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With the Siplus CMS1200 condition monitoring system, Siemens offers a system for monitoring the condition of mechanical system components.
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With the Siplus CMS1200 condition monitoring system, Siemens offers a system for monitoring the condition of mechanical system components.

At Hannover Messe 2019, the focus will increasingly be on artificial intelligence (AI). The organizer has proclaimed the guiding theme: 'Integrated Industry - Industrial Intelligence'. This refers to the digital networking of man and machine in the age of AI.

The digital transformation is also in full swing in the mechanical engineering sector. This is the conclusion reached by the VDMA Software and Digitalization Association in its 'IT Report 2018', for which around 100 companies were surveyed on investment projects and IT trend topics.

SSV has developed a special app concept for industrial gateways to connect Industry 4.0 and Industrial IoT applications to virtually any cloud based on open standards; according to the company, even multiple clouds are possible at the same time.
The ODVA is now setting up an internal 'special interest group' to develop a new network stack. This stack is intended to harmonize a native OPC UA information model and security features with CIP profiles and services.

Delta Logic used the 25th anniversary celebrations to present an IoT platform developed jointly with RST Industrie Automation. Delta Logic Managing Director Rainer Hönle explains what's behind it in an interview.
The VHPready standard is intended to make the smart grid a reality. The further development to version 5.0 is intended to make the standard fit for digitalization - with artificial intelligence and protocol-independent information models.
IT and automation are growing together. Industrial automation is therefore facing the challenge of having to break up the existing inflexible infrastructure - which in turn places completely new demands on automation technology. One possible approach.

With the acquisition of Relayr, Munich Re wants to take its IoT strategy a big step forward. The joint business model combines technology, risk expertise, data analysis and financial services.

Artificial intelligence is already influencing many areas of business and life. This now also applies to the work of scouts at Bundesliga club Werder Bremen.