Newark, an Avnet Company, is partnering with Cisco to offer industrial IoT network solutions for harsh and non-carpeted environments to customers across North America. Cisco is a worldwide technology leader in networking solutions and develops products for network connectivity, data control and exchange, connectivity management, and edge computing all in a secure environment. The partnership…

Updated PoE specs let significant amounts of power flow down networking cables, so much that Ethernet wiring now can double as a power delivery system. Leland Teschler | Executive Editor Back in 2003, you could read articles about a new networking standard called Power over Ethernet (PoE). It allowed network devices to get dc power…

IT systems leverage firewalls to monitor security risks on the IT network. But these IT firewalls are not aware of industrial protocols used on the plant floor – limiting the ability to minimize risk throughout the entire network. Cisco and Rockwell Automation are collaborating to develop a deep-packet-inspection (DPI) technology for use in industrial security…

As industrial markets evolve to unlock the promise of the Internet of Things (IoT), Rockwell Automation and Cisco announced additions to their Converged Plantwide Ethernet (CPwE) architectures to help operations technology (OT) and information technology (IT) professionals address constantly changing security practices. The latest CPwE security expansions, featuring technology from both companies, include design guidance…

Edited by Leslie Langnau, Managing Editor The trend of converging industrial networks with enterprise networks is encountering several challenges including lack of consistent guidance and recommendations and legacy systems. Use of the Converged Plantwide Ethernet system can resolve many of these challenges. As manufacturing companies expand their global operations to take advantage of new opportunities…