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Red Lion Controls announced that its Sixnet series RAM industrial cellular RTUs and wired routers now offer enhanced communication security using Distrix Networks’ software-defined networking (SDN) technology. According to the press release, Distrix’s SDN technology, running on RAM devices, speeds and simplifies deployment of communication networks between industrial devices and IIoT cloud platforms and delivers security for remote machine access. Using this solution, organizations can quickly and easily establish secure communications regardless of whether the backhaul medium is cellular or wired.
This enhancement to Red Lion’s RAM products is designed to add incremental security and redundancy while improving on traditional VPN communications that rely on point-to-point tunnels that can be difficult to manage. The addition of SDN technology brings flexibility, scalability, and resiliency to legacy serial-based infrastructures as well as present-day IP-based networks.
Distrix software embeds directly on RAM devices, allowing customers to quickly deploy and manage a secure software-defined industrial network. Capabilities include highly secure end-to-end tunnel connections without common network security risks and complexity, improved network redundancy, sensor data enhancement for analytics, and simplified machine-to-machine process automation.
In addition to highly secure cloud integration, RAM products also incorporate an event engine and integrated I/O database that streamlines the creation and storage of data tags. The combination of industrial automation capabilities, secure and reliable communication, and easy-to-connect cloud support is designed to provide customers with a seamless IIoT solution.
Red Lion’s RAM products also offer multiple serial and Ethernet ports and optional I/O, Wi-Fi and an active GPS, easily integrating with existing equipment to securely monitor and control remote devices. By delivering data visibility, control, and real-time notifications on field-deployed equipment and processes via highly secure network connections, the RAM platform looks to enable organizations to take advantage of the benefits of IIoT today.
Keywords: IIoT Cloud Platforms, Secure Communications, Machine-To-Machine, Process Automation, RAM Devices, Software-Defined Networking (SDN), ARC Advisory Group.