HMS Industrial Networks AB acquires German company Beck IPC GmbH

HMS Industrial Networks acquired all shares in the German company Beck IPC GmbH located in Wetzlar, Germany. Beck IPC is a provider of technology and solutions for embedded control and industrial M2M communication, including solutions for the Industrial Internet of Things, IIoT.

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Businesses expect industrial IoT to boost their revenues by US$154mn, Inmarsat study finds

The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) is set to make a sizeable contribution to the economy by 2023. This is according to a new global study launched by the mobile satellite communications company,

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New alliance enables high-fidelity real-time analytics and edge-based machine learning in IoT experiments

ADLINK Technology, a global provider of computing solutions, has partnered with FogHorn Systems, a developer of software for industrial and commercial Internet of Things (IIoT) solutions. The partners aim to bring edge intelligence to ADLINK’s groundbreaking Digital eXperiments as-a-Service (DXS) product,

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Demand growing fast for digital twins and AI in automotive, power generation and aviation, says GE’s CDO

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Autonomous systems, supported by artificial intelligence (AI) and digital twins, are a game-changer for industrial organisations. Today we are moving away from people telling machines what to do to a world where machines tell people what to do.

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Strategic guidance from ABI on the 8 technologies that will transform manufacturing

In a recent report, ABI Research, a market-foresight advisory firm providing strategic guidance on the most compelling transformative technologies, outlines how technologies fit together with each other in Smart Manufacturing.

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IIoT as an enabler of MRO in the Industry 4.0 era: Part 1

Government-led industrial automation initiatives such as Industry 4.0 and the broader approach of the Industrial Internet of Things, (IIoT), are having a profound effect on manufacturing, says Darren Hobbs, of S3 Semiconductors.

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G+D Mobile Security and Worldline co-operate to increase security in IoT and Industry 4.0 applications

G+D Mobile Security assigned a Memorandum of Understanding with Worldline, a European provider of payments and transactional services, to cooperate in the field of Industrial IoT (IIoT) security.

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PICMG agrees with the DMTF to collaborate on Industrial IoT

PICMG, a not-for-profit 501(c) consortium of companies and organisations that collaboratively develop open specifications, has formed a work register with the US-based Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF) to collaborate on industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) efforts.

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AT&T provides IoT solutions for Honeywell’s transport and logistics offerings internationally

AT&T and Honeywell are collaborating to deliver Internet of Things (IoT) technology to aircraft and freight solutions in countries across the globe, in Europe, North America, Latin America, Asia, Africa and Australia.

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Litmus Automation partners with AMAX Global Services to deliver IIoT solutions in the Greater China region

Litmus Automation, an Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) platform provider, has announced a distribution agreement with AMAX Global Services (AGS), a software development and system integration business partner.

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Smart pumps and predictive analytics gain traction as upstream oil & gas companies embrace digitisation

Frost & Sullivan’s recent analysis, Global Pumps Market in the Oil and Gas Industry, Forecast to 2024, finds that there has been a concentrated focus on operational expenditure (OPEX) in the oil & gas industry following the oil price plunge in 2016.

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Libelium adds interoperability with AVEVA to speed up industrial IoT adoption

Libelium announces integration has been successfully achieved with AVEVA’s Insight, powered by Wonderware Online cloud platform. This integration adds new compatibility to the IoT Gateway Meshlium that now supports native publishing to AVEVA’s Insight cloud.

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FreeWave Technologies partners with McQ Inc to deliver robust low power video streaming in rugged environments

FreeWave Technologies, specialists in industrial, secure Machine-to-Machine (M2M) and Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) networking solutions, are partnering with sensor technology and remote monitoring and surveillance firm McQ Inc.

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Beckhoff and Huawei Wireless X Labs jointly demonstrate next step to the 5G factory of tomorrow

Huawei and Beckhoff Automation GmbH & Co. KG demonstrated a key 5G technology for enabling the factory of tomorrow: the wireless Programmable Logic Controller (PLC). During the successful proof-of-concept trial at HANNOVER MESSE,

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Four big challenges for the industrial Internet of Things

A quest to become a smarter world where all systems with local processing and sensors are connected to share information is gaining momentum. Connecting these systems with each and other and users helps businesses make informed decisions. 

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Automation expert launches UK brand

European industrial IT and automation expert Novotek has launched its UK and Ireland brand following the acquisition of Glasgow-based Kerrco Automation. The rebranded Novotek UK and Ireland will help businesses across the manufacturing,

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