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Cisco portfolio for utilities: What can we help you solve today?
Electric utilities
Water utilities
Industrial networking
Operational security and safety
Secure connected workforce
- Explore the use cases
- Explore the architectures
- __________
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Electric utilities
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Water utilities
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Industrial networking
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Operational security and safety
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Secure connected workforce
Distribution automation (DA)
- Overview
- Business overview
- Products and services
- __________
Manage voltage levels throughout the power distribution systems and automate power restoration.
Business overview
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Industry drivers
- Improve reliability of distribution grid from fewer and shorter interruptions
- Improve efficiency by reducing technical and nontechnical losses due to natural disasters and other events
- Public funding supporting sustainability
- Maintain acceptable voltage levels along the distribution feeder
- Incorporate distributed energy from renewable systems
- Develop solutions that can support sustainability goals
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Business needs
- Asset monitoring
- Minimize interruptions and restore power to disabled circuits and customers quickly
- Regulatory compliance
- Improve margin and reduce OpEx
- Measure, comply, and report on industry standards
- Improve power quality
- Reduce energy costs
- Support more sustainable business practices
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Capabilities
- Locate, isolate, reconfigure, and restore power to healthy sections of a circuit
- Create secure, highly-reliable communications to the FLISR infrastructure to ensure application uptime is maximized
- Zero touch deployment
- Denser capacitor bank and voltage regulator placement
- More frequent VVO measurement and control
- Secure connections
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Business outcomes
- Improved safety for grid infrastructure
- Integrated grid planning
- Real-time monitoring and analytics
- Regulatory compliance
- Higher margins from reduced OpEx improves outage restoration times
- Optimize System Average Interruption Frequency Index (SAIFI) scores for regulatory compliance
- Reduced energy loss and thermal leakage can result in lower carbon footprint related to energy and thermal-related emissions
- Reduced truck rolls/trips can result in lower carbon footprint for travel-related emissions
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Stakeholders
- Distribution engineering
- OT telecom
- Telecomm engineering
- Protection engineering
- Control systems engineering
- CISO
- Chief sustainability officer
- Security department
- Grid planning personnel
- Corporate risk
- Independent power producers
- Procurement
Products and services
Free trials and special offers
Use case architecture
Cisco products
| Component | |
|---|---|
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Routing |
Catalyst IR8100 Heavy Duty Series Routers Catalyst IR1100 Rugged Series Router IR510 WPAN Industrial Routers IR530 Series Resilient Mesh Range Extender |
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Switching |
Catalyst IE9300 Rugged Series Switches Catalyst Industrial Ethernet (IE) Switches Portfolio |
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Wireless |
Wi-SUN mesh 5G, LTE backhaul Public LTE (5G), Private LTE (4G/5G), FirstNet Band 14, Anterix Band 8 |
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Network management (on premises) |
Cisco IoT Field Network Director |
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Network management (cloud-based) |
SD-WAN |
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User and device authentication and profiling |
Identity Services Engine (ISE) |
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Security |
Secure Firewall Secure Firewall Threat Defense Manager Secure Firewall ISA3000 |
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Domain name services (DNS) |
Cisco Umbrella |
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Visibility and analysis |
Cyber Vision Secure Network Analytics |
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Real-time threat identification |
Talos threat intelligence |
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Edge compute |
Catalyst IR1100 Rugged Series Router IR510 WPAN Industrial Routers |
Special offers above
Cisco Services
| Category | Services |
|---|---|
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Core Services |
Cisco Lifecycle Services |
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Support Services |
Expert Care |
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Smart Net Total Care |
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Software Support Services (Enhanced, Premium) |
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Solution Support (hardware, software) |
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Advanced Services |
Advanced Services Transactional |
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Training |
Learning and Certifications |
Where you purchase matters
Equipment purchased through Cisco partners—whether it's new or Cisco Certified Refurbished—entitles you to Cisco service support, upgrades, replacement guarantees, a valid software license, and a full warranty.
Partnerships overview
Find and engage partners
Cisco partners can complement and enhance this use case by providing capabilities such as consulting, designing, implementing, and operating solutions.
Substation automation
Provide secure, reliable substation networking to support substation automation, monitoring and security.
OT Asset Vulnerability Management
See how enabling secure access to electric utilities provides critical visibility into grid operations and limits the impact of identified vulnerabilities.
Take advantage of limited-time promotions on Cisco Industrial IoT products
Business overview
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Industry drivers
- Incorporation of distributed alternative energy sources
- Replacement of aging power delivery infrastructure to meet demand
- Modernization and installation of smart grids to improve reliability and efficiency
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Business needs
- Comply with industry standards and regulations--IEC-61850, NERC/CIP, and other country/region standards
- Improve operations and maintenance
- Increase system and staff efficiencies
- Leverage and defer major capital investments
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Capabilities
- Enable remote control diagnostics and predictive maintenance
- Enable physical monitoring of substations
- Maintain strong regulatory compliance
- Provide secure communication to substations
- Substation ruggedized hardware to meet reliability standards
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Business outcomes
- Avoid unplanned downtime and the corresponding power delivery interruption
- Improve grid reliability resulting in reduced OpEx and improved revenues
- Prolong the useful life of costly capital assets such as transformers in step down substations
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Stakeholders
- Substation engineering
- OT telecom
- Telecomm engineering
- Protection engineering
- Distribution engineering
- Control systems engineering
- CISO
- Security department
- Grid planning personnel
- Corporate risk
Products and services
Free trials and special offers
Use case architecture
Cisco products
| Component | |
|---|---|
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Routing |
Catalyst IR8300 Rugged Series Routers Catalyst IR1100 Rugged Series Router |
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Switching |
Catalyst IE9300 Rugged Series Switches Catalyst IE3400 Heavy Duty Series Switches Catalyst Industrial Ethernet (IE) Switches Portfolio |
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Wireless |
Wi-SUN mesh 5G, LTE backhaul Public LTE (5G), Private LTE (4G/5G), FirstNet Band 14, Anterix Band 8 |
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Network management (on premises) |
Catalyst Center Cisco IoT Field Network Director SD-WAN |
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Network management (cloud-based) |
SD-WAN |
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User and device authentication and profiling |
Identity Services Engine (ISE) |
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Security |
Secure Firewall Secure Firewall Threat Defense Manager Secure Firewall ISA3000 Snort intrusion prevention system (IPS) Unified Threat Defense (UTD) |
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Domain name services (DNS) |
Cisco Umbrella |
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Visibility and analysis |
Cyber Vision Secure Network Analytics |
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Real-time threat identification |
Talos threat intelligence |
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Edge compute |
Catalyst IR8300 Rugged Series Routers Catalyst IR1100 Rugged Series Router |
Special offers above
Cisco Services
| Category | Services |
|---|---|
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Core Services |
Cisco Lifecycle Services |
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Success Tracks |
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Support Services |
Expert Care |
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Smart Net Total Care |
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Software Support Services (Enhanced, Premium) |
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Solution Support (hardware, software) |
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Advanced Services |
Advanced Services Transactional |
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Training |
Learning and Certifications |
Where you purchase matters
Equipment purchased through Cisco partners—whether it's new or Cisco Certified Refurbished—entitles you to Cisco service support, upgrades, replacement guarantees, a valid software license, and a full warranty.
Partnerships overview
Find and engage partners
Cisco partners can complement and enhance this use case by providing capabilities such as consulting, designing, implementing, and operating solutions.
Substation wireless
- Overview
- Business overview
- Products and services
- __________
Provide ultra-reliable and secure wireless networking to support substation automation, physical security, DER, and other emerging power applications.
