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.
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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.

New Mindsphere centers and more sales: Siemens used Innovation Day 2017 to provide an insight and outlook on its digitalization activities.
A huge obstacle on the way to Industry 4.0 and the Internet of Things (IoT) is still the separation between the IT world and production technology or 'Operational Technology' (OT). Together with SAP, Mitsubishi Electric wants to close this gap.
ABB and Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) announced a strategic partnership at the end of November. The aim is to combine the 'ABB Ability' digital portfolio with HPE's hybrid IT solutions.

Hilscher, IBM and X-Integrate demonstrated an intelligent cloud solution for automated quality management in Hall 2.

How can even less intelligent sensors be connected to the cloud? Ingo Baumgardt, Head of Sensor Communication at Leuze electronic, explains the possibilities.

Rexroth and Bosch Connected Industry presented the jointly developed 'Device Portal' at SPS IPC Drives 2017. OEMs, service providers and end users can use it to efficiently manage distributed IoT instances remotely.

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.

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.
What new products will exhibitors be presenting at SPS IPC Drives 2017? Computer&AUTOMATION provides an overview of what can be seen in the Nuremberg exhibition halls this year.