Entry into a competitive market
D-Link is entering the market for industrial switches with three new series. Michael Müller, Head of Product Management for Central Europe, talks about the background and technical details.
read more...read more...The industrial switch
Switches for the industrial sector have many special features. Which criteria in terms of hardware, functions and compatibility are ultimately important when selecting a switch? - An analysis.
read more...OPC UA in mature mode
A global standard for the Internet of Things - the OPC Foundation believes that OPC UA is the best way to achieve this goal. A cross-section of the Foundation's innovations at this year's Hannover Messe in April and beyond.
read more...Softing and ProComSol enter into partnership
Softing Industrial and ProComSol, a US-based provider of communication solutions for the HART market, have announced a partnership on wireless field device parameterization at Achema 2018.
read more...Ethernet in process technology
Update on the Advanced Physical Layer
At Achema 2018, FieldComm Group, ODVA and Profibus & Profinet International (PI) provided information on the status quo of developments for the Advanced Physical Layer for Industrial Ethernet in the process industry. The first products are expected in 2022.
read more...Siemens takes over Enlighted
The Siemens Building Technologies Division has announced the acquisition of Enlighted, a Silicon Valley-based provider of intelligent IoT solutions for buildings, with the aim of further advancing the digitalization of building technology.
read more...Siemens takes over J2 Innovations
Siemens is acquiring J2 Innovations (J2), a software framework provider for building automation and IoT headquartered near Los Angeles, California. The transaction is expected to be completed by the end of May 2018.
read more...Safe shutdown via IO-Link Safety
Version 1.0 of the technical specification 'IO-Link Safety - System Extensions' was published around a year ago. More than 20 companies from the field of functional safety were involved in its development. What has happened since then?
read more...Ricola connects production facility to the IoT
Tradition meets modernity at sweets manufacturer Ricola: instead of an elaborate network infrastructure, the Swiss company has recently started using a cloud solution to ensure the production quality of its eponymous herbal sugar.
read more...'Digital Factory' sees double-digit growth
Siemens has announced its figures for the second quarter of fiscal year 2018: Group-wide, comparable sales were on a par with the previous year. Broken down into the individual business units, 'Digital Factory' recorded the highest growth.
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