Articles & News on Cloud Computing

Wibu-Systems Wins the Coveted German Innovation Award 2021

  • May 18, 2021
  • News

CmCloudContainers bring tried-and-tested security technology to the cloud.

Arnel Santos Joins mCloud as Executive Vice President and President, Americas

  • May 7, 2021
  • News

mCloud Technologies Corp. announced Arnel Santos has joined mCloud as executive vice president and president, Americas and the company’s senior executive for its regional business in North America.

Yokogawa to Undertake Proof of Concept Test of 5G, Cloud and AI for Remote Control of Plant Systems with NTT DOCOMO

  • April 19, 2021
  • News

Yokogawa Electric Corporation announces the signing of an agreement with NTT DOCOMO, INC. (DOCOMO) on April 13 to jointly undertake a proof of concept test (PoC) for the remote control of a plant system by utilizing 5th generation mobile communications (5G), the cloud, AI, and other technologies.

Emerson's Cloud-Hosted Software Helps Repsol to Boost Performance

  • April 15, 2021
  • News

Migration of Repsol’s exploration data to the cloud delivers significant performance and collaboration improvements.

Industry 4.0 Put into Practice: German Edge Cloud Supplies Smart Solutions for Rittal's Haiger Factory

  • April 14, 2021
  • News

At its Haiger plant, Rittal consistently manufactures keeping with Industry 4.0 standards. Solutions from Rittal’s sister company German Edge Cloud are also used in the smart factory. A live dashboard system ensures transparency throughout the entire production process, enabling rapid intervention if necessary. A cycle of analytics, alerts and live dashboarding uses data to generate findings and optimisations.

Veristor Systems and Forty8Fifty Labs Announce Partnership with HashiCorp

  • March 15, 2021
  • News

Leveraging HashiCorp’s consistent workflows, Veristor and Forty8Fifty Labs help customers secure, connect and run any infrastructure for any application.

Bentley Systems Enters Agreement to Acquire Seequent, Global Leader in 3D Modeling Software for the Geosciences

  • March 12, 2021
  • News

Bentley Systems announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with investors led by Accel-KKR to acquire Seequent—a leader in software for geological and geophysical modeling, geotechnical stability, and cloud services for geodata management, visibility, and collaboration—for $900 million in cash.

Conquering the Cloud with OPC UA

  • by Jim Redman
  • March 12, 2021
  • Feature

This vendor-independent standard can take your designs from the device to the cloud and back, protecting your automation investment. From Volume 1 of the Automation 2021 Ebook: IIoT & Industry 4.0.

Siemens Extends Simcenter STAR-CCM+ Capabilities, achieves AWS High Performance Computing Competency Status

  • March 9, 2021
  • News

Siemens Digital Industries Software announces the availability of the latest release of Simcenter™ STAR-CCM+™ software, which has achieved Amazon Web Services (AWS) High Performance Computing (HPC) Competency status.

Friedhelm Loh Group Bundles Expertise: German Edge Cloud is Formed From Three Start-ups

  • February 1, 2021
  • News

Leading your digital transformation: Friedhelm Loh Group is uniting competences in the fields of IIoT, edge and cloud.

IGEL Announces the DISRUPT Unite Roadshow for End User Computing and Digital Workspaces Professionals

  • September 14, 2021
  • News

Global Series of face-to-face, one-day events travels to cities across the United States and Europe to showcase new ways enterprises can thrive in the “work from anywhere” world.

Rockwell Automation Embraces Cloud Based Manufacturing Business Digitalization

  • by Bill Lydon
  • September 1, 2021
  • Feature

Rockwell Automation embraces cloud-based digitalization of entire manufacturing businesses with the acquisition of Plex Systems for $2.22 billion. 

Improving Your Cloud Migration Journey with Automation

  • by Brenton O’Callaghan
  • August 10, 2021
  • Feature

Industrial OT systems supported by enterprise IT organizations are seeing a switch from on-premises datacenters to public cloud computing architectures. Automation can help with the migration.

Sensor-to-Cloud Enables Predictive Maintenance

  • by Craig Lentzkow
  • August 2, 2021
  • Feature

There is a huge base of installed machines in the world, typically referred to as “brownfield." This represents a tremendous opportunity for a predictive maintenance solution that can be “bolted-on” existing equipment to provide condition-based monitoring. For this solution to succeed, it must include: support for many machines in a single eco-system; simple, quick and remote commissioning; flexible choice of attached sensor devices; and built-in security. 

Lanner Partners with Microsoft to Deliver Edge-to-Cloud AI Deployments

  • July 27, 2021
  • News

Lanner Electronics announced its partnership with Microsoft Azure to launch Edge-to-Cloud AI Solution, integrating Lanner AI accelerated intelligent edge appliance with Azure IoT edge module, runtime and cloud interface.

IFS Growth Trajectory Continues with Software Revenue Growth at 20% for H1, Driven by Impressive Rise in Cloud Adoption

  • July 23, 2021
  • News

Continued improvement in the quality of the revenue mix with software at 74% of revenue.

Rockwell Automation to Expand Industrial Cloud Software Offering with Acquisition of Plex Systems

  • June 28, 2021
  • News

Plex Systems' leading subscription-based smart manufacturing platform accelerates customers' digital transformation and improves visibility into end-to-end production systems with easy-to-deploy, cloud-native solutions.

Litmus Expands Partnership with Google Cloud to Power Edge-to-Cloud Smart Factory Solutions

  • June 22, 2021
  • News

Unified solution enables organizations to harness the power of factory data to unlock the value of smart manufacturing.

Litmus and Pluto7 Collaborate on Edge-to-Cloud Solution for AI in Manufacturing

  • June 8, 2021
  • News

Litmus Edge handles data collection, analytics and integration, while Pluto7 specializes in data science and machine learning on Google Cloud.

US Manufacturers Ramp Up IT Infrastructure Cloud Adoption, NiceLabel Study Reveals

  • May 27, 2021
  • News

More than 66% of US manufacturers report most or all of their IT infrastructure is now in the cloud.