Business overview
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Industry drivers
- Adoption of new substation technology outside of the existing control house
- Costly retrofit of wired networks within existing substations
- Battery peak shaving installations
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Business needs
- Asset monitoring
- Expedite deployment of new substation capabilities
- Limit networking make-ready time and costs
- Improve power quality
- Reduce energy costs
- Enable sustainable business practices
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Capabilities
- Create secure, highly-reliable communications to substation systems throughout the substation yard
- Create private secure network beyond the substation fence to support various power system use cases such as AMI collection and DA endpoints
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Business outcomes
- Integrated grid planning
- Real-time monitoring and analytics
- Higher margins from reduced OpEx improves outage restoration times
- Peak power shaving via battery storage installations
- Optimize SAIFI scores to avoid financial penalties and assure rate relief return
- Reduced truck rolls/trips supporting lower carbon footprint
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Stakeholders
- Distribution engineering
- OT telecom
- Telecomm engineering
- Protection engineering
- Control systems engineering
- CISO
- Chief sustainability officer
- Security department
- Grid planning personnel
- Corporate risk
- Independent power producers
- Procurement
Products and services
Free trials and special offers
Use case architecture
Cisco products
| Component | |
|---|---|
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Routing |
Catalyst IR8300 Rugged Series Routers Catalyst IR1100 Rugged Series Router |
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Switching |
Catalyst IE9300 Rugged Series Switches Catalyst IE3400 Heavy Duty Series Switches Catalyst Industrial Ethernet (IE) Switches Portfolio |
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Wireless |
Wi-SUN mesh 5G, LTE backhaul Public LTE (5G), Private LTE (4G/5G), FirstNet Band 14, Anterix Band 8 |
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Network management (on premises) |
Catalyst Center Cisco IoT Field Network Director SD-WAN |
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Network management (cloud-based) |
SD-WAN |
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User and device authentication and profiling |
Identity Services Engine (ISE) |
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Security |
Secure Firewall Secure Firewall Threat Defense Manager Secure Firewall ISA3000 Snort intrusion prevention system (IPS) Unified Threat Defense (UTD) |
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Domain name services (DNS) |
Cisco Umbrella |
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Visibility and analysis |
Cyber Vision Secure Network Analytics |
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Real-time threat identification |
Talos threat intelligence |
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Edge compute |
Catalyst IR8300 Rugged Series Routers Catalyst IR1100 Rugged Series Router |
Special offers above
Cisco Services
| Category | Services |
|---|---|
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Core Services |
Cisco Lifecycle Services |
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Support Services |
Expert Care |
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Smart Net Total Care |
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Software Support Services (Enhanced, Premium) |
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Solution Support (hardware, software) |
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Advanced Services |
Advanced Services Transactional |
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Training |
Learning and Certifications |
Where you purchase matters
Equipment purchased through Cisco partners—whether it's new or Cisco Certified Refurbished—entitles you to Cisco service support, upgrades, replacement guarantees, a valid software license, and a full warranty.
Partnerships overview
Find and engage partners
Cisco partners can complement and enhance this use case by providing capabilities such as consulting, designing, implementing, and operating solutions.
Advanced metering infrastructure (AMI)
Enable meter reads, power quality sensing and customer load profiles through automated two-way communication.
Business overview
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Industry drivers
- National metering standard requires utility companies to provide time-based rates
- US Department of Energy (DoE) policy for demand response
- Public funding supporting sustainability
- Support distributed energy resources
- Reduction of OpEx
- Determine consumer behavior to gain insight into planning
- Develop solutions that can support sustainability goals
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Business needs
- Provide better customer service as a competitive advantage
- Insight into customer usage to determine demand
- Time-of-day billing to drive peak load shedding
- Reduce truck rolls and operating costs
- Support more sustainable business practices
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Capabilities
- Automate existing manual processes
- Reduce operational costs
- Improve data quality
- Accurately size new transformers and circuits to match peak load conditions based on data provided
- Detect outages more quickly
- Prevent “theft” by identifying strange usage patterns
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Business outcomes
- Improved customer service
- Regulatory compliance
- Peak load shedding
- Outage detection and prevention to improve grid reliability
- Shortened billing process
- Optimization of system performance and real-time identification of problem areas can result in reduced energy loss and lower carbon footprint
- Reduced truck rolls can result in reduced OpEx
- Reduced truck rolls can result in lower carbon footprint for travel-related emissions
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Stakeholders
- Metering personnel
- Distribution engineering
- Telecomm engineering
- Control systems engineering
- Security department
- Grid planning personnel
- Independent power producers
- CISO
- Chief sustainability officer
- Corporate risk
- OT telecom
Products and services
Free trials and special offers
Use case architecture
Cisco products
| Component | |
|---|---|
|
Routing |
Catalyst IR8100 Heavy Duty Series Routers Catalyst 8000 Series Edge Platform Catalyst 8000V Edge Software |
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Switching |
Catalyst Industrial Ethernet (IE) Switches Portfolio |
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Wireless |
Wi-SUN mesh 5G, LTE backhaul Public LTE (5G), Private LTE (4G/5G), FirstNet Band 14, Anterix Band 8 |
|
Network management (on premises) |
Catalyst Center Cisco IoT Field Network Director SD-WAN |
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Network management (cloud-based) |
SD-WAN |
|
User and device authentication and profiling |
Identity Services Engine (ISE) |
|
Security |
Secure Firewall Secure Firewall Threat Defense Manager Secure Firewall ISA3000 |
|
Domain name services (DNS) |
Cisco Umbrella |
|
Visibility and analysis |
Cyber Vision Secure Network Analytics |
|
Real-time threat identification |
Talos threat intelligence |
|
Edge compute |
Catalyst IR8100 Heavy Duty Series Routers |
Special offers above
Cisco Services
| Category | Services |
|---|---|
|
Core Services |
Cisco Lifecycle Services |
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Support Services |
Expert Care |
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Smart Net Total Care |
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Software Support Services (Enhanced, Premium) |
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Solution Support (hardware, software) |
|
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Advanced Services |
Advanced Services Transactional |
|
Training |
Learning and Certifications |
Where you purchase matters
Equipment purchased through Cisco partners—whether it's new or Cisco Certified Refurbished—entitles you to Cisco service support, upgrades, replacement guarantees, a valid software license, and a full warranty.
Partnerships overview
Find and engage partners
Cisco partners can complement and enhance this use case by providing capabilities such as consulting, designing, implementing, and operating solutions.
Distributed energy resources (DER)
- Overview
- Business overview
- Products and services
- __________
Automate DER interconnection and integrate asset and control systems to support reliable and sustainable grid operations.
OT Asset Vulnerability Management
See how enabling secure access to electric utilities provides critical visibility into grid operations and limits the impact of identified vulnerabilities.
Take advantage of limited-time promotions on Cisco Industrial IoT products
Business overview
-
Industry drivers
- Global greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction initiatives
- Regulatory compliance
- Public funding supporting sustainability
- Stakeholders’ goals
- Need to progress towards a more sustainable generation portfolio
- Develop solutions that can support sustainability goals
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Business needs
- Enabling distributed energy resources such as solar and wind power
- Supports electrification of customers
- Regulatory compliance
- Increasing shareholder value
- Cost effectively meeting peak power demands
- Support more sustainable business practices
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Capabilities
- Secure, remote, industrial connectivity to generation resources
- Cost-effective application hosting for small-footprint, large-quantity DER applications
- Reliable backhaul of telemetry to support two-way power flow
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Business outcomes
- Support progress on energy sourcing strategies
- Contributing to net zero GHG emissions strategies by harnessing and generating renewable energy
- Regulatory compliance
- Cost savings during peak power rates due to increased energy storage
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Stakeholders
- Chief sustainability officer
- Director of grid modernization
- Director of innovations
- Chief architect
Products and services
Free trials and special offers
Use case architecture
Cisco products
| Component | |
|---|---|
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Routing |
Catalyst 8000 Series Edge Platform Catalyst Industrial Router (IR) |
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Switching |
Nexus Switches (data center and control center) Catalyst Industrial Ethernet (IE) Switches Portfolio |
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Wireless |
Catalyst IW9167 Heavy Duty Series Access Points and IoT modules Industrial Wi-Fi Access Point Cisco Ultra-Reliable Wireless Backhaul (Cisco URWB) |
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WAN |
SD-WAN |
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Network operations |
IoT Operations Dashboard Cisco IoT Field Network Director |
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Application performance |
AppDynamics |
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SCADA apps |
Cygnet ClearSCADA WonderWare |
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Edge intelligence and compute |
Catalyst IE3400 Heavy Duty Series Switches Catalyst IR1800 Rugged Series Routers Catalyst IR1100 Rugged Series Router IC3000 Industrial Compute Gateway |
Cisco Services
| Category | Services |
|---|---|
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Core Services |
Cisco Lifecycle Services |
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Success Tracks |
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Support Services |
Expert Care |
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Smart Net Total Care |
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Software Support Services (Enhanced, Premium) |
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Solution Support (hardware, software) |
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Advanced Services |
Advanced Services Transactional |
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Insights for Internet and Cloud Visibility Solution Attached Services |
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Training |
Learning and Certifications |
Where you purchase matters
Equipment purchased through Cisco partners—whether it's new or Cisco Certified Refurbished—entitles you to Cisco service support, upgrades, replacement guarantees, a valid software license, and a full warranty.
Partnerships overview
Find and engage partners
Cisco partners can complement and enhance this use case by providing capabilities such as consulting, designing, implementing, and operating solutions.
Electric vehicle charging
- Overview
- Business overview
- Products and services
- __________
Provide the secure communication and data management infrastructure needed to build a network of electric vehicle chargers and optimize the consumer experience.
