However, according to Klaus-Dieter Walter, Managing Director of SSV Software Systems, the importance of standardization should not be overestimated: "Especially in Germany, the idea is widespread that the necessary standardization for Industry 4.0 must take place in the officially responsible committees," he said. "However, this will not work. The trend is for automation technology to be increasingly permeated by IT. And with IT, its standards will also permeate industrial automation."