Cisco has announced a new portfolio of Catalyst industrial routers. Featuring 5G capabilities today, the portfolio enables organisations to run connected operations at scale with choice of management tools suited for both IT and operations.
The new portfolio includes:
- Three new Catalyst 5G Industrial Routers to securely connect mobile and fixed assets – These new routers are based on Cisco IOS XE to extend the enterprise network and SD-WAN to the edge. This unified architecture provides IT and operational teams with consistent tools, eliminates training on new devices and technologies, and improves security. The new Catalyst routers are modular and also offer built-in edge compute to develop business apps and drive decisions at the edge.
- New Cisco IoT Gateway Series for essential indoor or outdoor connectivity at mass scale – Packaged with Cisco’s cloud-based IoT Operations Dashboard, these cloud-simple gateways are cost-effective and offer fast and simple set up; simply plug it in and power it on to connect previously unconnected assets.
The new Catalyst routing portfolio offers a broad choice of modules – including 5G and LTE for public or private cellular networks, public safety applications like FirstNet, DSL, Wi-SUN – and upgradeable storage. Plus, the portfolio enables updating the CPU and battery in the field.
The portfolio integrates Cisco Cyber Vision to provide full visibility from enterprise to the edge.