Cisco has announced a new portfolio of Catalyst industrial routers to extend the power of the enterprise network to the Edge with the flexibility, security and scalability needed for IoT and digitisation success.
Featuring 5G capabilities, the portfolio enables organisations to run connected operations at scale with choice of management tools suited for both IT and operations.
According to Cisco, the unified architecture simplifies collaboration between IT and operations and streamlines their deployments from the enterprise to the Edge.
Cisco stated that the Edge is diverse and is located anywhere and everywhere – from utility substations and pipelines to roadways and the police cars and buses that run on them.
The said typically, organisations connect these environments in isolation, resulting in a fragmented network architecture, increased security vulnerabilities, and isolated data.
“Only Cisco offers a network from the enterprise to the industrial edge, with an architecture that provides visibility, automation and security from campuses and branch offices to substations, remote operating locations, fleets, on-the-go connected assets, and beyond,” said Osama Al-Zoubi, CTO, Cisco Middle East and Africa.
