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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 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....

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Managing Director Dieter Meuser took over one hundred percent of German Edge Cloud (GEC) from the Friehelm Loh Group (FLG) in a management buy-out on November 1. Together with his team, he will...

SPS Smart Production Solutions 2024 from November 12-14 in Nuremberg is the most important trade fair for industrial automation. This year, numerous providers of Linux-based platforms will once...

Interview with Steffen Winkler, Sales Manager Business Unit Automation & Electrification Solutions, Bosch Rexroth ctrlX AUTOMATION is an open, Linux-based automation platform with ctrlX OS as a...

Interview with Andreas Zerfas, CTO of GEC In 2022, German Edge Cloud (GEC) was one of the first providers of cloud-native software in an area previously served by monolithic solutions for MES and...