Business overview
-
Industry drivers
- Growth in electrification and EV adoption
- Increase in government funding support for EV infrastructure
- Increased need for EV charging infrastructure at scale
- Need for efficient management of EV charging station network
- Safety and security concerns
- Growing cybersecurity threats
- Develop solutions that can support sustainability goals
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Business needs
- Connected and reliable EV charging stations
- Secure aggregation, sharing, and management of data
- Elimination of duplicate network infrastructure/extended enterprise
- Safe environment for customers
- Monitor and manage load balancing among charging stations
- Support more sustainable business practices
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Capabilities
- Extract, transform, and share vehicle and charging session data with visibility into charging station status
- Video streaming and analytics of activity in and around the parking lot
- Efficiently control, govern, and secure data
- Monitor charging equipment with network-connected sensors
- Network and application up time and performance
- Support ongoing use case growth with future technology integrations
- Support vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technologies
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Business outcomes
- Improve charging station uptime and throughput
- Improve asset management
- New revenue streams
- Improve driver experience
- Meet consumer demand for large-scale charging infrastructure
- Increase brand affinity and loyalty
- Support more sustainable EV infrastructure at scale
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Stakeholders
- CIO/CTO/CSO
- Chief sustainability officer
- Facility manager
- EV charging station manufacturers and network operators
- Automotive manufacturers
- Charging station owners and operators
- Local, state, and federal/national leaders
- City managers of mobility, sustainability, and transportation
- Drivers and citizens/residents
Products and services
Free trials and special offers
Use case architecture
Cisco products
| Component | Cisco |
|---|---|
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Routing |
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Switching |
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Wireless |
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Wireless backhaul |
Cisco Ultra-Reliable Wireless Backhaul (Cisco URWB) |
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Cameras |
Meraki |
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SD-WAN |
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Management |
Catalyst Center |
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Network operations |
IoT Operations Dashboard Cisco IoT Field Network Director |
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Security Special offers above |
Cyber Vision Identity Services Engine (ISE) |
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Application performance |
AppDynamics |
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Integration services |
DevNet |
Cisco Services
| Category | Services |
|---|---|
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Core Services |
Cisco Lifecycle Services |
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Support Services |
Expert Care |
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Smart Net Total Care |
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Software Support Services (Enhanced, Premium) |
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Solution Support (hardware, software) |
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Advanced Services |
Advanced Services Transactional |
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Insights for Internet and Cloud Visibility Solution Attached Services |
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Training |
Learning and Certifications |
Where you purchase matters
Equipment purchased through Cisco partners—whether it's new or Cisco Certified Refurbished—entitles you to Cisco service support, upgrades, replacement guarantees, a valid software license, and a full warranty.
Partnerships overview
Find and engage partners
Cisco partners can complement and enhance this use case by providing capabilities such as consulting, designing, implementing, and operating solutions.
Water SCADA system modernization
Develop IoT readiness, system capacity, and system efficiencies to secure critical infrastructure and build resiliency.
Business overview
-
Industry drivers
- Aging SCADA systems that need to become more efficient and secure
- Boost operational efficiency while driving costs down
- Public funding supporting sustainability
- Migrating to a predictive system that allows operators to proactively predict, detect, and fix abnormal disturbances
- Extending life of equipment
- Improve security
- Develop solutions that can support sustainability goals
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Business needs
- Extend life of assets
- Remote real-time monitoring and troubleshooting
- Reduce costs
- Reduce downtime
- Increase efficiency
- Increase capacity with the same number of staff
- Migrate from the manual collection of data and logbooks to electronic records for regulatory compliance
- Support more sustainable business practices
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Capabilities
- Real-time data capturing and control, anomaly/breakdown alerts, data logging, and analysis
- Proactively predict, detect, and fix anomalies
- Ability to do real-time remote monitoring of assets
- Ability to manage the system and troubleshoot remotely in real time
- Real-time system alarm and automated response
- Securely integrate secondary networks such as IoT
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Business outcomes
- Optimized infrastructure efficiency and reliability
- Reduced operating and maintenance costs
- Increased personnel safety
- Regulatory compliance
- Optimized alarm management
- Extended life of equipment
- Increased security
- Optimization of system performance and integration of IoT networks can result in reduced energy consumption, water waste, and lower carbon footprint
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Stakeholders
- Elected and appointed municipal leaders
- City CIO/CTO
- Utility director/deputy director
- Asset managers
- Operations director
- Chief sustainability officer
Products and services
Free trials and special offers
Use case architecture
Cisco products
| Component | |
|---|---|
|
Routing |
Catalyst IR8300 Rugged Series Routers Catalyst IR1100 Rugged Series Router Catalyst 8000 Series Edge Platform Catalyst 8000V Edge Software |
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Switching |
Catalyst Industrial Ethernet (IE) Switches Portfolio |
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Network management |
Catalyst Center Cisco IoT Field Network Director SD-WAN |
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Network services |
Access control list (ACL) Quality of service Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) Resilient Ethernet Protocol (REP) Virtual LAN (VLAN) |
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Security Special offers above |
Cyber Vision Identity Services Engine (ISE) Secure Firewall ISA3000 |
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Integration services |
DevNet |
Cisco Services
| Category | Services |
|---|---|
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Core Services |
Cisco Lifecycle Services |
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Support Services |
Expert Care |
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Smart Net Total Care |
|
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Software Support Services (Enhanced, Premium) |
|
|
Solution Support (hardware, software) |
|
|
Advanced Services |
Advanced Services Transactional |
|
Training |
Learning and Certifications |
Where you purchase matters
Equipment purchased through Cisco partners—whether it's new or Cisco Certified Refurbished—entitles you to Cisco service support, upgrades, replacement guarantees, a valid software license, and a full warranty.
Partnerships overview
Find and engage partners
Cisco partners can complement and enhance this use case by providing capabilities such as consulting, designing, implementing, and operating solutions.
WAN modernization for water
Enable highly reliable and secure IP connectivity via both private high-speed WAN and public carrier circuits.
Business overview
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Industry drivers
- Leverage IoT technologies to get ahead of equipment failures based on real-time data
- Gain a better understanding of rotating equipment performance
- Ability to reduce risk of equipment failure
- Increased automation--self diagnosing and self healing
- SONET and TDM discontinuance
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Business needs
- Prioritize and reduce infrastructure spending based on real-time monitoring
- Predict failures in advance
- Extend asset life
- Real-time insights for operations and maintenance staff
- Remote, real-time monitoring and troubleshooting
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Capabilities
- Automate and cross reference condition monitoring using sensor/network technology
- Continuous access to diagnostic information that operators need to safeguard assets and improve efficiency
- Real-time identification of failures and ability to mitigate issues quickly through automation
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Business outcomes
- Optimized asset efficiency and reliability
- Reduced operations and maintenance costs
- Extended asset lifetime
- Better real-time insight for operations and maintenance staff
- Reduced downtime
- Reduced risk
- Lower cost of OT/WAN
- Improved business function reliability
- Regulatory compliance
- Minimize cyber risk
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Stakeholders
- Elected and appointed municipal leaders
- City CIO/CTO
- Utility director/deputy director
- Asset managers
- Operations director
- Telecomm engineering
- Control systems engineering
- Metering personnel
- Security department
Products and services
Free trials and special offers
Use case architecture
Cisco products
| Component | |
|---|---|
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Routing |
Catalyst Industrial Router (IR) Portfolio |
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Wireless |
Catalyst Industrial Wireless Portfolio |
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Wireless WAN |
Cisco Ultra-Reliable Wireless Backhaul (Cisco URWB) |
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Compute |
Unified Computing System (UCS) |
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Edge compute |
IC3000 Industrial Compute Gateway |
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Firewall |
Secure Firewall Secure Firewall ISA3000 |
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Network security |
Cisco Security Cloud Cisco Umbrella DNS Identity Services Engine (ISE) Secure Firewall Management Center Secure Network Analytics Talos threat intelligence |
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Industrial asset visibility and security |
Cyber Vision Center Cyber Vision sensors |
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Enterprise network management |
Catalyst Center |
Cisco Services
| Category | Services |
|---|---|
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Core Services |
Cisco Lifecycle Services |
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Support Services |
Expert Care |
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Smart Net Total Care |
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Software Support Services (Enhanced, Premium) |
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Solution Support (hardware, software) |
|
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Advanced Services |
Advanced Services Transactional |
|
Insights for Internet and Cloud Visibility Solution Attached Services |
|
|
Training |
Learning and Certifications |
Where you purchase matters
Equipment purchased through Cisco partners—whether it's new or Cisco Certified Refurbished—entitles you to Cisco service support, upgrades, replacement guarantees, a valid software license, and a full warranty.
Partnerships overview
Find and engage partners
Cisco partners can complement and enhance this use case by providing capabilities such as consulting, designing, implementing, and operating solutions.
Asset visibility and cybersecurity
Enable real-time asset inventory of critical infrastructure and the ability to correlate assets to known vulnerabilities, supporting reliability and regulatory compliance with limited OpEx.
