HMS Networks acquires Red Lion ControlsHMS Networks acquires Red Lion Controls and significantly expands its presence in North America HMS Networks (HMS) has entered into a binding agreement to acquire Red Lion Controls, a distinguished provider of industrial...
Finally vacation season: And then comes the new machinery regulation
Finally vacation season:and then comes the new machinery regulationAlthough the new European Machinery Regulation does not come into force until 2027, companies should start looking into it now, explains our columnist Siegfried Müller. Vacation time at last. Most of...
Artificial Intelligence: Pros and cons in the context of cyber security
Artificial Intelligence: Pros and cons in the context of cyber securityAI and IT security: Do they go together? When it comes to IT security, artificial intelligence presents opportunities, but also risks, explains our columnist Siegfried Müller. Ignoring ChatGTP has...
Cyber security: Fit for 2023
Cyber security: Fit for 2023Currently, cyberattacks are increasingly targeting industrial companies. Our columnist Siegfried Müller explains why this is the case and what companies need to do now. The new year has only just begun and already there are some sensational...
Digitalization and IT security: How to solve the paradox
Digitalization and IT security: How to solve the paradoxThe higher the level of digitalization, the greater the potential attack surfaces. Our columnist Siegfried Müller explains how you can resolve the paradox. In my penultimate column, I announced that I would take...
Edge Technology: These are the advantages
Edge Technology: These are the advantagesData is the foundation for successful business operations, writes our columnist. What's behind Edge Technology and why the technology is important for cybersecurity. Sometimes English terms are used by companies here in Germany...
Getting fit for the future with a retrofit
Getting fit for the future with a retrofitOur columnist Siegfried Müller advises you to retrofit your old machine to make it fit and safe for digitalization. In this way, existing plants can continue to be operated effectively even in times of digitalization. Was...
Successful digitalization projects – Success Story brochure
Successful digitalization projectsFor over 25 years now, we have been a pioneer as a medium-sized company when it comes to solutions for industrial communication via the Internet. We offer you an end-to-end digitalization solution: from development and consulting to...
Moving from knowledge and will to action
Moving from knowledge and will to actionSure - cybersecurity is a good thing. We know that. And we want it, because who wants to open the door to malicious code? But it's crucial to finally do something about it, says our columnist Siegfried Müller. A useful idea, if...
User Conference 2022 – tradition successfully continued
User Conference 2022 – tradition successfully continuedOn May 5, the time had finally come again: With around 40 participants from industrial automation on site at the Landhotel Rössle as well as 20 online, the first user conference started after the Covid-related...
Perfectly secured against hacker attacks: What companies can currently do
Perfectly secured against hacker attacks: What companies can currently do As a result of the Ukraine war, the threat from hackers has increased. In the latest column Siegfried Müller explains how companies can prepare themselves in the short and long term: I'm...
MB connect line becomes part of Red Lion Controls Inc.
MB connect line becomes part ofRed Lion Controls Inc.Ron Salerno, Jack Lee, Siegfried Müller, Rod SmithRed Lion Controls, an operating company of UK-based Spectris plc, is pleased to announce the acquisition of MB connect line GmbH, a leading provider of secure...
Whitepaper – A Hitchhiker’s Guide to EDGE-Technology
Whitepaper A Hitchhiker’s Guide to EDGE-TechnologyWelcome to this new white paper „From Value Chain to Value unchained – a Hitchhikers Guide to Edge Technology“. It represents the current state of work of the Interest-Group “EDGE“ of MindSphere World e.V. where our...
Remotely monitoring the energy production in biogas plants
Remotely monitoring the energy production in biogas plantsFinsterwalder Umwelttechnik uses digitalization for process optimizationAccess to the machine or plant control system during commissioning or maintenance is now standard practice - and this is also the case at...
Users unfamiliar with cybersecurity and its threats increase the risk of cyberattacks
Users unfamiliar with cybersecurity and its threats increase the risk of cyberattacks The cyberspace is clogged with lurking threats created by hackers who want to exploit Internet users. And with remote work becoming the new normal, cyber felons have itchy fingers...
