Cisco's strategy in manufacturing over the next 5 years is set to accelarate growth with the use of innovative and out-of-the-box technologies. Key themes such as Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI),Converged Plantwide Ethernet Solution and Cisco's implementation of IoT in the manufacturing space have been discussed. This market insight would elucidate all details of Frost & Sullivan's visit to their conference and the company's value-proposition.