The Hidden Bottleneck Slowing Down Manufacturing Transformation
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Legacy industrial networks are the primary bottleneck preventing manufacturers from scaling AI initiatives like predictive maintenance, machine vision, and digital twins. A new ARC Advisory Group report concludes that a modern, enterprise-grade OT network must provide high bandwidth, embedded security (zero-trust, micro-segmentation), Power over Ethernet up to 90W, and centralized management. Audi's Edge Cloud For Production initiative is cited as a real-world example. ARC identifies Cisco as the only vendor with a full portfolio meeting these requirements, a finding backed by a 2026 survey where 63% of manufacturers named Cisco as their top choice for AI-ready networking infrastructure.
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