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Opinion

Is sovereignty a question of hardware?

Industry warns of dependencies in IT infrastructure

Europe is seeking digital independence: how sovereignty can be implemented in concrete terms remains a key question in view of the high level of dependencies in the IT infrastructure. Frank Konrad, Managing Director of Microsens GmbH & Co. KG, agrees, pointing in particular to the importance of the network level and European hardware in critical applications.

Editorial

Digitization - again?

In September, EMO in Hanover and Schweissen & Schneiden in Essen are two trade fairs for the metalworking industry that will focus on digitalization, among other things.

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Editorial

Prevent mistakes in advance ...

... is better than repairing damage. Predictive maintenance is therefore one of the drivers of digital transformation in the manufacturing industry. Networking is important, but more important are computing power and intelligent, adaptive algorithms at the edge, on the machine - and technology is developing rapidly in this area.

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Editorial

Things are looking up ...

... all indicators point to this. At most of the annual press conferences attended by the editorial team in recent weeks, the company managements looked to the future with positive expectations.

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Editorial

Resources are everything ...

... and usually limited. Regardless of whether we are talking about human labor, machine time, energy, raw materials or money: Our day-to-day work is first and foremost about resources, and some of these are becoming increasingly scarce in Germany: skilled labor, for example, or steel at the moment. Other resources are becoming more expensive, such as energy, which is a political priority.

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