Business overview
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Industry drivers
- OpEx reductions
- Efficiency improvements
- Massive expansion of digital assets in the OT environment
- Risk reduction for the utility's operations as well as its shareholders
- Safe, reliable distribution of water
- Mitigate cyber risk; improve protection
- Protect employees and customers
- Protect local communities and the environment
- Meet regulatory requirements and achieve compliance mandates
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Business needs
- Comply with industry standards and regulation
- Improve operations and maintenance
- Increase system and staff efficiencies
- Leverage and defer major capital investments
- Improve reliability and safety of transmission and distribution while mitigating the inherent accompanying cybersecurity risk
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Capabilities
- Constant industrial network asset identification in real time
- Correlation of identified assets and known vulnerabilities
- Solution can be extended to support advanced OT cybersecurity
- Enforce cybersecurity perimeters and access control, and monitor/report incidents
- Secure automation and control
- Real-time data and analytics for threat defense
- Remote IoT and sensor-based monitoring
- Improve security incident response time
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Business outcomes
- OpEx and accuracy improvements over current labor-intensive. on-site approaches
- Improved infrastructure, better management, and incident cost avoidance
- Operate safely, reliably, and efficiently
- Optimized asset efficiency and reliability
-
Stakeholders
- CISO
- Chief security officer
- Chief digital officer
- Corporate risk
- OT telecom
- Security director
- Enterprise architect
- Substation engineering
- OT telecom
- Engineering director
- Elected and appointed municipal leaders
- City CIO/CTO
- Asset managers
- Operations director
Products and services
Free trials and special offers
Use case architecture
Cisco products
| Component | |
|---|---|
|
Routing |
Catalyst Industrial Router (IR) Portfolio |
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Wireless |
Catalyst Industrial Wireless Portfolio |
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Compute |
Unified Computing System (UCS) |
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Edge compute |
IC3000 Industrial Compute Gateway |
|
Firewall |
Secure Firewall Secure Firewall ISA3000 |
|
Network security |
Cisco Security Cloud Cisco Umbrella DNS Identity Services Engine (ISE) Secure Firewall Management Center Secure Network Analytics Talos threat intelligence |
|
Industrial asset visibility and security |
Cyber Vision Center Cyber Vision sensors |
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Enterprise network management |
Catalyst Center |
Cisco Services
| Category | Services |
|---|---|
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Core Services |
Cisco Lifecycle Services |
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Support Services |
Expert Care |
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Smart Net Total Care |
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Software Support Services (Enhanced, Premium) |
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Solution Support (hardware, software) |
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|
Advanced Services |
Advanced Services Transactional |
|
Training |
Learning and Certifications |
Where you purchase matters
Equipment purchased through Cisco partners—whether it's new or Cisco Certified Refurbished—entitles you to Cisco service support, upgrades, replacement guarantees, a valid software license, and a full warranty.
Partnerships overview
Find and engage partners
Cisco partners can complement and enhance this use case by providing capabilities such as consulting, designing, implementing, and operating solutions.
Leak detection
Provide data for analytics and machine learning to addresses water loss and wasted energy due to leakage, and decrease the time required for repairs.
Business overview
-
Industry drivers
- Significant challenges in potable water loss due to leakage
- Aging water systems that need to be monitored
- Public funding supporting sustainability
- Improve operational reliability to reduce unplanned outages and downtime
- Prolonged droughts drive the need for more water-saving measures
- Efficient operations to lower operating costs
- Develop solutions that can support sustainability goals
-
Business needs
- Reduce water leakage
- Fresh water conservation
- Prioritize and reduce infrastructure spending based on real-time monitoring
- Asset monitoring
- Predict failures in advance
- Conserve energy and minimize operational expenses
- Real-time insights for operations and maintenance staff
- Regulatory compliance
- Increased speed and quality of decision making
- Support more sustainable business practices
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Capabilities
- Industrial network connectivity to sensor assets
- Edge sensing and compute support for leak detection
- Enable the operator to proactively predict, detect, and fix water and power waste
- Ability to do real-time remote monitoring of assets
- Ability to manage the system and troubleshoot remotely in real time
- Real-time system alarm and automated response
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Business outcomes
- Reduced water waste
- Reduced energy usage
- Improved OpEx
- Improved profitability
- Enable water distribution stability and efficiency
- More sustainable water systems
-
Stakeholders
- Elected and appointed municipal leaders
- City CIO/CTO
- Utility director/deputy director
- Asset managers
- Operations director
- Telecomm engineering
- Control systems engineering
- Environmental health and safety team members
- Process engineer
- Facility manager
- Project engineer
- Plant manager
- Engineering director
Products and services
Free trials and special offers
Use case architecture
Cisco products
| Component | |
|---|---|
|
Routing |
Catalyst Industrial Router (IR) |
|
Switching |
Catalyst Industrial Ethernet (IE) Switches Portfolio |
|
Wireless |
Catalyst IW6300 Heavy Duty Series Access Points and IoT modules Industrial Wireless 3702 Access Point Wireless LAN Controller (WLC) LoRaWAN pluggable interface module for Catalyst IR1100 Wireless Gateway for LoRaWAN |
|
WAN |
SD-WAN |
|
Network operations |
IoT Operations Dashboard Cisco IoT Field Network Director |
|
Location-based services |
Cisco Spaces |
|
Edge intelligence and compute |
Catalyst IE3400 Heavy Duty Series Switches Catalyst IR1800 Rugged Series Routers Catalyst IR1100 Rugged Series Router IC3000 Industrial Compute Gateway |
|
Industrial asset vision |
Industrial Asset Vision and Cisco LoRaWAN sensors LoRaWAN pluggable interface module for Catalyst IR1100 Wireless Gateway for LoRaWAN |
Special offers above
Cisco Services
| Category | Services |
|---|---|
|
Core Services |
Cisco Lifecycle Services |
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Support Services |
Expert Care |
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Smart Net Total Care |
|
|
Software Support Services (Enhanced, Premium) |
|
|
Solution Support (hardware, software) |
|
|
Advanced Services |
Advanced Services Transactional |
|
Training |
Learning and Certifications |
Where you purchase matters
Equipment purchased through Cisco partners—whether it's new or Cisco Certified Refurbished—entitles you to Cisco service support, upgrades, replacement guarantees, a valid software license, and a full warranty.
Partnerships overview
Find and engage partners
Cisco partners can complement and enhance this use case by providing capabilities such as consulting, designing, implementing, and operating solutions.
Digital twin
Digitize and collect data from industrial assets, systems, and processes to better understand, predict, and optimize power system performance.
Business overview
-
Industry drivers
- Reliable operations to reduce unplanned outages and downtime
- Efficient operations to lower operating costs by simulating multiple operating scenarios before deployment
- Safe operations to train and entrench safety procedures in hazardous simulation environments
- Optimize operations to drive excellence and create a competitive differentiation
-
Business needs
- Increased speed and quality of decision making
- Early identification and mitigation of risk
- Intelligent analysis of information in simulated operating environments
- Further mitigating the risk of changes in simulation environments before implementation
- Growing the culture of safety by simulating hazardous scenarios and training optimal responses
-
Capabilities
- Industrial network connectivity to utility assets in generation, transmission, and distribution
- Pre-integrated sensors for common use-cases: temperature, vibration, location, flow, tank level, etc.
- Cloud-based dashboard for provisioning and asset visibility
- Hybrid cloud infrastructure for network and compute capabilities from the cloud to the edge
-
Business outcomes
- Improved business operations
- Leverage automation and data
- Improved labor productivity
- Cost reduction
- Enable grid stability and efficiency
-
Stakeholders
- Chief digital officer
- Corporate risk
- OT telecom
- Security director
- Enterprise architect
- Substation engineering
- Engineering director
- Environmental health and safety team members
- Process engineer
- Facility manager
- Project engineer
- Plant manager
Products and services
Free trials and special offers
Use case architecture
Cisco products
| Component | |
|---|---|
|
Routing |
Catalyst Industrial Router (IR) |
|
Switching |
Catalyst Industrial Ethernet (IE) Switches Portfolio |
|
Wireless |
Catalyst IW6300 Heavy Duty Series Access Points and IoT modules Industrial Wireless 3702 Access Point LoRaWAN pluggable interface module for Catalyst IR1100 Wireless LAN Controller (WLC) Wireless Gateway for LoRaWAN |
|
WAN |
SD-WAN |
|
Network operations |
IoT Operations Dashboard Cisco IoT Field Network Director |
|
Location-based services |
Cisco Spaces |
|
Edge intelligence and compute |
Catalyst IE3400 Heavy Duty Series Switches Catalyst IR1800 Rugged Series Routers Catalyst IR1100 Rugged Series Router IC3000 Industrial Compute Gateway |
|
Industrial asset vision |
Industrial Asset Vision and Cisco LoRaWAN sensors LoRaWAN pluggable interface module for Catalyst IR1100 Wireless Gateway for LoRaWAN |
Special offers above
Cisco Services
| Category | Services |
|---|---|
|
Core Services |
Cisco Lifecycle Services |
|
Support Services |
Expert Care |
|
Smart Net Total Care |
|
|
Software Support Services (Enhanced, Premium) |
|
|
Solution Support (hardware, software) |
|
|
Advanced Services |
Advanced Services Transactional |
|
Training |
Learning and Certifications |
Where you purchase matters
Equipment purchased through Cisco partners—whether it's new or Cisco Certified Refurbished—entitles you to Cisco service support, upgrades, replacement guarantees, a valid software license, and a full warranty.
