Operational Technology

Many familiar, traditional structures in industrial automation are currently undergoing change. Information technology and automation are no longer separate areas, but are gradually merging. Suddenly, printers, surveillance cameras and energy management systems are communicating via the same network as machines and systems. The resulting increase in workload requires a structural rethink.

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Rockwell Automation has announced the signing of an agreement to acquire Israeli cybersecurity provider Avnet Data Security.

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A paradigm shift is currently taking place in mechanical and plant engineering: operational technology and IT are converging. This is accompanied by a number of challenges.

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T-Systems and Siemens announced a new partnership for the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) at Digital X 2019 in Cologne.

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When two technological worlds collide, this usually creates friction, but in the best-case scenario it can also lead to new solutions that are significantly more than the sum of their parts. It is important to generate information from operational data that can be used for the entire business. This is certainly possible with the right tools, as this example shows.

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The new SCOPE event series "OT meets IT" brings together the two worlds of OT (Operational Technology) and IT (Information Technology). Which topics are important to you? Help shape our event series!

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The boundaries between IT and operational technology, or OT for short, are becoming increasingly blurred in the course of digitalization. The goal is also more flexible production, but this also requires a more flexible infrastructure.

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However, the Industrial Internet of Things is also bringing different disciplines ever closer together, with OT and IT in particular being two worlds that collide. The "OT meets IT" congress brings the two together. Submit your presentation now!

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