What will be important in cybersecurity in 2022?
What will be important in cybersecurity in 2022?In his latest column, Siegfried Müller explains what cyber insurance is all about and which IT security measures companies should implement. Two things are obligatory at the beginning of the year: First, make good...
Ho Ho Ho – Big thanks from our team
Ho Ho Ho - Big thanks from our teamThe second year in a row was demanding for all of us in many ways, both in business and in private. The more we appreciate that you have put your trust in us and remain loyal to us - even if some things did not work out as usual....
#stoptalkingstartplanting – Trees instead of presents
Trees instead of presents #stoptalkingstartplantingAlready in the middle of the year, as part of our annual customer survey, we donated 500 trees, as a thank you for your participation, to the organization Plant for the Planet. Also at the end of the year we decided...
Security gap Log4j – we are secure
Security gap Log4j – We are secure Last Friday, a zero-day vulnerability in the widely used Java logging library Log4j was disclosed, which the BSI warns. It puts many servers and apps at risk (CVE-2021-44228). But we have good news for you. With us you are on the...
Industrie 4.0 Innovation Award – We are selected as one of the Top 10 – Vote now
Industrie 4.0 Innovation Award – We are selected as one of the Top 10 – Vote nowWow. We are very happy that our IIoT gateway "mbEDGE" made it into the top 10 of the Industrie 4.0 Innovation Award. From now on you can vote for our IIoT gateway. The five-member expert...
MB connect line is GIT Security Award 2022 finalist – Vote now!
MB connect line is GIT Security Award 2022 finalist – Vote now!We are proud and very happy that our mbNET.rokey has made it to the finalists of the GIT Security Award 2022. Until the 23rd of August you can vote for our industrial router in category A “Safety, IT &...
Sarlin optimizes compressed air energy bill with Sarlin Balance Application and MB connect line
Sarlin optimizes compressed air energy bill with Sarlin Balance application and MB connect lineBesides many other activities and multiple products and services on its catalogue, Sarlin, a Finnish company headquartered just a few kilometres North of Helsinki, is...
Can you secure the remote access router password for me? Yes, please!
Can you secure the remote access router password for me? Yes, please!Of course, having a secure password on your network devices is definitely among IT good practices, but how many customers actually integrated IT security in their OT workflows? There are many OT...
Can local production staff be notified when someone is connected? Yes, please!
Can local production staff be notified when someone is connected? Yes, please!It may sound like elementary politeness, it is also a matter of coordination and security: when a technician visits the factory to make an intervention on a machine, you want to signal that...
Can local production staff really control when remote access is allowed?
Can local production staff really control when remote access is allowed? Yes PleasE!Let’s be fair & square: for the IT of a machine user, a remote access router, on a supplier’s machine, is nothing else than a more-or-less-legal trojan horse that they may or may...
The plant world is remote!
The plant world is remote! Successful remote access solution in the field of plastic processing.Kiefel relies on solutions from MB connect line for secure remote access.For more than 60 years, KIEFEL GmbH has been a supplier of machines and systems for plastic...
IT alone cannot secure the industry – the industry needs to secure itself
IT alone cannot secure the industry- the industry needs to secure itselfWhen it comes to IT security, there is no such thing as a small detail Details is precisely where the bad guys find their way: through those small things you did not care to check and secure....
Reisopack improves customer value with remote services
Reisopack improves customer value with remote services Established a few kilometers North of Barcelona, Reisopack offers a variety of machines for strapping & tying, pallets strapping, pallets wrapping, box handling & sealing, as well as customized solutions...
Excellumax simplifies shopping malls management of utility bills with mbEDGE
Excellumax simplifies shopping malls management of utility bills with mbEDGECross charging utility bills, among the shop tenants in a shopping mall, in a way that is acceptable by everyone, is a recurring challenge for every facility manager. It is not only about...
The City of Amsterdam standardizes on mbNET for remote interventions and management of its buildings
The City of Amsterdam standardizes on mbNET for remote interventions and management of its buildingsIn the industry, we may find machines that have been working for ten, twenty, sometimes thirty years or more. However, when we talk about buildings in a city, we’re on...