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In today’s world of manufacturing, there is a new convergence happening. A greater number of available technologies are meeting the dynamics of changing workforces, fragile supply chains, and the ever-present market demand for better and cheaper products and services. However, manufacturers still face a unique challenge: how to maximize investments in various technologies to achieve the most impactful ROI or as we like to refer to them, “enablers of change”. At the center of this…

Dell will offer new “validated” designs — a term used for edge devices that have been tested for compatibility in a range of important capabilities in a particular field — for retail edge computing deployments and the manufacturing sector later this year, according to an announcement issued today. The idea behind both the retail and manufacturing validated designs is to provide a central infrastructure stack for the numerous individual applications that might be in use…

IT management software provider SolarWinds has launched Hybrid Cloud Observability to help organizations address issues across cloud and hybrid environments. The software and services package can monitor network performance, servers and applications; analyze logs; manage IP addresses; track user devices; and manage network quality to support real-time IP applications including VoIP and video, the company says. With all these capabilities brought together on a common interface, Hybrid Cloud Observability can simplify optimizing performance, improving availability,…

From automotive test tracks to mines, airports, seaports, and railways, Cisco is helping customers prepare for the age of autonomous vehicles by connecting mission-critical applications and data – at rest and in motion. General Motors (GM) and other manufacturers are using fiber-like wireless to shorten performance testing time, accelerate time to market for technical innovation, and enable autonomous plants. We recently announced [Cisco press release] that General Motors is the first automaker to deploy Cisco…

Cisco and DISH Wireless are teaming with Duke University and the Internet2 research network to pilot a neutral host network for higher education institutions using Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) shared spectrum. CBRS is a band of radio-frequency spectrum from 3.5GHz to 3.7GHz that the Federal Communications Commission has designated for sharing among three tiers of users: incumbent users, priority licensees, and generally authorized/lightly licensed. Neutral host networks typically let public and private entities use…