'Automation-first' versus 'cloud-first'
Automation is an important intermediate step on the way to a cloud-first strategy. A plea for a culture of automation.
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Automation is an important intermediate step on the way to a cloud-first strategy. A plea for a culture of automation.
With 'Ready to Go' cloud box solutions, companies are able to evaluate their data directly in production, i.e. in the edge device, using machine learning algorithms, among other things.

According to a recent study, a majority of companies believe that their current data security solutions will not be sufficient for the future. Action is needed now, as data loss costs companies almost 900,000 euros per year.

ABB is expanding the Ability Condition Monitoring service for the drive train, which connects drives, motors, pumps and bearings, with an option for condition-based maintenance of drives.
With "WISE-PaaS", Advantech supports its customers with an IoT cloud platform. It is used to network hardware and implement projects in the areas of IoT, big data and artificial intelligence. One of the first partners in Europe is Aaronn Electronic.

Bachmann electronic is launching the SAI205 safety module onto the market. According to the manufacturer, it offers extremely accurate measurement of external conditions such as temperature, mechanical stress, pressure and flow rate.

A year ago, Cloudrail unveiled the 'CloudRail.Box' for the first time - a gateway that connects plug-and-play to IO-Link sensors and masters and sends the data to any cloud platform. Now it also handles OPC UA and Edge Computing.

At the beginning of this year ISH and logi.cals entered into a strategic partnership. As part of a joint trade fair appearance, they presented the first results of their recent cooperation in Nuremberg at the SPS 2019.

Digital twins are driving the factory of the future, according to the forecast. But what effort must be made to make the various information of the twins available to different target groups?

Eplan is committed to implementing the digital transformation with its customers. Sebastian Seitz, CEO, explains how the topic is to be implemented at the SPS fair.