The Intelligent Manufacturing Award 2021
Under the motto "Bring Value to Data", Microsoft and Roland Berger called on companies to take part in the Intelligent Manufacturing Award 2021. The winners have now been announced.
Under the motto "Bring Value to Data", Microsoft and Roland Berger called on companies to take part in the Intelligent Manufacturing Award 2021. The winners have now been announced.

On March 1, Sven Mulder will become Managing Director of SAP Germany. As Alex Kläger's successor, he will be responsible for the Group's business in Germany.

28 European organizations launch the Structura-X initiative. The digital companies and cloud providers want to use it to offer services that meet the requirements of Gaia-X. The new cloud infrastructure is intended to overcome the fragmentation of the European cloud market.

Imagimob's tinyML platform is available in a new version that makes it easier and faster for developers to create and deploy ready-to-use tinyML applications on edge devices.
SAP's Industry Cloud is set to become a key strategic pillar in the transformation journey of manufacturing companies. Has this goal already been achieved? What benefits does the cloud solution already offer today?

Mendix and Amazon Web Services are expanding their strategic relationship to include intelligent automation solutions. To simplify the procurement and deployment process for customers, three Mendix offerings are now available on the AWS Marketplace.

Contact Software launches a new version of the open low-code platform Elements.
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.
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.

The 'Fauser Suite' with the ERP, MES and PDA modules was developed for medium-sized suppliers and manufacturers in the automotive, mechanical engineering, medical technology, aerospace and tool and mold making industries.

Cloud users need to consider new criteria for their cloud services: sovereignty, data protection and freedom of choice stand out in this regard, according to European multi-cloud provider Scaleway. The trends for 2022 and beyond at a glance.
Using several cloud systems at the same time has its advantages. But keeping all the systems running alone eats up almost half the time of IT teams in companies - this is the result of a recently published study.

'Digicluster' is a VPN service portal from Lucom in which complete networks, machines, systems and control centers are flexibly connected with each other.

Software manufacturer Industrie Informatik is expanding the classic, modular MES into an integrative manufacturing platform.

Dachser, DB Schenker, Duisport and Rhenus have established the Open Logistics Foundation. The purpose of the non-profit foundation is to build a European open source community.

ISG Industrielle Steuerungstechnik has further developed the ISG-virtuos simulation platform. Machine and plant manufacturers use it to create simulation models, particularly for virtual commissioning, but also throughout the entire life cycle of a plant.

Genesis64 is an HMI-SCADA solution suite from Iconics developed for Microsoft operating systems. The suite works with OPC, BACnet, Modbus and open standard database connectivity.

Siemens is now opening a digital, cross-manufacturer app store for industrial customers. The marketplace forms the transaction mechanism specifically for the Siemens Industrial Edge platform.

Technologies such as the cloud, edge computing, data analytics and machine learning are crucial for an Industry 4.0 solution. - This is the conviction of the Smart Electronic Factory association. Association members present initial examples of best practice.
Data protection and compliance, but also transparency regarding access to data - these criteria are playing an increasingly important role in the selection of cloud providers. The European GAIA-X initiative is therefore increasingly attracting the attention of companies.