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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...Following the sale of Emerson Network Power to the investment firm Platinum Equity for 4 billion dollars, Rob Johnson becomes CEO of the company, which has been renamed Vertiv. However, Emerson retains a minority stake.
read more...Ericsson and RWTH Aachen University are pushing ahead with the development and further research of the new 5G mobile communications technology in the field of Industry 4.0. With this goal in mind, they have now announced the launch of a 'Center Connected Industry'.
read more...Leading automation and information technology suppliers are jointly promoting OPC UA over Time Sensitive Networking (TSN) as the unified communication solution between industrial controllers and to the cloud.
read more...Premiering at this year's SPS IPC Drives was Wonderware Prometheus from Schneider Electric: a configuration tool to define, program and document all components of industrial automation - from production control down to I/O level.
read more...To date, industrial Ethernet protocols have enabled cyclic communication with field devices in a two- or three-digit microsecond span. Texas Instruments now intends to push this limit a whole way down.
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...OPC UA is to achieve the status of a globally recognized standard for the Industrial Internet of Things IIoT by 2019 at the latest - according to the plans of the OPC Foundation. The press conference at the trade fair provided an update on the current status.
read more...Despite security concerns, companies are investing in Industry 4.0 - primarily to optimize internal processes. This is the conclusion of a recent IDC study. However, important elements for internal networking are still missing.
read more...The Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering (IAO) has developed workplaces of the future together with industry partners. A look at the prototypes.
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