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25 years iTAC: A pioneer of microservice-based automation
iTAC Software AG is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. In 2021, the iTAC.MOM.Suite became its core product, a holistic, flexible manufacturing management system with functions for controlling, optimizing and forecasting production processes. This positions iTAC as one of the pioneers of microservice-based automation software, which is in...
ERP, PLM, MES And CRM – New Perspective With Pyramid?
A response to the theses of Jörg W. Fischer Prof. Jörg W. Fischer has dealt intensively with the current development of automation and has formulated very valuable theses in two articles that build on each other, on what effects this development has on the large standard IT systems with which industry controls and organizes its processes. This is...
“In PLM, Too, The Future Lies In The Cloud,” Says Frank Patz-Brockmann
A conversation with Frank Patz-Brockmann, Director Software Development, Contact Software. After the official launch of the CIM Database Cloud, I was able to have a conversation with Frank Patz-Brockmann, Director Software Development at Contact Software, in which he gave me a deeper insight into the special features and performance of the cloud...
EF|A Eplan Forum for Automated Engineering Attracts Great Interest
On September 21 and 22, EF|A will take place in Düsseldorf and online. Modularization, standardization and automation - these are the topics again this year. The enormous pressure to act in mechanical and plant engineering explains a high number of registrations for the international event with participants from over 12 countries. In...
CONTACT Software launches CIM Database Cloud
CIM Database Cloud is CONTACT's new out-of-the-box PLM. Presented as no-code software, the solution combines enterprise PLM functionality with innovative cloud technology and offers the highest IT security standards and powerful DevOps services, according to a July 28 press release.CIM Database Cloud (Photo Contact Software ) is the new...
Jim Heppelmann Marks The End Of An Era
On July 27, PTC announced that Neil Barua, president of PTC's Service Lifecycle Management business, will succeed James Heppelmann as PTC's chief executive officer at the company's annual meeting in February 2024. At the same time, Heppelmann will step down as CEO and retire. This will not only mark the end of his 26-year tenure at PTC, 13 of...
Data Spaces Like Those Of Catena-X Picking Up Speed Internationally
A conversation with Ulrich Ahle, founding and board member of the International Data Spaces Association (IDSA) and CEO of the Fiware Foundation.Ulrich Ahle, board member of the International Data Spaces Association (Photo Ulrich Ahle)Ulrich Sendler: Mr. Ahle, you were one of the founders of the International Data Spaces Association in 2016. What...
Sights set on change – Siemens Realize Live Europe 2023
Siemens Digital Industries Software's major customer event for Europe took place this year from July 10 to 12 near Munich in Unterschleissheim. Around 1,000 participants came to get up to date on the development of industrial software in their respective application areas and to exchange ideas with Siemens specialists and other users. The motto:...
Dassault Systèmes now also part of the EPLAN Partner Network
At the end of 2020, EPLAN founded the EPLAN Partner Network, to which 65 manufacturers already belong. A new member since April 2023 is Dassault Systèmes. The interface between the EPLAN platform and the 3DEXPERIENCE platform from Dassault Systèmes is thus being systematically further developed in a mutual exchange.Sebastian Seitz, CEO Eplan and...
Automatica 2023: Not A Good Reflection Of The Current Development
Automatica 2023 took place in Munich from 27.6. to 30.6. The strong visitor turnout should not hide the fact that essentially the type of automation and robotics that has been known for decades was exhibited here and also sought after. But even if there is still an enormous amount of revenue to be made with it - the industry urgently needs...
A New Star In The PLM Market: Bluestar PLM
Embedded In Microsoft Dynamics Finance & Supply Chain Management
During the past years the number of PLM vendors was continuously shrinking. Especially in Germany and the German speaking region there is not much local software left.
Main Topic Composable Software At The 58th sendlercircle
On May 8 at the Holiday Inn Frankfurt Airport, no less than three speakers took the stage at the 58th meeting of the sendlercircle: Sharam Dadashnia, Chief Data Scientist at Scheer PAS; Christian Stein, CEO of Threedy; and Plamen Kiradjiew, Head of Solution Architects at German Edge Cloud. The umbrella topic this time was: Composable Software as...
30 Years Of prostep ivip And The Double Challenge: Digitalization And Sustainability
The anniversary symposium of the prostep ivip association followed a program that had it all. The most important thing for many was probably, as always, the personal exchange among the participants. In addition to the accompanying exhibition and an almost too large number of lectures, there were also some innovations in the format whose potential...
Major Trade Fairs And Congresses – The Dassault Systèmes Perspective
Do cross-sector and cross-disciplinary trade fairs make sense? Can they hold their own - after the experience of three years of pandemic - against trade congresses and topic-specific events? Since ABB and AUCOTEC, among others, did not exhibit at the Hannover Messe this year, I thought it would be interesting to get a sense of the mood from some...
Major Trade Fairs And Congresses – The Siemens Perspective
Do cross-sector and cross-disciplinary trade fairs make sense? Can they hold their own - after the experience of three years of pandemic - against trade congresses and topic-specific events? Since ABB and AUCOTEC, among others, did not exhibit at the Hanover Fair this year, I thought it would be interesting to get a sense of the mood from some...