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Manufacturing networks that connect and protect the plant floor

Segment operational technology from IT, secure IoT at scale, and keep production sites resilient and observable

Hermes network diagram for manufacturing
The challenge

When OT meets IT

Plant floors now run on connected machines, controllers and sensors that were never designed to sit on a shared network. Linking them to IT and the cloud brings visibility and efficiency, but it also exposes production to risks that start in an email inbox or a laptop.

Hermes keeps the two worlds connected without letting them collide. Operational technology sits on its own segments, isolated from office IT. Every device on the floor is discovered and visible, links fail over to keep lines running, and each plant is managed from the same console as the rest of the business.

At a glance
OT isolated from IT risk
Every device on the floor visible
Resilient links for production sites
Industrial I/O on the Hermes edge
How Hermes fits

How Hermes fits manufacturing

Built for distributed plants, warehouses and production sites

OT/IT segmentation

Isolate the plant floor from office IT so an incident in one cannot spread to the other.

IoT at scale

Onboard and secure large numbers of sensors and connected machines.

Full visibility

See every device and application on the floor from one console.

Site resilience

PowerLink fails over between links so production stays connected.

Threat prevention

Inline firewalling and IDS/IPS at every plant, managed centrally.

Physical security

AI cameras and door access run on the same network and platform.

Rollout

How a plant joins the network

1

Discover

Find every device on the floor and map how OT and IT systems talk today.

2

Segment

Model OT and IT segments in the Digital Twin before changing anything live.

3

Deploy

Install the Hermes edge zero-touch, with policy applied as soon as it connects.

4

Monitor

Watch devices, links and threats across every plant from the Orchestrator.

Hardware

Runs on Hermes hardware

Every Hermes device is provisioned zero-touch and managed from the same Orchestrator

SD-WAN AI Edge Desktop

Branch SD-WAN, Layer 3 switching and edge AI in a compact desktop appliance.

SD-WAN AI Edge 24P PoE

A Layer 3 PoE+ switch and an SD-WAN edge in one unit for larger sites.

Wi-Fi 7 Access Points

Wall, desktop and ceiling access points, managed from the same Orchestrator.

FAQ

Manufacturing networking FAQ

Can’t find your answer? Our solutions architects are happy to help

Operational technology controls physical processes, and much of it was never built to face modern threats. Keeping it on its own segments stops an incident on the office network from reaching production systems.

Yes. Application and device discovery shows what is connected and what it is talking to, so you can build segmentation policy around what is actually there.

Hermes SD-WAN AI Edge models include RS-485 and GPIO interfaces for connecting industrial equipment and sensors. Talk to our team about the protocols your site uses.

PowerLink bonds multiple links and fails over between them, so production systems stay connected when a carrier line goes down.

Yes. Every site is provisioned zero-touch and managed from the Hermes Orchestrator, with the same templates and policy across your footprint.

See it on your network

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