
ACIA now supports four testbeds
The 5G Alliance ACIA has now pledged its support for a total of four testbeds dedicated to industrial 5G use cases.
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The 5G Alliance ACIA has now pledged its support for a total of four testbeds dedicated to industrial 5G use cases.

The coronavirus pandemic has the trade fair industry firmly in its grip. Fortunately, many organizers have now switched to digital event concepts to at least enable virtual industry gatherings. Our overview for your convenience.
Visions are the common thread running through the most-read articles in March: from the business model of the platform economy to user experience design and the visionaries of automation technology.
RS Components is now launching a starter kit from OKdo based on the 8 GB version of the latest Raspberry Pi single board computer (SBC). The Raspberry Pi 4 Model B with 8 GB RAM is the most powerful version of the Raspberry Pi SBC to date.
One of the 'magic formulas' in the Industrial Internet is 'continuous information flow'. However, the installed base of production cannot be 'converted' as easily as business software. Instead, the migration must integrate different components.
With XPlanar, Beckhoff opens up new degrees of freedom in product handling: free-floating planar movers move over individually arranged planar tiles on freely programmable travel paths.

Siemens, IBM and Red Hat are entering into a cooperation: Through a joint initiative, Siemens Digital Industries Software will use IBM's open hybrid cloud approach, which is based on Red Hat OpenShift.
iTAC Software AG, a member of the Dürr Group, is strengthening its position in the field of digitalization/Industry 4.0 by acquiring 100% of the shares in Canadian company Cogiscan Inc.
Computer&Automation is the media brand for the modern world of automation. In addition to the monthly trade magazine, special editions, weekly newsletters and regular events, our publications also take place on social networks. An overview.

The first issue of the year is now available. Get an overview of industry news, browse through application-oriented reports on a wide range of topics and find out about the latest trends - for example in the opening article of the new 5G series.