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Software, digital services and platforms should bring Siemens double-digit growth per year in future. The integration of IBM Watson Analytics into MindSphere should also contribute to this.
read more...From sensor technology 4.0 to big data...
Four topics from the Industry 4.0 environment were the focus of the 'Automation 4.0 Summit' at SPS IPC. Klaus Koch reflects on the topic slot 'Big Data Analytics' in an interview; you can read a summary of the 'Sensors 4.0' and 'Safety meets Security' slots on pages 2 and 3.
read more...Industrial Ethernet with 1 GBit/s
CC-Link IE is the only common industrial Ethernet standard based on a data transmission rate of 1 GBit/s. The CLPA has now specified the 'Basic Mode', according to which products with a 100 MBit Ethernet port can easily be made compatible with CC-Link IE.
read more...Are OPC UA and TSN the two communication standards on which factory automation will be based in the future? At SPS IPC Drives 2016, there were some innovations on this topic.
read more...Different standards and platforms: This is hampering the expected market development in the IoT. Heiko Burdack, responsible for Digital Design and Development in T-Systems' Digital Division, explains how Telekom is tackling this problem.
read more...Siemens plans to make its open IoT ecosystem MindSphere available on Microsoft's Azure cloud platform in the course of 2017.
read more...The ZVEI is working with other institutions to concretize the RAMI 4.0 reference architecture and the Industry 4.0 component and enrich them with practical relevance. The association presented a guideline and an open source project at SPS IPC Drives 2016.
read more...Machine vision technology is becoming increasingly important on the road to Industry 4.0: it provides the data required for process optimization, increased efficiency, preventive maintenance and human-robot collaboration.
read more...As part of the National IT Summit in Saarbrücken, the Industry 4.0 platform presented the results of its work: in addition to progress in standardization and a change in personnel, there is new support - especially for SMEs.
read more...Edge computing - also known as fog computing - is seen by many as the technical concept for control and data communication in Industry 4.0. Edge controllers take over the tasks of the classic PLC and bring the cloud to the machine.
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