Articles and background information on the topic
The Industry 4.0 platform and the Industrial Internet Consortium now want to pull together. However, the platform favors OPC UA, while the IIC stands for DDS. Thomas Burke and Dr. Stan Schneider, representatives of the two standards, describe the path to an agreement.
read more...After the close of trading on April 19, 2016, the world's largest US chip manufacturer Intel announced plans to cut 12,000 jobs worldwide by mid-2017. This corresponds to around 11% of the workforce. The weak PC business is causing it problems.
read more...Under the umbrella of the Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC), the first testbed for the Ethernet-based Time Sensitive Network, or TSN for short, is now being created. Rahman Jamal explains the motives and key data of the project.
read more...True intelligence in a machine is characterized by the analysis options that are available in the event of a fault. Cloud technologies open up interesting approaches to machine optimization, predictive maintenance and even new business models.
read more...With 'RAMI 4.0', Bitkom, VDMA and ZVEI have jointly defined a three-dimensional reference architecture for Industry 4.0. What exactly is behind this model and what are the details of the terms used in it?
read more...Dell wants to have a major say in the industrial IoT environment in the future. Dermot O'Connel, Executive Director of Dell OEM Solutions, and Regional Sales Director Europe Central Helmut Schmidt explain how this is to be achieved in an interview with Markt&Technik.
read more...Industry 4.0 and the Internet of Things
Siemens has opened 'Cyber Security Operation Centers' (CSOC) in Lisbon, Munich and Milford (Ohio/USA) for services to protect industrial plants.
read more...The Chinese Huawei Group has signed a memorandum of understanding with Kuka at Cebit. The aim: to develop 'smart manufacturing solutions' for industrial markets in Europe and China.
read more...Will fieldbuses soon have to give way to Ethernet technology in the industrial environment? Two automation experts, Michael Volz and Heinrich Munz, explain their views.
read more...Commentary on IoT and Industry 4.0
Everyone is talking about the Internet of Things and Industry 4.0 - but who actually dares to tackle this vision in their own company? What are the stumbling blocks that are still holding many back from making a bold entry into the new age?
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