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Wir bei Softing sind Experten für den digitalen Datenaustausch und die Bereitstellung von Informationen in Anwendungen der Fahrzeugindustrie, der industriellen Produktion und zur Sicherstellung der Leistungsfähigkeit von IT-Systemen. Follow this channel for the latest from Softing: product news, expert perspectives, and updates from the team.

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Channel Brief·Softing · 4 episodes
Updated Dec 13, 2025

Connectivity and data management reshape industrial automation competitively.

Softing argues that seamless data flow across legacy and modern systems is now the cornerstone of competitive advantage. The channel offers product guidance and strategic framing from named product leadership.

Softing's channel thesis is that industrial automation has shifted from basic control toward fully connected, data-driven operations that bridge plant floor and enterprise, and that tooling must reduce operational friction to succeed. The evidence is framed through tManager as a product that enables incremental adoption, and through Deane Horn's positioning of connectivity as essential infrastructure for analytics, AI, and real-time decision-making in fragmented vendor ecosystems.

Drawn from A Guided Overview of tManager from Softing and 1 more →

“The challenge is no longer whether data exists, but whether it can move freely across fragmented environments.”

Why Connectivity Has Become the Cornerstone of Modern Industrial Automation

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What the channel argues

InsightManufacturers are shifting from basic control to fully connected, data-driven operations.→
InsightIncremental tool adoption reduces operational friction in complex industrial environments.→
InsighttManager enables streamlined data flows and device configuration without slowing operations.→
InsightConnectivity across legacy field devices, modern controls, and diverse vendors is now a critical business imperative.→
InsightAnalytics, AI, and real-time decision-making fuel the acceleration toward connected operations.→

What you'll learn

•Why data movement across fragmented industrial ecosystems is now competitive necessity, not option.
•How incremental, learnable tools like tManager reduce friction when teams adopt new connectivity platforms.
•Why partnerships matter in preserving business continuity during platform transitions in automation.
•How manufacturing has evolved from simple PLC-to-IT integration to enterprise-wide data-driven operations.

What to do about it

→Assess your current data flows across legacy field devices and modern control systems to identify fragmentation points.
→Evaluate tManager or similar tools that support incremental adoption and require minimal operational disruption.
→Map analytics, AI, and real-time decision-making requirements against your connectivity infrastructure to align investments.

Who and what shows up

Deane Horn

Director of Product Management, Softing Inc.

Provides the guided overview and positioning of tManager as a solution for incremental adoption in complex industrial data management.

Questions this channel answers

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Why is connectivity now critical to industrial automation competitiveness?

Modern manufacturing requires seamless data flow across fragmented environments to enable analytics, AI, and real-time decision-making, moving beyond basic control toward fully connected, data-driven operations.

Why Connectivity Has Become the Cornerstone of Modern In… →
Q

How should manufacturers approach adopting new data management tools?

Through incremental adoption at users' own pace, reducing operational friction and helping teams focus on outcomes rather than software complexity.

A Guided Overview of tManager from Softing →
Q

What makes tManager valuable in complex industrial environments?

It streamlines data flows, device configuration, and interoperability maintenance while being learned incrementally, minimizing disruption to operations.

A Guided Overview of tManager from Softing →
Topics:tManager productIndustrial connectivityData management and configurationLegacy and modern system integrationPLC data integration
Themes:Connectivity as competitive infrastructureOperational friction reduction through designIncremental adoption and learning curves

Industry context

Industrial systems face pressure to integrate legacy equipment with modern databases and networks. New fiber infrastructure innovations must address aging infrastructure constraints to meet rising connectivity demand.

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