Every year, ARC Advisory Group hosts forums and conferences in major cities around the world. Topics range from automotive, CPG, aerospace, biotech, chemicals, mining, oil and gas and other sectors.  The forums allow corporate executives to network with peers and gather industry intelligence.

Cisco is pleased to be highlighting its converged, industrial networking architecture at the seventeenth annual ARC World Industry Forum:"Achieving Breakthrough Performance with New Processes and Technologies".

This year, that event takes place at the Renaissance Orlando at SeaWorld in Orlando, Florida on February 11-14.

Please be our guest at the welcome reception in the Oceans Ballroom on Monday evening from 6:00 to 9:00 pm, courtesy of Cisco and the ARC Advisory Group.  Then,join us at the forum to hear about innovative networking solutions that can help you to significantly outperform your competition.  At the forum, we'll offer advice to help your business grow, reduce costs and solve business challenges.

The topics of industrial networking and ofconverged Operations and Information Technologyoften lead to discussions specific to security, risk management, and the Internet of Things.  Cisco executives will speak at forum workshops and panel discussions to address these topics in detail.

The Cisco speakers includeBrian Uffelman, SeniorManager for Product Management at Cisco;Bob Dean, Executive Director, Manufacturing Industry Vertical from Cisco; andMaciej Kranz,Vice President and General Manager for the Cisco Connected Industries Business Unitwho will speak about "The Internet of Things".

Check out the video above to learn about the topics they'll each discuss and come be a part of those discussions next week.

Cisco will also have a booth at the Innovations Showcase from February 11th to the 13th. You can meet with industry specialists there to discuss your needs and learn how other companies are benefiting from a close Cisco relationship.

We look forward to seeing you there.