
Premiere for the Amazon cloud
This year, Amazon Web Services had its own stand at the Hannover Messe for the first time. Included: lots of applications that show how cloud technology supports companies with digitalization.
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This year, Amazon Web Services had its own stand at the Hannover Messe for the first time. Included: lots of applications that show how cloud technology supports companies with digitalization.

Siemens has announced its figures for the second quarter of 2017: the company has grown in terms of both sales and order intake. The order backlog has reached a new high.
The first cloud-based collaboration platform for SMEs in the manufacturing industry: this is the goal of the EU-funded C2NET consortium led by Atos.
Until now, MES solutions have mostly run in the localized environment of a production plant. But why not expand the field of application using the cloud and also support use by customers in the field?

Amazon Web Services (AWS) will be represented at Hannover Messe for the first time this year. With its cloud, Amazon wants to support the manufacturing industry in its digital transformation - and is underpinning this with numerous showcases.

A VDI survey shows: Germany is well positioned for Industry 4.0, but digital business models are lacking. This is also due to a significant shortage of IT specialists, which SMEs in particular can do little to counteract.
Kontron presented a new corporate strategy at embedded world. Thanks to the cooperation with the partner companies S&T and Ennoconn, the turnover of the planned joint venture S&T plus Kontron is expected to reach the EUR 1 billion mark by 2018.
Microsoft sees great potential in the ARM platform for its Azure cloud services.

IBM, Indiegogo and Arrow Electronics
Promoting ideas for the IoT: This is the aim of a partnership between IBM, Indiegogo and Arrow Electronics. In return, start-ups receive free access to IBM's Watson IoT platform and discounts on cloud services.

The trade media DESIGN&ELEKTRONIK and Markt&Technik are organizing their third 'Internet of Things - from sensor to cloud' conference in Munich on October 19, 2017.