Rockwell Automation and Cisco are committed to help your business performance by bridging technical and cultural gaps between production and business systems. Digitalization requires the connection of isolated systems and processes to support modern IIoT technologies. Rockwell Automation and Cisco leverage best practices from operations and information technology with jointly developed resources, products, and training.
Watch the Rockwell Automation and Cisco CEOs discuss customer needs and the value proposition of our strategic alliance partnership.
“…As we bring The Connected Enterprise® to life, it’s really about creating that strong foundation for taking data and turning into useful information.”
-Blake Moret, Rockwell Automation CEO
13+ year Strategic Alliance Partnership solving IT/OT convergence challenges to achieve digital transformation for The Connected Enterprise
Rockwell Automation and Cisco Strategic Alliance Partners
The foundation for secure, successful digital transformation and IT/OT Convergence
Together, we address relevant industry initiatives
- Digital transformation
- IT/OT convergence
- Cybersecurity threats and attacks
- Predictive analytics and maintenance
- Industrial IoT device proliferation
- Adoption of wireless in the OT space
- Smart, connected machines
And positively impact key business outcomes
- Improve resource efficiency and utilization
- Reduce cybersecurity risks
- Enhance business continuity
- Increase business agility
- Reduce downtime and accelerate speed of maintenance
- Increase productivity
Converged Plantwide Ethernet Design
Together, Rockwell Automation and Cisco understand the IT and OT challenges manufacturer’s face like limited network and data visibility, underutilized resources, cybersecurity threats, and the need for agility to respond to changing market demands. Converged Plantwide Ethernet (CPwE) solves these and other common business problems to enable a successful digital transformation.
Resources to Help You Get Started
Network infrastructure is the foundation for successful digital transformation. You can reduce risks and improve connectivity with tested and validated architectures by Cisco and Rockwell Automation.
✓ Secure
✓ Reliable
✓ Simplified
✓ Scalable
Benefit from Rockwell Automation and Cisco Solutions
From CPwE architectures and jointly developed products to comprehensive cybersecurity and lifecycle services, Rockwell Automation and Cisco provide solutions that enable business agility, optimize production and minimize risk.
Impact Your Business Outcomes
Enable Business Agility
✓ Transform proprietary systems to open systems
✓ Capture, consolidate, store, and manage operational data
✓ Respond in real-time to changing customer demands
✓ Reduce time to scale new products and services
Optimize Production Yield
✓ Streamline network architecture
✓ Minimize unscheduled downtime
✓ Improve ease of maintenance and time to repair
✓ Enable workforce with new skillsets
Minimize Risk
✓ Secure network architecture with end-to-end security
✓ Increase visibility of network traffic, use access, and activities
✓ Safeguard workers, assets, and information
✓ Accelerate threat detection and mitigation
Solve Tough Industry Problems Together
Rockwell Automation and Cisco have combined IT and OT domain expertise across multiple industries to meet your unique challenges with proven, repeatable, and scalable solutions.