Partnerships overview
Find and engage partners
Cisco partners can complement and enhance this use case by providing capabilities such as consulting, designing, implementing, and operating solutions.
Utility WAN
Enable highly reliable and secure substation IP connectivity via both private high-speed WAN and public carrier circuits.
The Future of Utilities
Learn how grid modernization projects accommodate renewables and create opportunities for Cisco’s FAN solution.
Take advantage of limited-time promotions on Cisco Industrial IoT products
Business overview
-
Industry drivers
- Safe, reliable, and efficient power delivery
- Maximize power generation and delivery
- Avoid worker injury and minimize property damage
- SONET and TDM discontinuance
-
Business needs
- Improve teleprotection schemes
- Technology modernization
- Growing distribution grid administration
- System reliability
- Improve real-time monitoring, analytics, and automation
-
Capabilities
- Packet network with advanced virtualization
- Hardened equipment for electric grid environment
- NERC/CIP compliance
- Agility: Enable new distribution grid applications
-
Business outcomes
- Lower cost of OT/WAN
- Improved business function reliability
- Regulatory compliance
- Minimize cyber risk
-
Stakeholders
- Telecomm engineering
- Protection engineering
- Control systems engineering
- Metering personnel
- Security department
Products and services
Free trials and special offers
Use case architecture
Cisco products
| Component | |
|---|---|
|
Routing |
Catalyst IR8300 Rugged Series Routers Catalyst IR1100 Rugged Series Router Aggregation Services Router (ASR) 9000 Series Aggregation Services Router (ASR) 900 Series Network Convergence System (NCS) 5500 Series Network Convergence System (NCS) 500 Series |
|
Switching |
Catalyst IE9300 Rugged Series Switches Catalyst IE3400 Heavy Duty Series Switches Industrial Ethernet (IE) 4010 Series Switches |
|
Wireless |
Catalyst 9100 Series Access Points Industrial Wireless 3700 Series Access Points |
|
Security Special offers above |
Secure Firewall ISA3000 |
|
Key enabling technologies |
Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS), segment routing, and SD‑WAN |
|
Network orchestration |
Network Services Orchestrator (NSO) |
|
Edge compute |
Catalyst IE3400 Heavy Duty Series Switches Catalyst IR1800 Rugged Series Routers Catalyst IR1100 Rugged Series Router IC3000 Industrial Compute Gateway |
Cisco Services
| Category | Services |
|---|---|
|
Core Services |
Cisco Lifecycle Services |
|
Support Services |
Expert Care |
|
Smart Net Total Care |
|
|
Software Support Services (Enhanced, Premium) |
|
|
Solution Support (hardware, software) |
|
|
Advanced Services |
Advanced Services Transactional |
|
Insights for Internet and Cloud Visibility Solution Attached Services |
|
|
Training |
Learning and Certifications |
Where you purchase matters
Equipment purchased through Cisco partners—whether it's new or Cisco Certified Refurbished—entitles you to Cisco service support, upgrades, replacement guarantees, a valid software license, and a full warranty.
Partnerships overview
Find and engage partners
Cisco partners can complement and enhance this use case by providing capabilities such as consulting, designing, implementing, and operating solutions.
Network automation
Enable the cost efficient, secure, and scalable deployment of increasingly larger OT networks in support of grid digitization.
Business overview
-
Industry drivers
- Safe, reliable, and efficient power delivery
- Maximize power generation and delivery
- SONET and TDM discontinuance
- OpEx reductions
- Capital improvements covered by an approved rate case
- Efficiency improvements
- Risk reduction for the utility's operations as well as its shareholders
-
Business needs
- Technology modernization
- Operational efficiency and OpEx reduction
- WAN reliability
- Improve real-time monitoring, analytics, and automation
- Improve grid efficiency
- Improve grid reliability through automation
- Growing distribution grid administration
-
Capabilities
- Network automation of the OT wide area network
- Centralized and auditable WAN control plane and security
- Packet network with advanced virtualization
- Hardened equipment for electric grid environment
- NERC/CIP compliance
- Agility: Enable new distribution grid applications
-
Business outcomes
- Lower cost OT WAN
- Lower OpEx associated with OT WAN rollout and operations
- Continuous confirmation of desired network control plane/configuration
- Improved business function reliability
- Regulatory compliance
- Minimize cyber risk
-
Stakeholders
- Telecomm engineering
- Protection engineering
- Control systems engineering
- OT telecom
- CISO
- Grid planning personnel
- Corporate risk
- Procurement
Products and services
Free trials and special offers
Use case architecture
Cisco products
| Component | |
|---|---|
|
Routing |
Catalyst IR8300 Rugged Series Routers Catalyst IR1100 Rugged Series Router Aggregation Services Router (ASR) 9000 Series Aggregation Services Router (ASR) 900 Series Network Convergence System (NCS) 5500 Series Network Convergence System (NCS) 500 Series |
|
Switching |
Catalyst IE9300 Rugged Series Switches Catalyst IE3400 Heavy Duty Series Switches Industrial Ethernet (IE) 4010 Series Switches |
|
Wireless |
Catalyst 9100 Series Access Points Industrial Wireless 3700 Series Access Points |
|
Security Special offers above |
Secure Firewall ISA3000 |
|
Key enabling technologies |
Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS), segment routing, SD‑WAN, and Catalyst Center |
|
Network orchestration |
Network Services Orchestrator (NSO) |
|
Edge compute |
Catalyst IE3400 Heavy Duty Series Switches Catalyst IR1800 Rugged Series Routers Catalyst IR1100 Rugged Series Router IC3000 Industrial Compute Gateway |
Special offers above
Cisco Services
| Category | Services |
|---|---|
|
Core Services |
Cisco Lifecycle Services |
|
Support Services |
Expert Care |
|
Smart Net Total Care |
|
|
Software Support Services (Enhanced, Premium) |
|
|
Solution Support (hardware, software) |
|
|
Advanced Services |
Advanced Services Transactional |
|
Training |
Learning and Certifications |
Where you purchase matters
Equipment purchased through Cisco partners—whether it's new or Cisco Certified Refurbished—entitles you to Cisco service support, upgrades, replacement guarantees, a valid software license, and a full warranty.
Partnerships overview
Find and engage partners
Cisco partners can complement and enhance this use case by providing capabilities such as consulting, designing, implementing, and operating solutions.
Public/private LTE FAN
- Overview
- Business overview
- Products and services
- __________
The mostly widely used FAN technology, LTE can be delivered via a service provider or built as a private or semi-private RF network.
The Future of Utilities
Learn how grid modernization projects accommodate renewables and create opportunities for Cisco’s FAN solution.
