Bosch opens IoT Campus
Bosch has opted for an unconventional working environment at its new IoT Campus in Berlin. It cost around three million euros.
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Successful practical examples sought
The Machine Tool Laboratory WZL at RWTH Aachen University is initiating a company comparison together with the Lean Enterprise Institute. The aim: to find successful and tried-and-tested approaches for the further development of production systems.
read more...Looking into the past
With the current versions of its Zenon 7.60 automation software systems, Copa-Data is presenting the Process Recorder module, among other things. It records individually definable processes and plays them back on demand at a later point in time.
read more...Cebit 2018 - the change
Cebit - that's 30 years of IT history. Deutsche Messe has undergone a fundamental change to ensure that tradition does not become a burden and that digitalization is actually lived at the exhibition grounds in Hanover.
read more...Centers for Mindsphere
New Mindsphere centers and more sales: Siemens used Innovation Day 2017 to provide an insight and outlook on its digitalization activities.
read more...The new Hall 6
Digitalization has arrived in German industry. A trend that SPS IPC Drives 2017 responded to with the newly designed Hall 6. The new trade fair concept attracted well-known suppliers, who were represented with their own stand for the first time.
read more...Enriched with artificial intelligence
Huge amounts of data are a challenge for companies. Insight engines help here by using AI-based technologies. They capture information from the available data, extract relevant facts and place them in relation to one another.
read more...Rethinking big data handling
Breaking down the separation of data storage and data processing: That is the goal of the open source platform Hadoop. John Kreisa, Vice President for International Marketing at Hortonworks, talks about an architecture that grows with the volume of data.
read more...The Mindsphere update
At SPS IPC Drives 2017, Siemens made it clear that the time has come for Industry 4.0 implementation. The new Mindsphere version, which will be available from January 2018, is intended to help with this.
read more...Enormous growth potential
According to a recent study, the German IIoT market will more than double in the next five years - to around EUR 16.8 billion in sales in 2022. Two sectors are showing particularly strong growth.
read more...Supports mobile devices
The latest version of Rockwell Automation's Factorytalk batch software promises improved operation through a modern web-based interface.
read more...News from the field of big data
As part of the big data trend, many new products are coming onto the market - from boards, gateways and data loggers to software and security solutions.
read more...The status quo
Blockchain began in Japan in 2009 as a financial transaction system for bitcoins. In the meantime, blockchain technology has also arrived in the industrial environment and could revolutionize the industry.
read more...From the chip to the Microsoft cloud
IT is becoming a driver of growth and productivity in the manufacturing industry: reason enough for Microsoft to take part in the most important automation trade fair with its own stand. Included: solutions relating to the OPC UA connection to the Azure cloud.
read more...Partnership for the IoT
PTC wants to strengthen its market position in Central Europe through a partnership with Inray. The German company, on the other hand, will benefit from new functionalities of the Thingworx platform.
read more...The path to the cloud
The 'Progea Cloud.Databoom' solution is the result of a collaboration between automation specialist Progea and platform provider Databoom. As Markus Stadelhofer, Managing Director of Progea Germany, explains, nothing stands in the way of IIoT entry.
read more...Digital teams are everywhere
The new hall concept at SPS IPC Drives 2017 also attracted companies that are not at home in the field of classic automation. Björn Frauen, Managing Director of Stagil, explains why.
read more...Everything for digitization
In addition to the IoT operating system 'MindSphere', Siemens is making a name for itself at SPS IPC Drives 2017 with new software versions: version 15 of the engineering framework 'TIA Portal', the 12th edition of the design software NX and version 9.1 of the simulation software 'Simit'.
read more...Link to business processes
By exhibiting at the trade fair for the first time, SAP showed that the company also wants to play a pioneering role in the digitalization of manufacturing. SAP Leonardo is intended to serve as a link between the IoT, the factory floor and business processes.
read more...A digital image
The digital twin accompanies machines and systems throughout their life - from the initial idea to ongoing operation and a look into the future. The aim is to avoid errors, optimize systems and prevent failures.
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