None of that requires internet access though. It should all be handled through the company intranet.
I work in manufacturing and our tools are connected to the company network but blocked from the internet because some still rely on things like WindowsXP or Win7 for example.
putting together a WAN with your vendors would be a great big old thing. I suppose you could figure out some way to pull vendor patches and updated specs into your LAN via a single point of entry as well.
None of that requires internet access though. It should all be handled through the company intranet.
I work in manufacturing and our tools are connected to the company network but blocked from the internet because some still rely on things like WindowsXP or Win7 for example.
putting together a WAN with your vendors would be a great big old thing. I suppose you could figure out some way to pull vendor patches and updated specs into your LAN via a single point of entry as well.