Take advantage of limited-time promotions on Cisco Industrial IoT products
Business overview
-
Industry drivers
- OpEx reductions
- Capital improvements covered by an approved rate case
- Efficiency improvements
- Risk reduction for the utility's operations as well as its shareholders
- Safe, reliable distribution of power
- Improved storm response
-
Business needs
- Improve grid efficiency
- Improve grid reliability through automation
- Improve grid uptime during and after storms
- Support for utility commission mandates, including green and customer satisfaction initiatives
-
Capabilities
- Single platform that supports both public and private LTE frequencies and networks
- Support of migration from public to private LTE with limited OpEx
- Operations and maintenance that support not just LTE, but also Wi-SUN, LoRa, and wired use cases to allow utility to fit the technology to the use case
- Small, low power router that fits most power use cases
- Support for edge compute at the pole top use cases and substation use cases
-
Business outcomes
- Improve grid efficiency though a wide array of sensors and feedback loops
- Improve grid reliability with automation via connected assets
- Improve grid uptime during and after storms and national emergencies
-
Stakeholders
- CFO
- CISO
- Director of operations
- Director of grid modernization
- Chief architect
Products and services
Free trials and special offers
Use case architecture
Cisco products
| Component | |
|---|---|
|
Evolved packet core |
Ultra Packet Core software Unified Computing System (UCS) |
|
Headend router |
Catalyst 8000 Series Edge Platform Catalyst 8000V Edge Software |
|
Network management (on premises) |
Ultra Network Management Cisco IoT Field Network Director |
|
Network management (cloud-based) |
IoT Operations Dashboard |
|
Security Special offers above |
Cisco Umbrella Cyber Vision Secure Firewall Secure Network Analytics Talos threat intelligence |
|
Radio access network (RAN) |
Unified Computing System (UCS) Catalyst 8000 Series Edge Platform Network Convergence System (NCS) 540 Router Third-party radios |
|
Gateway (LTE) |
Catalyst IR1800 Rugged Series Routers Catalyst IR1100 Rugged Series Router |
|
Edge compute |
Catalyst IR1100 Rugged Series Router |
Cisco Services
| Category | Services |
|---|---|
|
Core Services |
Cisco Lifecycle Services |
|
Support Services |
Expert Care |
|
Smart Net Total Care |
|
|
Software Support Services (Enhanced, Premium) |
|
|
Solution Support (hardware, software) |
|
|
Advanced Services |
Advanced Services Transactional |
|
Training |
Learning and Certifications |
Where you purchase matters
Equipment purchased through Cisco partners—whether it's new or Cisco Certified Refurbished—entitles you to Cisco service support, upgrades, replacement guarantees, a valid software license, and a full warranty.
Partnerships overview
Find and engage partners
Cisco partners can complement and enhance this use case by providing capabilities such as consulting, designing, implementing, and operating solutions.
Wi-SUN FAN
- Overview
- Business overview
- Products and services
- __________
The global standard for utility mesh networking, Wi-SUN FAN supports both meters and real-time use cases.
The Future of Utilities
Learn how grid modernization projects accommodate renewables and create opportunities for Cisco’s FAN solution.
Take advantage of limited-time promotions on Cisco Industrial IoT products
Business overview
-
Industry drivers
- OpEx reductions
- Capital improvements covered by an approved rate case
- Efficiency improvements
- Risk reduction for the utility's operations as well as its shareholders
- Safe, reliable distribution of power
- Improved storm response
- Smart meter deployments and grid improvements driven by regulators
-
Business needs
- Improve grid efficiency
- Improve grid reliability through automation
- Improve grid uptime during and after storms
- Support for utility commission mandates, including green and customer satisfaction initiatives
-
Capabilities
- Support for large-scale field area network with both limited OpEx and CapEx
- Highly scalable solution supporting over 10M endpoints
- Support for both meters and real-time use cases on the same multi-service mesh
- Interworking and integration with LTE and private LTE
- Supports value-engineered, multi-tiered FAN
- Accompanied operational platform supports ZTD and massive-scale OA&M
-
Business outcomes
- Support for large-scale field area network with both limited OpEx and CapEx
- Highly scalable solution supporting over 10M endpoints
- Support for both meters and real-time use cases on the same multi-service mesh
- Supports value-engineered, multi-tiered FAN
- Consolidated OA&M platform supporting varied use cases and technologies reduces OpEx
-
Stakeholders
- ADMS stakeholders
- Meter/business stakeholders
- CFO
- Chief architect
- Director of grid modernization/smart grid
- Telecom leadership
Products and services
Free trials and special offers
Use case architecture
Cisco products
| Component | |
|---|---|
|
Headend router |
Catalyst 8000 Series Edge Platform Catalyst 8000V Edge Software |
|
Router (Wi-SUN mesh) |
Catalyst IR1800 Rugged Series Routers IR510 WPAN Industrial Routers |
|
Switching |
Catalyst IE9300 Rugged Series Switches Catalyst Industrial Ethernet (IE) Switches Portfolio |
|
Network management (on premises) |
Cisco IoT Field Network Director |
|
Firewall |
Secure Firewall |
|
User and device authentication and profiling |
Identity Services Engine (ISE) |
|
Security management |
Secure Firewall Threat Defense Manager |
|
Domain name services (DNS) |
Cisco Umbrella |
|
Visibility and analysis |
Cyber Vision Secure Network Analytics |
|
Real-time threat identification |
Talos threat intelligence |
|
Edge compute |
Catalyst IR8100 Heavy Duty Series Routers Catalyst IR1100 Rugged Series Router IR510 WPAN Industrial Routers |
Cisco Services
| Category | Services |
|---|---|
|
Core Services |
Cisco Lifecycle Services |
|
Support Services |
Expert Care |
|
Smart Net Total Care |
|
|
Software Support Services (Enhanced, Premium) |
|
|
Solution Support (hardware, software) |
|
|
Advanced Services |
Advanced Services Transactional |
|
Training |
Learning and Certifications |
Where you purchase matters
Equipment purchased through Cisco partners—whether it's new or Cisco Certified Refurbished—entitles you to Cisco service support, upgrades, replacement guarantees, a valid software license, and a full warranty.
Partnerships overview
Find and engage partners
Cisco partners can complement and enhance this use case by providing capabilities such as consulting, designing, implementing, and operating solutions.
LoRaWAN
- Overview
- Business overview
- Products and services
- __________
Enables grid automation solutions for low power use cases.
The Future of Utilities
Learn how grid modernization projects accommodate renewables and create opportunities for Cisco’s FAN solution.
Take advantage of limited-time promotions on Cisco Industrial IoT products
Business overview
-
Industry drivers
- OpEx reductions
- Capital improvements covered by an approved rate case
- Efficiency improvements
- Risk reduction for the utility's operations as well as its shareholders
- Safe, reliable distribution of power
- Improved storm response
- Smart meter deployments and grid improvements driven by regulators
-
Business needs
- Improve grid efficiency
- Improve grid reliability through automation
- Improve grid uptime during and after storms
- Support for utility commission mandates, including green and customer satisfaction initiatives
-
Capabilities
- Support for large-scale field area network with both limited OpEx and CapEx
- Support for battery-operated utility assets
- Supports value-engineered, multi-tiered FAN
- Accompanied operational platform supports ZTD and massive-scale OA&M
-
Business outcomes
- Support for large-scale field area network with both limited OpEx and CapEx
- Support for both meters and real-time use cases on the same LoRa network
- Supports value-engineered, multi-tiered FAN
- Consolidated OA&M platform supporting varied use cases and technologies reduces OpEx
-
Stakeholders
- ADMS stakeholders
- Meter/business stakeholders
- CFO
- Chief architect
- Director of grid modernization/smart grid
- Telecom leadership
Products and services
Free trials and special offers
Use case architecture
Cisco products
| Component | |
|---|---|
|
LoRaWAN network server |
Industrial Asset Vision (cloud-based) or third party |
|
Headend router |
Catalyst 8000 Series Edge Platform Catalyst 8000V Edge Software |
|
Network management (on premises) |
Cisco IoT Field Network Director |
|
Network management (cloud-based) |
IoT Operations Dashboard |
|
Firewall |
Secure Firewall |
|
Security management |
Secure Firewall Threat Defense Manager |
|
LoRaWAN gateway |
Catalyst IR8100 Heavy Duty Series Routers Catalyst IR1100 Rugged Series Router LoRaWAN pluggable interface module for Catalyst IR1100 Wireless Gateway for LoRaWAN |
|
Sensors |
AV400 analog/digital sensor bridge AV300 outdoor GPS sensor AV251 machine vibration sensor AV250 machine temperature sensor AV207 indoor occupancy sensor AV206 light level sensor AV205 water leak sensor AV204 door and window sensor AV203 refrigerator temperature and humidity sensor AV202 product temperature sensor AV201 indoor temperature and humidity sensor AV200 outdoor temperature and humidity sensor |
Cisco Services
| Category | Services |
|---|---|
|
Core Services |
Cisco Lifecycle Services |
|
Support Services |
Expert Care |
|
Smart Net Total Care |
|
|
Software Support Services (Enhanced, Premium) |
|
|
Solution Support (hardware, software) |
|
|
Advanced Services |
Advanced Services Transactional |
|
Training |
Learning and Certifications |
Where you purchase matters
Equipment purchased through Cisco partners—whether it's new or Cisco Certified Refurbished—entitles you to Cisco service support, upgrades, replacement guarantees, a valid software license, and a full warranty.
Partnerships overview
Find and engage partners
Cisco partners can complement and enhance this use case by providing capabilities such as consulting, designing, implementing, and operating solutions.
Point-to-point secure wireless
- Overview
- Business overview
- Products and services
- __________
Deliver secure, high-bandwidth, low-latency wireless Ethernet connectivity to the grid, enabling real-time data collection, monitoring, security, and remote workforce capabilities.
The Future of Utilities
Learn how grid modernization projects accommodate renewables and create opportunities for Cisco’s FAN solution.
