connectivity with new fashions for the Cisco Catalyst IE9300 and the brand new industrial wi-fi IW9165I system—a wi-fi entry level for industrial environments with an inside antenna.
There have been many memorable moments – from formal shows to casual conversations. However, a key theme that shone by was how industrial organizations are accelerating their digital transformation, and the way they want the best instruments to drive this transformation efficiently. The challenges are actual throughout many {industry} verticals, like manufacturing, utilities, and transportation.
Real-world examples
Great insights have been supplied by Dr. Henning Loeser, head of Audi manufacturing lab and Tony Geara, Deputy chief of mobility innovation on the City of Detroit, as company in Samuel Pasquier’s Innovation Talk entitled ‘Improving the IT + OT Partnership Experience to Digitize the Physical World’, Dr. Loeser mentioned challenges confronted in manufacturing and Tony spoke about delivering long run resilience, sustainability, and security for roadways. Dr. Loeser described how Audi is main the way in which in enhancing safety and lowering complexity on the manufacturing unit flooring by virtualization. He highlighted the partnership between Audi and Cisco, and defined how the manufacturing lab is aware of why digitization is important and Cisco has been instrumental in serving to IT implement the answer.
In flip, Tony described the complexity of Detroit metropolis roadways infrastructure and challenges confronted, together with the beforehand excessive price of car and pedestrian fatalities. He mentioned the significance of connectivity and entry to knowledge, and the way his groups plan to make use of this to dramatically enhance security, in partnership with Cisco.
Shared concepts in {industry} summits
We have been delighted to carry three {industry} summits, targeted on manufacturing, roadways and transportation, and utilities. In these summits, prospects and companions engaged with us in open discussions and Cisco consultants shared greatest practices and recommendation on how you can tackle industry-specific challenges. We had nice discussions that enabled us to know the place prospects acquire probably the most profit from our merchandise and options, and what we have to do extra of. I used to be excited to attend the Utilities summit, the place prospects and companions shared their challenges. And we heard from power service suppliers and companions how they’re creating extremely resilient communication networks in partnership with Cisco to ship a dependable power provide.
Solutions in motion
As ever, our Cisco staff within the World of Solutions welcomed prospects and companions to a full set of demonstrations. Here are a couple of takeaways:
Takeaway #1: Security is vital for industrial networks.
Solutions for securing industrial networks embrace a mixture of safety posture visibility, zero belief, and distant entry. We confirmed how Cisco Cyber Vision supplies visibility of the safety posture of each system or asset on the economic community. Cyber Vision additionally integrates with Cisco Identity Services Engine for sharing asset profiles and the economic zones and conduits that ought to be enforced by microsegmentation. This permits a “zero trust” strategy to connecting industrial property, making certain they’ll solely talk with particular gadgets and solely as soon as they’ve been granted community entry. And Secure Equipment Access retains linked property secure by offering managed, safe entry for upkeep and troubleshooting.
Takeaway #2: Scaling discipline operations is getting rather a lot simpler.
Cisco consultants illustrated how easy it’s to deploy OT companies from the cloud to our Cisco Catalyst industrial switches with IoT Operations Dashboard. Participants have been enthusiastic concerning the hands-on demonstrations of our cloud-based IoT Operations Dashboard with Secure Equipment Access, Cyber Vision, and Edge Intelligence.
Delivered from the cloud and operating natively on our industrial switches and routers, these OT companies take away the necessity for complicated level {hardware} options. To make this actual, the demo highlighted a use case for roadways, utilizing a LiDAR sensor and site visitors management system with signage. The demo confirmed how IoT Operations Dashboard’s cloud-delivered OT companies simplify upkeep and administration of linked property on the roadside – making it straightforward to scale up operations and defend vital infrastructure.
Takeaway #3: Wireless can go right here, there, and anyplace.
Different functions want totally different wi-fi options to offer connectivity in a variety of commercial environments. One dimension doesn’t match all. Our complete portfolio of commercial wi-fi options helps Wi-Fi, Ultra-Reliable Wireless Backhaul, 5G, LTE and LoRaWAN. Meeting the wants of shoppers who want to attach cameras or laptops outdoor, robots on the manufacturing flooring, tele-remote functions in ports and mines, low-power sensors deployed over intensive areas or building-to-building connections the place fiber is just not an choice.
We confirmed our vary of Cisco Catalyst IW heavy responsibility entry factors, together with the brand new Catalyst IW9167I, our newest Wi-Fi 6/Wi-Fi 6E-ready industrial and out of doors entry level. We additionally highlighted LoRaWAN and our industrial sensors – a subject my colleague Kevin Holcomb and I lined in an interactive breakout session. (To everybody who attended, a giant “thank you” for being such a tremendous viewers!)
And that’s a wrap. It’s not straightforward to seize every thing from the occasion, nonetheless it was superb to have the chance to have interaction in so many periods, shows and discussions and listen to from you, our valued prospects and companions.
Do mark your calendar for February 5-9, 2024, Cisco Live in Amsterdam, the place we’re trying ahead to sharing what’s subsequent.
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