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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.
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...At the end of 2014, the OPC Foundation announced that it would achieve the status of a globally recognized standard for the Industrial Internet of Things IIoT by 2019 at the latest. The OPC Foundation has now provided an update on the current status at the trade fair.
read more...Profibus & Profinet International
The safety-oriented Profisafe bus protocol from PI (Profibus & Profinet International) makes it possible to run fail-safe and standard communication over one and the same connection. In future, Profisafe communication will also be possible via OPC UA.
read more...Diamond, eks Engel, Muckenhaupt&Nusselt
The companies Diamond, eks Engel FOS and Muckenhaupt & Nusselt have agreed on a cooperation for optical data transmission solutions. This was announced by the managing directors at a press conference at SPS IPC Drives.
read more...The drivers supplied with most real-time operating systems are not real-time capable - a knock-out criterion for automation devices that are to be connected to a TSN network.
read more...Belden / Hirschmann / Beck IPC
Belden/Hirschmann is convinced that the time-honored automation pyramid is transforming into an automation pillar. A joint demo with Beck IPC is intended to illustrate this transformation.
read more...Fog computing in the industrial environment - Kontron has set itself this goal. The first building blocks of this IT-based product orientation were on display at the trade fair.
read more...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.
read more...Until now, radio has hardly played a role in safety applications. The Berlin start-up R3 Communications wants to change this with 'EchoRing', a deterministic and highly reliable real-time radio system.
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