The Internet of Things (IoT) brings with it enormous potential, but only if a business can get it right. Each company has its own specific set of IoT requirements and needs an infrastructure that will grow and adapt with their business. Most IoT projects struggle because they cannot scale to production, while security is an afterthought.
As a result, says network infrastructure leader Cisco,
it is introducing new IoT networking products, developer tools, validated
design guides and partner specialisations to deliver greater scale, flexibility
and security for IoT environments.
The innovations, announced at Cisco Live 2019 in
Barcelona this week, include (as supplied by Cisco):
- New IoT Networking platforms: Cisco is introducing new
Catalyst industrial switches and industrial Integrated Services
routers purpose-built for IoT environments. They are powered by IOS
XE – the modern operating system that powers intent-based networking
across the campus, branch and WAN. The new platforms are managed by Cisco
DNA Center, which gives customers a single pane of glass view across
their campus, branch and IoT environments.
- IoT Developer Tools: Cisco’s developer
program, DevNet, features a new set of developer tools to enable customers and
partners to unleash innovation at the IoT Edge. Ecosystem partners now have a
consistent way to build and manage applications at the edge and enable the
extra flexibility customers need to enable better business outcomes. The new IoT Developer
Center is complete with learning materials, developer tools and
support resources so partners can start building solutions and applications
today.
- Blueprints for Utilities,
Manufacturing and Remote and Mobile Assets: Working with industry partners,
Cisco has created three new Cisco
Validated Designs: blueprints for IoT architectures that have been
tried, tested and proven to deliver business results. Cisco Validated Designs enables customers and partners to quickly
accelerate from proofs of concept to successful, scaled deployments
- IoT Partner Trainings: Cisco partners are critical
for successful implementation of IoT Projects. Cisco is building a global ecosystem
of IoT partners by providing IoT training and specialization programs. Cisco
IoT certified partners gain the highest visibility across our sales teams and
customers as trusted advisors across all IoT projects. Cisco also has a rich
ecosystem of industry partners, ISVs, machine builders and service providers to
deliver IoT projects for customers in manufacturing, transportation, energy,
retail, public sector and more.
“In IoT, the conversation is about business outcomes.
It starts with secure connectivity as the foundation of every IoT deployment. By
providing scale, flexibility and security, we’re turning the network into a
secret weapon for our IoT customers,” said Liz Centoni, senior vice president
and general manager, IoT at Cisco. “And, with a new DevNet IoT developer
center, we’re empowering thousands of partners and developers around the world
to build upon our IoT platform.”
“We closely collaborated with Cisco on Cisco’s new
compact, low-power industrial router to meet the stringent environmental and
safety standards used in the utilities industry,” said Didier Hinguant, telecom
director, Enedis. “We operate and deploy our connected grid with thousands of
Cisco routers via Field Network Director zero touch provisioning, with an
agile, highly secure and future proof network using IPv6 to address our
scalability constraints.”
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