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The top articles in February 2022
The most-read articles in February show: There is a need to talk about the cloud. You can also read about what needs to be considered when implementing 5G and find out how data communication via light is made possible in the top 10.
Top 10: Hanover to get a 'digital twin'
With the new 5G mobile communications standard, Hanover is to receive a digital image that reflects the state capital three-dimensionally and in real time. It will start with the exhibition grounds.
Top 9: Change at the top of the company
Two of Sigmatek's four managing directors are retiring from active company management. The medium-sized Salzburg company is now managed by Marianne Kusejko and Alexander Melkus.
Top 8: This is far from sovereign!
SAP and Arvato Systems have announced plans to build a "sovereign" cloud platform for German authorities and ministries. How sovereign can such a project be? A statement from Holger Dyroff, COO and Managing Director of Owncloud.
Top 7: Technology beats volume
Distributors and SMEs belong together, FBDi Managing Director Andreas Falke is certain. In this interview, the head of the association talks about why distributors ensure greater visibility for SMEs and what advantages Europe has in terms of sustainability.
Top 6: A sovereign cloud solution
SAP Germany wants to establish a company with Bertelsmann subsidiary Arvato Systems that will operate cloud locations based on Microsoft Azure in Germany, which will be used exclusively by the public sector. What DSAG thinks about the project.
Top 5: 96 products, your decision!
96 products make up the list of nominees for this year's "Products of the Year 2022" readers' poll! Now your opinion counts: Which are the most innovative and useful products?
Top 4: The e-paper of issue 1/2022
We start the new year with the top trends in automation: in addition to OPC UA, machine safety and artificial intelligence, we also show why distributors are ideal system partners on the road to the smart factory in our Issue 1.
Top 3: Communication with visible light
The data exchange of cooperative AGVs cannot be reliably achieved via WiFi channels alone. If visible light is also used for this purpose, the susceptibility of communication to interference is significantly reduced.
Top 2: Siemens increases profit by 20%
Strong sales, a significant increase in order intake and a profit of €1.8 billion - this summarizes the first quarter of fiscal year 2022 for Siemens.
Top 1: Not a classic rollout project!
5G campus networks are quite similar to a complex IT system in terms of introduction, implementation and operation. Kai Grunwitz, Managing Director of NTT in Germany, explains in an interview what companies need to consider and where pitfalls lurk.
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