How will AI affect automation technology - both directly in the machine and in the cloud? These and other questions will be explored at the 'Artificial Intelligence Forum', which will take place in Stuttgart on May 17.
read more...From the largest port in Europe to the smartest in the world: that is the goal of the cooperation between the Port of Rotterdam Authority and IBM. This is to be achieved with the digital transformation of the port using IoT technologies.
read more...Together with partner companies, Siemens is launching the user organization 'Mindsphere World'. The aim of the association is to promote the ecosystem around Mindsphere. It also includes companies that are involved in other IoT platforms.
read more...Dassault Systèmes introduces Solidworks 2018, the latest version of its 3D design and engineering solution portfolio. This is intended to simplify interactions between the various disciplines across the entire product development process.
read more...Bosch has opted for an unconventional working environment at its new IoT Campus in Berlin. It cost around three million euros.
read more...RWTH Aachen / Lean Enterprise Institute
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...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 - 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...New Mindsphere centers and more sales: Siemens used Innovation Day 2017 to provide an insight and outlook on its digitalization activities.
read more...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...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...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...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...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...The latest version of Rockwell Automation's Factorytalk batch software promises improved operation through a modern web-based interface.
read more...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...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...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...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 '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.
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