Industry Solutions

Efficiency and Flexibility on the Factory Floor

The Cisco Ethernet to the Factory (EttF) open-standard networking solution helps enable flexible and efficient operations based on the integration of real-time data from the production floor and information from business applications.

Built on an end-to-end networking architecture that provides connectivity, collaboration, and integration from the device level to enterprise business systems, the solution is designed and validated by the industry leaders in networking and automation, Cisco and Rockwell Automation.

The Cisco Ethernet to the Factory solution helps manufacturing companies to:

• Globalize operations through IT integration with automation systems and a scalable architecture that helps enable secure plant-to-business convergence
• Improve operational costs and efficiency through familiar tools and secure remote access to plant floor systems
• Mitigate risks by improving network uptime and equipment availability with an industry-leading security architecture

This solution incorporates Cisco's industry-leading network-based security solutions to protect critical manufacturing systems while allowing secure access for authorized personnel, regardless of location.