I caught up with Franco Castaldini, VP, Marketing at Bit Stew Systems to talk about Bit Stew and Cisco and wanted to know about where Bit Stew are going with product offerings, industry solutions, and customer  engagements. This is what he told me:

"It's an exciting time for Bit Stew Systems as we extend our heritage in utilities into new markets such as the oil and gas industry. This week, the Bit Stew team is showcasing our MIx Solutions at the Entelec Spring Conference & Expo in Houston, Texas.

Bit Stew's transformative MIx Core? platform manages real-time industrial data at scale, automating the ingestion process, and utilizing machine intelligence both centrally and at the edge. Our MIx Director? application (formerly Grid Director), harnesses the power of MIx Core, by building operator workbenches to provide industry-specific data models, search, reports, dashboards and so much more. MIx Director continues to serve as a container to plug-in MIx Apps?, which offers pre-built analytics, data adapters and visualizations that solve specific use cases that improve asset and operational performance.

Bit Stew majoring in Fog Computing with Cisco's IOx Platform

With Cisco's IOx? technology, Cisco's field-based hardware devices such as the Cisco Connected Grid Router (CGR) and Integrated Services Router (ISR) bring a whole new level of capabilities to market. These devices are capable of hosting a guest operating platform where companies like Bit Stew can run our own applications like never before. Bit Stew is a member of the Cisco 'Solutions Partner' program.

Collaboration goes Beyond 'Big Data' and Drives Value

Bit Stew's MIx Core takes full advantage of Cisco's IOx technology, by embedding its core technology inside these Cisco fog devices, providing data analysis at the edge of the network and in cloud-based systems -all in real-time. Running MIx Core in the "fog" brings a significant new advantage for organizations that are dealing with massive amounts of data running on complex networks in the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). This end-to-end visibility enables industrial companies to gain actionable insights from the network in order to manage risks, improve asset performance and increase uptime.

A Proven Track Record of Success

Together, Bit Stew and Cisco have worked collaboratively to bring fog technology to life at major utilities such as BC Hydro, a Canadian electric utility in the province of British Columbia, which first deployed smart meters in 2011. The successful and proven track record we have had together with utilities is now resonating with the upstream and midstream oil and gas markets. The response the Bit Stew and Cisco teams saw at Entelec this week has been exciting and we will have more to announce in the weeks ahead.

Take time to learn more about Bit Stew at www.bitstew.com and read our new blog the Bit View for more insights and commentary on the IIoT."

Make sure you catch the interview with Bit Stew's CEO, Kevin Collins here: Fog Computing Becomes Clearer with Cisco IOx Solution

You can read more about Bit Stew here (click on the link below)

Cisco and Bit Stew Point of View: Distributed Intelligence: Unlocking the benefits of the Industrial Internet.

About Franco Castaldini
Franco Castaldini is an experienced marketing, sales and product management executive who has led go-to-market strategies for innovative startups to large global companies. Franco leads Bit Stew's product marketing and management, marketing communications, and global go-to-market strategy for the company's growth in the Industrial Internet market.