Take advantage of limited-time promotions on Cisco Industrial IoT products
Business overview
-
Industry drivers
- OpEx reductions
- Capital improvements covered by an approved rate case
- Efficiency improvements
- Risk reduction for the utility's operations as well as its shareholders
- Safe, reliable distribution of power
- Improved storm response
- SONET and TDM discontinuance
-
Business needs
- Improve grid efficiency
- Improve grid reliability through automation
- Improve grid uptime during and after storms
- Support for utility commission mandates, including green and customer satisfaction initiatives
- Technology modernization
- System reliability
-
Capabilities
- Support of migration from public to private wireless with limited OpEx
- Operations and maintenance that support not just LTE, but also Wi-SUN, LoRa, industrial wireless backhaul, and wired connectivity, allowing utilities to fit the technology to the use case
- Wireless packet network with advanced virtualization
- Hardened equipment for electric grid environment
-
Business outcomes
- Improve grid efficiency though a wide array of sensors and feedback loops
- Improve grid reliability with automation via connected assets
- Improve grid up-time during and after storms and national emergencies
- Lower cost of OT/WAN
- Minimize cyber risk
-
Stakeholders
- CISO
- Director of operations
- Director of grid modernization
- Chief architect
- Telecomm engineering
- Protection engineering
- Control systems engineering
Products and services
Free trials and special offers
Use case architecture
Cisco products
| Component | |
|---|---|
|
Evolved packet core |
Unified Computing System (UCS) Ultra Packet Core software |
|
Headend router |
Catalyst 8000 Series Edge Platform Catalyst 8000V Edge Software |
|
Network management (on premises) |
Ultra Network Management Cisco IoT Field Network Director |
|
Network management (cloud-based) |
IoT Operations Dashboard |
|
Security Special offers above |
Cisco Umbrella Cyber Vision Secure Firewall Secure Network Analytics Talos threat intelligence |
|
Radio access network (RAN) |
Unified Computing System (UCS) Catalyst 8000 Series Edge Platform Network Convergence System (NCS) 540 Router Third-party radios |
|
Gateway (LTE) |
Catalyst IR1800 Rugged Series Routers Catalyst IR1100 Rugged Series Router |
|
Edge intelligence |
Catalyst IR1100 Rugged Series Router |
Cisco Services
| Category | Services |
|---|---|
|
Core Services |
Cisco Lifecycle Services |
|
Support Services |
Expert Care |
|
Smart Net Total Care |
|
|
Software Support Services (Enhanced, Premium) |
|
|
Solution Support (hardware, software) |
|
|
Advanced Services |
Advanced Services Transactional |
|
Training |
Learning and Certifications |
Where you purchase matters
Equipment purchased through Cisco partners—whether it's new or Cisco Certified Refurbished—entitles you to Cisco service support, upgrades, replacement guarantees, a valid software license, and a full warranty.
Partnerships overview
Find and engage partners
Cisco partners can complement and enhance this use case by providing capabilities such as consulting, designing, implementing, and operating solutions.
Cybersecurity
Protect your data and operational infrastructure with defense in depth--spanning both enterprise and utility operations. Ensure data privacy while maintaining operational reliability and uptime, by providing cyber threat protection, detection and remediation.
OT Asset Vulnerability Management
See how enabling secure access to electric utilities provides critical visibility into grid operations and limits the impact of identified vulnerabilities.
Take advantage of limited-time promotions on Cisco Industrial IoT products
Business overview
-
Industry drivers
- Mitigate cyber risk; improve cyber risk protection
- Protect network/grid
- Protect employees and customers
- Protect partners
- Protect local communities/environment
- Modernize the grid without compromising cybersecurity
- Meet regulatory requirements and achieve compliance mandates
-
Business needs
- Improve reliability and safety of the electric transmission and distribution grid via connected assets while mitigating the inherent accompanying cybersecurity risk
-
Capabilities
- Enforce cybersecurity perimeters and access control, and monitor/report incidents
- Secure automation and control
- Real-time data and analytics for threat defense
- Remote IOT and sensor-based monitoring
- Improve security incident response time
-
Business outcomes
- Improved infrastructure, better management, and incident cost avoidance
- Reduce integration and deployment cost/risk
- Maintain reliability performance (SAIDI, SAIFI, CAIDI)
- Operate safely, reliably, and efficiently
-
Stakeholders
- CISO
- Corporate risk
- Substation engineering
- OT telecom
Products and services
Free trials and special offers
Use case architecture
Cisco products
| Component | |
|---|---|
|
DMZ |
AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client Secure Firewall |
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Control center zone |
Catalyst 8000 Series Edge Platform Cisco Umbrella DNS Cyber Vision Identity Services Engine (ISE) Secure Firewall Secure Firewall Threat Defense Manager Secure Network Analytics Talos threat intelligence |
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Backhaul zone |
Secure Network Analytics |
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Substation multiservice zone |
Catalyst IE9300 Rugged Series Switches Catalyst IR8300 Rugged Series Routers Catalyst IR1100 Rugged Series Router Secure Firewall ISA3000 Secure Network Analytics Cyber Vision sensors |
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Substation process zone |
Catalyst IE9300 Rugged Series Switches Secure Firewall ISA3000 IC3000 Industrial Compute Gateway Cyber Vision sensors |
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Field zone |
Catalyst IR1100 Rugged Series Router IR510 WPAN Industrial Routers IR530 Series Resilient Mesh Range Extender Secure Network Analytics Cyber Vision sensors |
Special offers above
Cisco Services
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Core Services |
Cisco Lifecycle Services |
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Support Services |
Expert Care |
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Smart Net Total Care |
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Software Support Services (Enhanced, Premium) |
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Solution Support (hardware, software) |
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Advanced Services |
Advanced Services Transactional |
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Insights for Internet and Cloud Visibility Solution Attached Services |
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Training |
Learning and Certifications |
Where you purchase matters
Equipment purchased through Cisco partners—whether it's new or Cisco Certified Refurbished—entitles you to Cisco service support, upgrades, replacement guarantees, a valid software license, and a full warranty.
Partnerships overview
Find and engage partners
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Asset visibility
- Overview
- Business overview
- Products and services
- __________
OT assets in the utility grid are predominantly critical infrastructure used to support the delivery of power. Having real-time asset inventory and correlating the assets to known vulnerabilities supports both grid reliability and regulatory compliance with limited OpEx.
OT Asset Vulnerability Management
See how enabling secure access to electric utilities provides critical visibility into grid operations and limits the impact of identified vulnerabilities.
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Business overview
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Industry drivers
- OpEx reductions desired
- Efficiency improvements
- Massive expansion of digital assets in the OT environment
- Risk reduction for the utility's operations as well as its shareholders
- Safe reliable distribution of power
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Business needs
- Comply with industry standards and regulation (NERC/CIP Version 5 and other country/region standards)
- Improve operations and maintenance
- Increase system and staff efficiencies
- Leverage and defer major capital investments
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Capabilities
- Industrial network asset identification in constant real time
- Correlation of identified assets and known vulnerabilities
- NERC asset identification compliance support
- Solution can be extended to support advanced OT cybersecurity
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Business outcomes
- Improve grid reliability
- Achieve asset inventory compliance
- OpEx and accuracy improvements over current labor-intensive. on-site approaches
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Stakeholders
- Chief security officer
- Chief digital officer
- Security director
- Enterprise architect
- Substation engineering
- OT telecom
- Engineering director
Products and services
Free trials and special offers
Use case architecture
Cisco products
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DMZ |
AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client Secure Firewall |
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Control center zone |
Catalyst 8000 Series Edge Platform Catalyst Center Cisco Umbrella DNS Cyber Vision Identity Services Engine (ISE) Secure Firewall Secure Firewall Threat Defense Manager Secure Network Analytics Talos threat intelligence Unified Computing System (UCS) |
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Backhaul zone |
Secure Network Analytics |
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Substation multiservice zone |
Catalyst IE9300 Rugged Series Switches Catalyst Industrial Ethernet (IE) Switches Portfolio Catalyst IR8300 Rugged Series Routers Catalyst IR1100 Rugged Series Router Secure Firewall ISA3000 Secure Network Analytics Cyber Vision sensors |
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Substation process zone |
Catalyst IE9300 Rugged Series Switches Catalyst Industrial Ethernet (IE) Switches Portfolio Secure Firewall ISA3000 IC3000 Industrial Compute Gateway Cyber Vision sensors |
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Field zone |
Catalyst IR8300 Rugged Series Routers Catalyst IR1100 Rugged Series Router IR510 WPAN Industrial Routers IR530 Series Resilient Mesh Range Extender Secure Network Analytics Cyber Vision sensors |
Special offers above
Cisco Services
| Category | Services |
|---|---|
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Core Services |
Cisco Lifecycle Services |
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Support Services |
Expert Care |
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Smart Net Total Care |
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Software Support Services (Enhanced, Premium) |
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Solution Support (hardware, software) |
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Advanced Services |
Advanced Services Transactional |
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Training |
Learning and Certifications |
Where you purchase matters
Equipment purchased through Cisco partners—whether it's new or Cisco Certified Refurbished—entitles you to Cisco service support, upgrades, replacement guarantees, a valid software license, and a full warranty.
