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NOA: A Toolbox For Flexible, Digital Automation
KEB Automation is a successful supplier of automation technology. Karl Ernst Brinkmann founded the company in 1972 with six employees to develop, produce and sell brakes and clutches. Today, KEB Automation is a globally active company with 1,400 employees, 1,000 of them in Germany. The product range covers all elements of automation, including...
Cideon Solution Days June 3 and 4, 2025 in Düsseldorf
Cideon invites you to the Cideon Solutions Days under the motto "Forging the future: Innovation sparks for digital engineering" on June 3 and 4 in Düsseldorf. A varied programme with presentations, workshops and plenty of networking will address the latest trends in engineering, product development and digitalization.Visitors can once again...
Eplan Copilot: AI agent equipped with specialist expertise and standard data
At Hanover Fair 2025, Eplan demonstrated online the possibilities offered by its new Eplan Copilot for the automation of control cabinet development. Industrial AI, made in Germany, helps to achieve results in seconds that would normally take days or weeks. For AI, Eplan and its team led by Marcus Reitz, Head of Data Science Services, rely on...
Convergence Of OT And IT Changes Cybersecurity Needs
The previous strict separation of IT (information technology) and OT (operational technology) is coming to an end. OT is opening up its paths to the internet, cloud and AI via Linux. This increases the risk of cyberattacks on the one hand, but also opens up new doors for cybersecurity on the other. But one thing is clear: all companies must now...
ctrlX OS from Bosch Rexroth Ready for Cyber Resilience Act
The Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) came into force across Europe in December 2024. By the end of 2027 at the latest, companies must be able to prove that their digital products are fully secure. According to the manufacturer's press release dated March 18, 2025, Bosch Rexroth's ctrlX OS operating system is already equipped to meet the requirements of...
ONCITE DPS from German Edge Cloud makes Koller Kunststofftechnik Catena-X-ready
Under the old and new CEO Dieter Meuser, German Edge Cloud shows that its management buy-out on November 1, 2024 was a good decision. The potential of the Linux-based ONCITE DPS platform can be realized quickly, as the customer example of Koller Kunststofftechnik shows.View of production (Photo: Koller Kunststofftechnik)As a manufacturer of...
Andreas Zerfas is Vice President Product Management at iTAC
Andreas Zerfas (photo iTAC) is back at MES/MOM provider iTAC Software AG. As Vice President Product Management, he is now responsible for the further development and strategic orientation of the iTAC.MOM.Suite and the iTAC.MA.Suite.The iTAC.MOM.Suite combines typical MES functions with supplementary solutions for controlling, optimizing and...
Weidmueller: From Electric Clamps to u-Software
Interview with Martin Floeer, Program Manager for u-OS at Weidmueller Weidmueller is a successful manufacturer of electrical connection technology and electronics. Since the end of the nineties, automation technology has been added as an important second mainstay. Its customers are in mechanical engineering, the process industry and energy. In...
CRA, NIS-2 And The Cybersecurity Factor in Automation Platforms
Attention! Cybersecurity is moving to the forefront. In the EU, in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, the industry must act. Especially in automation. The open, Linux-based platforms of the Smart Automation market overview are becoming even more important. Ducking out no longer applies and is no longer an option. The market overview and this...
How About OIT? Analysis Of The Fall Of The Wall Between OT And IT
Everyone is talking about OT and IT growing together, converging. Some are even predicting a fusion. The fact is that the new market of open, Linux-based platforms in industrial automation means that hardly a stone is being left unturned. This time, however, it is probably not IT that is driving innovation, but OT, which is embracing the most...
Press release: Smart Automation Market Overview 2025/1 is online
The bilingual Smart Automation market overview of open, Linux-based automation platforms, currently 12 manufacturers of 13 platforms, has been available since mid-2024. The first update for 2025 is now online. With two, soon probably three new participants, while two are no longer included, and with new comparison tables. The market is evolving,...
Smart Automation Market Overview 2025 1
Whether 2025 will be the year of open platforms remains to be seen. In any case, the market overview has received its second version, the first for this year. The Smart Automation Market Overview 2025/1 is online. With a number of new features, and not just in the menu. Two new providers and platforms, one more name will be added soon, two have...
2025: Year Of Open, Linux-Based Automation Platforms
After this year of crises and wars, it is realistic and necessary to proclaim a new dawn for industry in the coming year. Because in the background of the general slump, numerous companies have not only come up with creative ideas, they have also built up a market in just a few years that industry, which is thirsty for innovation, can now rely...
edgeML From Weidmueller: Machine Learning Directly On The Controller
ueCloud and internet access are not required for Weidmueller's new edgeML machine learning solution. Learning algorithms can run directly on the edge. edgeML is manufacturer-independent as a Docker container and can be used on all common industrial controllers, provided they support Docker containers. The solution is particularly suitable for...
SPS 2024 – News About The Automation Platforms
I was looking forward to this SPS and was not disappointed. The Linux-based platforms that have been included in the Smart Automation market overview since the spring are playing a growing role across all industries. This can be seen in the increasing number of industrial companies presenting themselves at the SPS with productive use of such...