Smart City in Pieces: Each Department Guards Its Data
Eva Mickler
Parking guidance here, energy management there, a separate citizen portal: municipalities and public ...
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Smart City & Smart Industry
Smart City & Smart Industry
Climate change and ever-growing cities require new concepts. Regarding how we live and think about cities and industry, digitalization plays a central role. Only this way can the challenges of the future be overcome. Here you will find the appropriate guides, expert opinions and current news on the topic of Smart City & Smart Industry.
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Smart Factory: Why Edge is Lagging Behind in the Process
Bernhard Liebl
The machines are connected and the sensors are delivering, but the promised efficiency leap still doesn't ...
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Administrative chatbots fail at escalation paths
Bernhard Liebl
Providers have been equipping municipalities with administrative chatbots for two years. The pilot figures ...
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Hannover Messe 2026: New Infrastructure for Industry 5.0
Benedikt Langer
The Hannover Messe 2026 (20–24 April) made one thing crystal clear: the term Industry 5.0 has moved ...
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Smart City Governance 2026: What CIOs Can Learn from Germany’s City Digital‑Infrastructure Lag
Tobias Massow
The MDPI Smart City Maturity Study 2026 examined 1.136 German municipalities. The central finding: ...
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Industry 5.0 as a Leadership Decision: Key Takeaways for CIOs from Hannover Messe 2026
Alec Chizhik
Hannover Messe 2026 has produced a message that will end up as a keynote slide in most CIO reports. ...
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Three Giants Realign: Continental, Infine
Eva Mickler
Three German industrial heavyweights are simultaneously deciding their corporate cuts. Continental ...
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Industry 4.0 After 15 Years: Three Lessons Industry 5.0 Should Systematically Avoid
Angelika Beierlein
The Hannover Messe 2026 will take place from April 20 to 24 under the guiding theme "Industrial Transformation." ...
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Smart City Without a Beacon: The Three Project Types German Cities Will Actually Scale by 2026
Benedikt Langer
Three humdrum project types will be rolling through German mid-sized cities in 2026—parking-space ...
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Platform Ecosystems: Build, Buy, or Join – the Strategy Behind the $15-Trillion Question
Benedikt Langer
By 2028, 90% of all B2B procurement decisions will be mediated by AI agents. This shift is moving market ...
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