Partnerships overview
Find and engage partners
Cisco partners can complement and enhance this use case by providing capabilities such as consulting, designing, implementing, and operating solutions.
Video surveillance
- Overview
- Business overview
- Products and services
- __________
Maintain constant contextual and situational awareness through monitoring that protects assets while ensuring employee safety.
Business overview
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Industry drivers
- Protection of people, property, and infrastructure
- Reduce risk to employees, resources, and the environment
- Quickly deliver information to the appropriate resources in critical situations
- Rising public safety and national security concerns
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Business needs
- Protect people and assets
- Monitor assets for real-time information and visibility across sites and encompassing infrastructure
- Health and safety of personnel
- Enhance threat awareness and incident response
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Capabilities
- Real-time data for threat defense
- Enforce cybersecurity perimeters for improved access control, better threat monitoring, and incident reporting
- Integrated safety and security solutions that seamlessly encompass video surveillance and advanced analytics to proactively monitor and manage potential threats
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Business outcomes
- Safe work environment for employees
- Protection of assets
- Reduce technology integration cost and ongoing deployment risk
- Enforce intelligent cyber and physical security to monitor sites for evolving risk, incidents, and threats
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Stakeholders
- CIO/CTO/CISO
- VP of risk management
- VP of safety
- Compliance officer
- Operations
Products and services
Free trials and special offers
Use case architecture
Cisco products
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Switching |
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Wireless |
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Cameras |
Meraki MV Smart Cameras |
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SD-WAN |
Catalyst SD-WAN |
Meraki SD-WAN |
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Cellular gateway |
Catalyst CG522 |
Meraki MG51 |
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Management |
Catalyst Center |
Meraki Systems Manager |
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Security Special offers above |
Cisco Duo Cisco Umbrella Identity Services Engine (ISE) Secure Endpoint |
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Location-based services |
Cisco Spaces |
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Application performance |
AppDynamics |
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Integration services |
DevNet |
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Cisco Services
| Category | Services |
|---|---|
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Core Services |
Cisco Lifecycle Services |
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Success Tracks |
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Support Services |
Expert Care |
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Smart Net Total Care |
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Software Support Services (Enhanced, Premium) |
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Solution Support (hardware, software) |
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Advanced Services |
Advanced Services Transactional |
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Training |
Learning and Certifications |
Where you purchase matters
Equipment purchased through Cisco partners—whether it's new or Cisco Certified Refurbished—entitles you to Cisco service support, upgrades, replacement guarantees, a valid software license, and a full warranty.
Partnerships overview
Find and engage partners
Cisco partners can complement and enhance this use case by providing capabilities such as consulting, designing, implementing, and operating solutions.
Remote mobile worker
Enable remote field workers with secure connectivity to access operational and line of business applications.
Business overview
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Industry drivers
- Efficient operations to lower operating costs and maintain a productive working environment
- Optimized operations to drive excellence and create a competitive differentiation
- Employee safety and security improvements
- Productivity enhancements
- Diminishing field resources in workforce; reduced expertise
- Develop solutions that can support sustainability goals
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Business needs
- Increase grid reliability and human safety
- Increase time on tools
- Location awareness
- Safety and security
- Modernize communications
- Support more sustainable business practices
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Capabilities
- Improved speed and accuracy to resolve issues in the field
- Immediate access to expertise and knowledge
- Remote troubleshooting and best practice sharing
- Enhanced communications across multi-functional teams at different locations
- Enable remote expert engagements
- Traceable sharing real-time video and photos for training and audit
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Business outcomes
- Reduced costs associated with turnaround
- Resource optimization and faster time to resolution; remote expert decision support
- Improved employee and contractor safety and risk management
- Field worker productivity and efficiencies
- Reduced travel can result in lower carbon footprint for travel-related emissions
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Stakeholders
- Environmental health and safety team
- Reliability manager
- HR
- Distribution leadership
- Chief sustainability officer
Products and services
Free trials and special offers
Use case architecture
Cisco products
| Component | |
|---|---|
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Routing |
Catalyst IR1800 Rugged Series Routers Catalyst IR1100 Rugged Series Router |
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Switching |
Catalyst Industrial Ethernet (IE) Switches Portfolio |
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Wireless |
Catalyst IW6300 Heavy Duty Series Access Points Catalyst 9124 Series Access Points Industrial Wireless 3700 Series Access Points |
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IoT application management |
IoT Operations Dashboard |
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Security Special offers above |
Cyber Vision Identity Services Engine (ISE) |
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Dashboard, analytics, and location awareness |
IoT networking partner software |
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Collaboration Special offers above |
Webex |
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Endpoints |
Mobile device manufacturers |
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Edge compute |
Catalyst IE3400 Heavy Duty Series Switches IC3000 Industrial Compute Gateway |
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Edge application platform |
IOx application |
Cisco Services
| Category | Services |
|---|---|
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Core Services |
Cisco Lifecycle Services |
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Support Services |
Expert Care |
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Smart Net Total Care |
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Software Support Services (Enhanced, Premium) |
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Solution Support (hardware, software) |
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Advanced Services |
Advanced Services Transactional |
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Training |
Learning and Certifications |
Where you purchase matters
Equipment purchased through Cisco partners—whether it's new or Cisco Certified Refurbished—entitles you to Cisco service support, upgrades, replacement guarantees, a valid software license, and a full warranty.
Partnerships overview
Find and engage partners
Cisco partners can complement and enhance this use case by providing capabilities such as consulting, designing, implementing, and operating solutions.
Mobile fleet management
- Overview
- Business overview
- Products and services
- __________
Provide secure collaboration tools so workers can share data and collaborate over voice and video, to facilitate more timely execution of their field responsibilities.
Business overview
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Industry drivers
- Lack of skilled labor and quality experts
- Aging workforce that is quickly reaching retirement age
- OpEx reduction
- Worker productivity
- Develop solutions that can support sustainability goals
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Business needs
- Robust collaboration with field workers and their assets with remote experts
- Maximize human safety
- Maximize field workforce efficiency resulting in reduced OpEx and improved restoration times
- Fleet optimization
- Support more sustainable business practices
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Capabilities
- Data uploaded in seconds with LTE
- Handles multiple wireless laptops, smartphones, and tablets simultaneously
- Machine-to-machine communications for background and next-step tasks while field crews are working
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Business outcomes
- Faster issue resolution/utilization with visual collaboration between sites and engineers
- Improvements in provisioning and clearance time
- Improvement in training effectiveness using collaboration technologies
- More efficient travel can result in lower carbon footprint for travel-related emissions
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Stakeholders
- Fleet management
- Human resources
- Worker of the future
- Control systems engineering
- Security department
- Telecomm engineering
- Distribution engineering
- Grid planning personnel
- CISO
- Corporate risk
- Substation engineering
- Chief sustainability officer
Products and services
Free trials and special offers
Use case architecture
Cisco products
| Component | |
|---|---|
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Routing |
Catalyst IR1800 Rugged Series Routers Catalyst IR1100 Rugged Series Router |
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Switching |
Catalyst Industrial Ethernet (IE) Switches Portfolio |
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Wireless |
Catalyst IW6300 Heavy Duty Series Access Points Catalyst 9124 Series Access Points Industrial Wireless 3700 Series Access Points |
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IoT application management |
IoT Operations Dashboard |
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Security Special offers above |
Cyber Vision Identity Services Engine (ISE) |
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Dashboard, analytics, and location awareness |
IoT networking partner software |
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Collaboration Special offers above |
Webex |
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Endpoints |
Mobile device manufacturers |
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Edge compute |
Catalyst IE3400 Heavy Duty Series Switches IC3000 Industrial Compute Gateway |
Cisco Services
| Category | Services |
|---|---|
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Core Services |
Cisco Lifecycle Services |
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Support Services |
Expert Care |
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Smart Net Total Care |
|
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Software Support Services (Enhanced, Premium) |
|
|
Solution Support (hardware, software) |
|
|
Advanced Services |
Advanced Services Transactional |
|
Training |
Learning and Certifications |
Where you purchase matters
Equipment purchased through Cisco partners—whether it's new or Cisco Certified Refurbished—entitles you to Cisco service support, upgrades, replacement guarantees, a valid software license, and a full warranty.
Partnerships overview
Find and engage partners
Cisco partners can complement and enhance this use case by providing capabilities such as consulting, designing, implementing, and operating solutions.
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