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The Rockwell Automation and Cisco partnership helps you create a strong, secure network infrastructure as the foundation for digital transformation. Together, the two companies provide industrial network and security solutions to help you integrate your plant floor with your enterprise network. With Rockwell Automation’s expertise in operations technology (OT) and Cisco’s expertise in IT, you get the best of both worlds.

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Watch the Rockwell Automation and Cisco CEOs at Automation Fair 2020, as they discuss how the partnership is helping customers solve industrial networks challenges as they converge IT and OT.

“…As we bring The Connected Enterprise® to life through the Cisco partnership, it’s really about creating that strong foundation for taking data and turning it into useful information.”

-Blake Moret, Rockwell Automation CEO

13+ year Strategic Alliance Partnership solving IT and OT convergence challenges to achieve digital transformation

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And positively impact your business outcomes, such as:

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  • Reducing downtime and accelerating speed of maintenance
  • Increasing productivity
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Together, Rockwell Automation and Cisco understand the IT and OT challenges manufacturers face daily. The two companies have tested and validated a set of architectures we call Converged Plantwide Ethernet (CPwE) to help you more quickly and easily design your network infrastructure.

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