
Rockwell Automation joins the "shapers"
Rockwell Automation is now joining the "Shaper" group of companies to develop a communication solution for real-time and sensor-to-cloud applications in the industrial environment.
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Rockwell Automation is now joining the "Shaper" group of companies to develop a communication solution for real-time and sensor-to-cloud applications in the industrial environment.

Where does your own company stand with Industry 4.0? And in which areas is implementation even worthwhile? A 15-minute online check helps you to determine where you stand. It was developed in the Inlumia project, a cooperation between industry and research.

Although artificial intelligence is one of the key technologies of the coming years, it is still in its infancy in German industry. This is the conclusion reached by the VDI. The association does not see the technology as a job destroyer.

Follow-up with Alexander von Birgelen
New models from the 'Improve' research project promise a universal solution for data-based condition monitoring - also with the help of artificial intelligence, as Alexander von Birgelen from inIT at Ostwestfalen-Lippe University of Applied Sciences explains.
There are more and more IoT platforms on the market. But which solution is suitable for which application? How do they differ from each other and what is their focus? An overview.

The 'appliedAI' initiative aims to promote the use of AI in Germany with immediate effect. It was launched by UnternehmerTUM - an innovation center at the Technical University of Munich - and 26 technology and industrial groups such as Google, Nvidea, SAP and Siemens.

The OPC Foundation has released Part 14 of the OPC UA standard: known as Publish-Subscribe or "PubSub" for short. The specification extends the preferred area of application of OPC UA to include a wide range of advanced use cases down to the lowest field level.

Hardly any company can avoid digital technology. SMEs in particular are not as good at driving forward the digitalization of their business. This is shown by a recent study of 2000 companies by Ernst & Young. One of the reasons: the shortage of skilled workers.
With Thingstream, a new player is entering the highly fragmented market for IoT connectivity. It uses the existing GSM infrastructure, which is available almost everywhere in the world, in combination with the MQTT-SN standard.

The 'eWON' remote service platform Talk2M is an essential element of the 'eWON' remote maintenance solution from HMS. 'Talk2M' offers secure remote access to industrial machines and systems via the 'eWON' industrial routers.