To what extent can assembly tasks be automated? A new app from Fraunhofer IPA is now set to assist companies with this. The researchers are looking for the first users and testers at Motek. Also on show: The 'pitasc' software - it helps to automate processes economically.
read more...More than a third of small companies and more than half of large companies are still using the 'Windows 7' operating system, support for which will expire in five months' time.
read more...With 'TIA Portal in the cloud', Siemens is expanding the options for using the engineering framework more flexibly in the various phases from planning to engineering and commissioning.
read more...German companies have been hesitant about the cloud for a long time, but now things are really taking off. More and more manufacturers are using multiple cloud providers - whether strategically or due to shadow IT. But how can the complexity of the multi-cloud be mastered?
read more...Flexible and cost-transparent booking of temporarily required resources - a promise that cloud providers often fail to keep: Although the offerings are comprehensive and powerful, they are just as confusing and lack transparency in terms of price. A plea for more cloud usability.
read more...With its Kardex Mlog Division, the Kardex Group presents the universally applicable MCrossDrive 3D container shuttle. According to the manufacturer, the container shuttle focuses not only on efficiency and dynamics but also on flexibility and scalability.
read more...When it comes to simulating designs, users have to be prepared for time-consuming processes. The 'RISTRA' technology, which accesses the GPU instead of the CPU for the simulation, is intended to provide a remedy - and thus speeds up the process enormously.
read more...Has US President Donald Trump undermined the dominance of Google's Android system in the smartphone market with his action against Huawei? Huawei now wants to establish its own system as a global alternative to Android. However, this is no easy undertaking.
read more...Nutanix, an enterprise cloud computing specialist based in California (USA), has conducted a global study into the manufacturing industry's plans for the introduction of private, public and hybrid clouds.
read more...ERP provider proAlpha has acquired 100% of the shares in C4BI and is thus further expanding its Business Intelligence (BI) team.
read more...With the optimization of business processes, the use of AI is becoming the focus of many companies. Processes that do not require AI-specific expertise from those responsible and yet systematically recognize existing content in the data can leverage great potential.
read more...The number of real AI projects in mechanical and plant engineering is still very limited. This will soon change with a new generation of engineers and, above all, with the market launch of corresponding development tools.
read more...A 180-degree turnaround: Microsoft partners will continue to receive preferential licenses for their own use as part of subscriptions next year. Microsoft overturned the deletion of the IUR, which would have cost partners several thousand euros.
read more...By acquiring the Felten Group, MES expert MPDV Mikrolab hopes to gain access to companies from the process manufacturing sector. After joining the MPDV Group, Felten will continue to exist as its own independent company and as a wholly-owned subsidiary.
read more...Microsoft will discontinue free software licenses for its partners from 1 July 2020. Partners criticize this measure and fight back.
read more...Forterro, a consortium of international ERP software companies, announces the acquisition of Abas Software AG, a privately held ERP provider headquartered in Germany.
read more...The senior managing directors of Inosoft - Peter Tanneberg and Roland Riediger - handed over their responsibilities to Jens Klocke, the youngest member of the previous management team, on April 1, 2019.
read more...The number of cloud platforms in the industrial environment is constantly growing. But how can the necessary interoperability between field devices and different platforms be ensured? DIN is currently developing a standard to ensure this.
read more...In spring 2019, the VDMA conducted a survey on machine learning in mechanical and plant engineering for the first time. The focus was on the importance and use of machine learning in company processes as well as in products and services.
read more...In a production facility of the size and specialization of Stihl, plant operators and maintenance staff need to maintain an overview. Versioning software, which optimizes data management, provides support here.
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