The British cybersecurity provider Sophos wants to buy its American competitor Secureworks. The transaction is expected to be completed in early 2025.

nVent Electric, provider of electrical connection and protection solutions, has developed and realized a new CPCI serial backplane.

ICP Germany uses the Alder Lake N generation processors from Intel in the embedded system 'MB2-10ANS'.

Spectra's tGW-700 series Modbus TCP to RTU/ASCII gateways allow Modbus/TCP hosts to easily communicate with Modbus RTU/ASCII serial devices over an Ethernet network.

Marc Schaad will take over the operational management of the Kistler Group at the beginning of 2025. He succeeds Rolf Sonderegger, who led Kistler as CEO for 22 years.

AI visionary Sam Altman is driving a project that uses eye scans to distinguish people from software fakes on the internet. His company ChatGPT helped solve the problem.

Julien Rausch and Martin Flöer talk about the challenges associated with open ecosystems and the benefits of web-based technologies in this interview.

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"Open systems" have been advertised and implemented in various forms, technologies and products for decades. Numerous market trends in recent years have not only confirmed these approaches, they have also made them a success factor in numerous applications. A classification by Dr. Thomas Bürger.

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With the 'AFL4-W07-RK3566', ICP Germany is launching 7-inch models on the market that have a Rockchip System on Chip onboard instead of an x86/x64 processor.

Security and stability are very important factors for industrial processes. One way to increase security is to use Windows 11 IoT Enterprise LTSC 2024 in the industrial PC.

With 'Anybus Defender', HMS Networks presents a new product series for the highest cyber security requirements in industrial environments. The product range offers protection for networks in the manufacturing industry, for machine builders and for the critical infrastructure sector.

The VDMA Software and Digitalization Association has elected a new Executive Board. The members elected Sebastian Betzin as Chairman of the Board. His two deputies are Susanne Henkel, Managing Director of SAE Applications for Digitalization, and Dr Thomas Genßler, Managing Director at CAS Software.

For the first time, SPS - Smart Production Solutions is offering a program aimed at young people. The aim is to attract young talent to the automation industry.

Unnoticed by consumers, there is a power struggle for the future in the PC business: there is more competition for the chip technology used by Intel and AMD. This is leading to a surprising alliance.

On 1 January 2025, Dr. Marc Wucherer will take over as CEO of Lenze from Christian Wendler, who is retiring at the end of the year.

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The Executive Board of the International Federation of Robotics (IFR) has elected Takayuki Ito as President. At the same time, Jane Heffner was appointed as the new Vice President of the IFR.

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Gossen Metrawatt has introduced new three-phase adapters for connecting test devices to 5-pin CEE sockets.

SAB Bröckskes has developed application-specific product series for hybrid and One Cable Technology (OCT) cabling for industrial Ethernet cabling.

The cable gland supplier Agro, part of the Kaiser Group, is expanding its 'MCE' multiple entry system for shielded cables and wires with new EMC versions.

In the field of magnetic field measurement, the focus has been on quantum sensors for some years now. Robert Staacke from Quantum Technologies and Christian Reinwald from Reichelt Elektronik explain what makes them so special.

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