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German companies have been hesitant about the cloud for a long time, but now things are really taking off. More and more manufacturers are using multiple cloud providers - whether strategically or due to shadow IT. But how can the complexity of the multi-cloud be mastered?
read more...More flexible, more intelligent machines mean more complexity and place greater demands on control and motion applications. Previous PLCs are reaching their limits here. With a new generation of controllers, Lenze is now pushing the performance limits significantly higher.
read more...Follow-up with Dr. Thomas Kuhn
The three-year BMBF project 'Basic System Industry 4.0' came to an end on June 30, 2019. What goals were achieved? What can be transferred into practice? Where do we go from here? Project manager Dr. Thomas Kuhn gives his opinion.
read more...Conrad Connect, an IoT project platform for private customers to date, is continuing to develop its platform. Now companies are also benefiting from the ecosystem and from services and benefits developed specifically for B2B partners.
read more...The upcoming 5G mobile communications standard is seen by many experts as an important enabler for decisively advancing Industry 4.0 and the smart factory. However, the recent frequency auction has given rise to plenty of criticism - especially from a financial perspective.
read more...VDMA / Artificial intelligence
Start-ups are becoming increasingly important in mechanical and plant engineering: according to the VDMA, companies are looking for partnerships to jointly conquer new fields of technology. With the 'Start-up Radar', the association provides a tool for navigating the start-up scene.
read more...Nutanix, an enterprise cloud computing specialist based in California (USA), has conducted a global study into the manufacturing industry's plans for the introduction of private, public and hybrid clouds.
read more...I4.0-capable components on machines and systems are essential for the smart factory of the future - everything from sensors and control systems to cloud connectivity is required. Below is a small selection.
read more...Janz Tec offers the MDE:connect hardware-software solution package for flexible machine data acquisition in digitalized production.
read more...Adlink is launching a controller with an IoT gateway onto the market. The computing power of the MXE-210 is provided by an Intel Atom x7-E3950/x5-E3930 processor (codenamed Apollo Lake-I).
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