Cisco and Rockwell connect IT and OT for industrial AI
Factory data often sits inside operational systems that are separate from enterprise IT. Cisco and Rockwell Automation are targeting that divide with a software-defined manufacturing architecture that links plant-floor systems with higher-level computing environments.
The companies’ Full-Stack Software-Defined Manufacturing architecture combines Cisco’s software-defined networking with Rockwell Automation’s software-defined automation. Cisco detailed the approach recently, describing it as infrastructure for moving industrial data between operational technology (OT) environments and computing systems used for analytics and AI.
The reference design addresses one of the technical requirements behind industrial AI: getting operational data from machines, sensors, controllers, and production systems into environments where it can be processed. Cisco and Rockwell said the architecture creates secure data paths between plant-floor equipment and compute resources located at the edge or in the cloud.
Cisco and Rockwell also identify isolated industrial data as a barrier to wider use of analytics and AI in manufacturing. Their architecture...
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