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Marc Hirtz is the new Vice President Global Sales at abas

At the beginning of 2018, Marc Hirtz (50), a graduate industrial engineer, took over responsibility for global sales at the abas Group and is now a member of the abas Software Management Board.

General Data Protection Regulation

New functions for GDPR compliance

The global provider of business software IFS has released special functions for IFS Applications that make it easier for companies to comply with the EU's new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

Logistics software

Platform to make logistics more transparent

Volkswagen Truck & Bus launches its digital brand Rio. Customers can now register on the Rio platform and use the first available Rio Essentials service free of charge.

Software for inventory sampling

Certified inventory sampling

In many companies, inventory sampling has become a time and cost-efficient alternative to the legally prescribed annual counting procedure. The Ehrhardt + Partner Group (EPG) has been offering the appropriate module for this within the LFS Software Suite for years.

e-F@ctory concept

Securely connecting production to the cloud

Cloud solutions and the Internet of Things enable predictive maintenance, service support through augmented reality, mobile apps and much more. With the e-F@ctory concept, Mitsubishi Electric offers a way to develop cyber-secure, open edge computing solutions for the direct connection of production to the cloud.

New Chairman of the Executive Board

Software AG: Sanjay Brahmawar succeeds Karl-Heinz Streibich

Sanjay Brahmawar was appointed by the Supervisory Board of Software AG as the new Chief Executive Officer of the company for a period of five years as of August 1, 2018.

SCOPE cover of the year 2017

Vote for the most beautiful SCOPE cover

At the end of the year, SCOPE readers were able to vote for the most beautiful cover image from the past year in an online poll. It ended in a close neck-and-neck race.

IoT

Transformation of the port of Rotterdam

The Port of Rotterdam Authority and IBM have announced their collaboration as part of a multi-year digitalization initiative. The aim of the collaboration is to transform the port's operating environment using IoT technologies with a connection to the cloud. The port itself and all its users should benefit from this.