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Networked machines, automation and real-time process monitoring characterize the smart factory. Edge computing plays a central role at the interface between IoT and the cloud.
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Networked machines, automation and real-time process monitoring characterize the smart factory. Edge computing plays a central role at the interface between IoT and the cloud.
A wide variety of hardware components and software versions, different transmission paths and operating systems as well as their spatially distributed nature make IoT setups complex and heterogeneous. Those who can keep track of everything are lucky.

NXP introduces a Wi-Fi-6 (802.11ax) portfolio to help enable connectivity innovation in the automotive, security and IoT markets.
M2M communication in production
Process optimization, flexibility, networking: Industry 4.0 promises many advantages. However, this is also accompanied by increasing demands on PLC systems for plant and mechanical engineering.

Schneider Electric and Cisco have entered into a technology partnership that will help drive progress in the adoption of smart buildings as a standard.

Kontron presents its 3.5" SBC with the latest Intel processors. The updated embedded board is suitable for applications that place high demands on graphics and require fast WLAN.
Telit's ME310G1 and ME910G1 LTE-M/NB2 combo modules are compatible with 3GPP Release 14. They enable the development of a new generation of cost-effective IoT applications and services that form the basis for the 5G mMTC standard.

Brigitte Falk will be responsible for internal IT and digital marketing for lead generation as CIO / COO at Forcam from June.

Together with the management team, Ardian acquires Swissbit, a manufacturer of secure storage and embedded Internet-of-Things solutions.

Industry 4.0 is increasingly dissolving the separation of technologies in the industrial and consumer markets. In an interview with Andreas Mühlbauer, Sven Klette-Matzat, Sales Manager OEM Solutions at Vision Components, explains why this is the case and what effects the development of the Internet of Things will have on industry.