Skip to content
‹ Back to IndustriesIndustrial IoT

Introducing Ribbon’s Tactical Edge Communications Solution

Ribbon Communications has introduced a Tactical Edge Communications Solution designed for critical environments like military and emergency scenarios. The solution is versatile, scalable, and provides secure, reliable communications. It offers JITC certification and FIPS compliance, meeting the highest standards required by the US Department of Defense.

This story was produced through MarketScale. See how Industrial IoT teams put it to work with AI Visibility (GEO).

By James Kent · · Advanced TechnologyCommunications SolutionsJitc CertifiedOptical Networking Solutions
Share
Introducing Ribbon’s Tactical Edge Communications Solution

Key takeaways

01

Ribbon Communications' Tactical Edge solution enhances communication in critical environments such as military settings and natural disasters.

02

The system is JITC-certified and FIPS-compliant, meeting high-level security standards.

03

It is adaptable, functioning effectively in both large-scale and small-scale deployments.

Free workspace

Turn your Industrial IoT expertise into content.

Record interviews, organize footage, and write with AI on a free trial of the MarketScale platform for qualifying companies. No demo required, no credit card.

Try it Free

In a military setting, tactical edge means the last mile of a battlefield environment. And it’s no secret that Ribbon Communications’ latest solution is a perfect system for the military in those critical environments where reliable communications are not easy to deploy.

Greg Zweig, Ribbon’s Director of Solutions Marketing, talked through this exciting new offering from Ribbon and several use cases for its deployment.

While military settings are a perfect use case for Ribbon’s Tactical Edge communications system, any dynamic environment will benefit.

“It could be something like a natural disaster, which, here in the United States, we might think of someone like a FEMA deploying,” Zweig said. “And it could be something like a sports event where suddenly thousands of people are going to be coming to a large event where I need to be able to manage communications across a site for a large number of people.”

Ribbon’s products, designed with security in mind, are JITC-Certified.

“This is the highest standard that the US Department of defense requires,” Zweig said. They are also FIPS compliant, which is a five-star level of advanced encryption security.

With adaptability and flexibility of the environment and situation in mind, Ribbon’s Tactical Edge software is versatile in its deployment.

“It can scale up so it can be used in a large physical building with hundreds or thousands of users, but it will also scale down to just a few virtual machines,” Zweig said. “So that means it can actually run on something like a backpack or could easily be deployed in a tent.”

Follow us on social media for the latest updates in B2B!

Twitter – @MarketScale

Facebook – facebook.com/marketscale

LinkedIn – linkedin.com/company/marketscale

Your experts belong here

Every story in MarketScale Industrial IoT starts with a company putting its controls engineers, plant-floor specialists, and integration partners on the record. Buyers are already reading this topic. The only question is whose experts they find.

Plant and controls buyers research deep before contact, and your engineers get to shape that research.

Book DemoSee how it works15 minutes, straight to a calendar.

About the author

JK
James KentPodcast Host and Content Creator

Dependable leader and Podcaster with more than 12 years of results-oriented brand marketing and agency management experience including a broad range of competencies: Adaptive communication and presentation skills. A manager who coaches, mentors and leads. Ability to successfully work cross-functionally within every level of an organization. Strong focus on innovative marketing solutions. Outstanding client relationship building and strategic account management support. Thrives in fast-paced environments with multiple deliverables. Podcast host and content creator.

B2B Weekly

The week in Industrial IoT, and sixteen other industries, every Monday.

Ten stories, one-line takes, five minutes. Free.

Industrial IoT: are you visible to AI?

Before they reach out, Industrial IoT buyers ask AI engines which vendors to trust. Explore how your experts, customers, and partners can become useful content for buyers and AI search.

Free Trial

You just read one Industrial IoT expert. Your company is full of them.

This article was produced through MarketScale. The same platform turns your controls engineers, plant-floor specialists, and integration partners into the articles, video, and social content Industrial IoT buyers are searching for. Start a free trial and see it with your own people. For qualifying companies, no credit card, no demo required.

NPS +73 · 1,000+ creators · 38+ countries

What your free trial includes

Hands-on access to the MarketScale platform
Media requests to your crowd, remote recording, AI writing tools
No demo required. No credit card.
For qualifying companies. Company confirmation required.

More Industrial IoT Insights

NVIDIA's FOX blueprint sends AI agents from a defect alert to a root-cause report

NVIDIA's FOX blueprint sends AI agents from a defect alert to a root-cause report

NVIDIA's Factory Operations Blueprint (FOX) is a reference architecture for factory agent workflows, including a defect-to-report example, with operator review rules set by the plant. Per daily.dev, Siemens’ Erlangen site reports up to 20% cost savings from FOX-based order-planning agents.

  • 01Plants configure which agent decisions need operator sign-off, treating approval rules as a settings choice rather than a product variant
  • 02Root Cause Analysis Agent links inspection findings with machine data across systems to support defect investigations
  • 03NVIDIA ran NemoClaw, OpenShell and local Nemotron models under production load in its DGX operations.

Nov 7, 2026

Federal agencies urge cold chain operators to lock down refrigeration controllers

Federal agencies urge cold chain operators to lock down refrigeration controllers

Federal agencies released a joint fact sheet on Nov. 5 with mitigation steps to secure industrial refrigeration and cold chain monitoring systems against cyberattacks targeting temperature controllers. The guidance cites authentication bypass, code injection and weak configurations that can cause inventory loss, equipment hazards and loss of temperature visibility across healthcare, food, agriculture and transportation sectors.

  • 01CISA, FBI, HHS, USDA and DOT urged mitigations including removing internet exposure, OT VLAN segmentation, stronger credentials and MFA, updating firmware and replacing end-of-life devices, allowlisting, tested offline backups, logging and review, and setpoint limits with alerts.
  • 02The fact sheet recommends network segmentation, stronger password practices, firmware updates and logging with regular review.

Nov 6, 2026

MVTec and BMG bring Halcon machine vision to Bosch Rexroth's ctrlX OS

MVTec and BMG bring Halcon machine vision to Bosch Rexroth's ctrlX OS

Bosch Manufacturing Solutions' Nexeed Integrated Vision app enables the use of MVTec's Halcon procedures on Bosch Rexroth's ctrlX OS. That suggests vision on ctrlX is becoming an app choice. Machine builders should compare stacks on licensing, training hardware and integration effort.

  • 01On a Bosch Rexroth controller, machine vision is becoming a software purchase: BMG's Nexeed Integrated Vision app makes MVTec Halcon procedures available on ctrlX OS.
  • 02ctrlX OS hardware-independence may ease controller swaps, but vision apps aren’t interchangeable, so builders should choose stacks carefully.

Nov 5, 2026

Explore More Industrial IoT Insights

Read more expert perspectives from across Industrial IoT.

Browse Industrial IoT Hub

About the Experts

JK
James Kent

Podcast Host and Content Creator

James Kent is a dependable leader and podcaster with over 12 years of experience in brand marketing and agency management. He has a broad range of competencies, including adaptive communication and presentation skills.

GZ
Greg Zweig

Director of Solutions Marketing

Ribbon Communications

Greg Zweig is the Director of Solutions Marketing at Ribbon Communications, guiding the strategic vision for marketing solutions aimed at improving communications in critical environments.

For B2B teams

Your experts could be publishing here

Stories like this one run on content MarketScale captures from real practitioners. See how your team's expertise becomes coverage in Industrial IoT and beyond.

Book a Demo

Or call us. No forms required. We pick up. 214-945-2512