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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 ease transform industrial automation from control to data-driven.

Softing argues that modern manufacturing requires seamless data flow across legacy and modern systems, enabled by tools designed for incremental adoption rather than operational burden.

Softing's core argument is that industrial automation has shifted from basic device control to a data-driven imperative where connectivity across fragmented environments is now a competitive necessity. The channel supports this through two complementary angles: the business case (analytics, AI, and real-time decision-making now depend on free data flow) and the human case (tools must be learned incrementally and adopted at a user's own pace to reduce friction and let teams focus on outcomes rather than software overhead).

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.”

Episode 3: Why Connectivity Has Become the Cornerstone of Modern Industrial Automation

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What the channel argues

InsightConnectivity now drives competitive advantage by enabling analytics, AI, and real-time decision-making across plant and enterprise.→
InsightTools adopted incrementally and at user's own pace reduce operational friction and help teams focus on outcomes.→
InsightThe automation industry has shifted from early digital transformation experiments to a critical business imperative for seamless data flow.→
InsightFragmented environments with legacy field devices, modern control systems, and diverse vendor ecosystems create data movement barriers.→

What you'll learn

•Connectivity is now table-stakes for competitive manufacturing, not a nice-to-have digital transformation add-on.
•Incremental tool adoption and low operational friction matter as much as technical features in industrial software success.
•The real bottleneck in modern factories is not data existence but free data movement across vendor and legacy boundaries.
•Partnerships and continuity play a key role when automation suppliers, system integrators, and end users navigate platform transitions.

What to do about it

→Assess whether your current data management approach enables seamless flow across legacy and modern systems, or creates silos.
→Evaluate tools and vendors that emphasize incremental adoption and low learning friction, not just feature breadth.
→Map your vendor ecosystem and identify fragmentation points where data movement is constrained, then prioritize connectivity fixes aligned to business outcomes like analytics or real-time decision-making.

Who and what shows up

Deane Horn

Director of Product Management, Softing Inc.

Provides guided introduction to tManager and its approach to streamlined data management and device configuration in complex industrial environments.

Questions this channel answers

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Why does industrial connectivity matter now when it did not before?

Analytics, AI, and real-time decision-making now depend on free data flow across the factory and enterprise, elevating connectivity from a technical nicety to a critical business imperative.

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

How should manufacturers approach adopting new data management tools?

Tools should be learned incrementally and adopted at a user's own pace to reduce operational friction and help teams focus on outcomes rather than wrestling with software overhead.

A Guided Overview of tManager from Softing →
Q

What is the primary challenge in modern industrial data management?

The challenge is no longer whether data exists, but whether it can move freely across fragmented environments that include legacy field devices, modern control systems, and diverse vendor ecosystems.

Why Connectivity Has Become the Cornerstone of Modern In… →
Topics:tManager productIndustrial connectivity and data flowLegacy and modern system integrationDevice configuration and managementData-driven manufacturing
Themes:From control to connectivity: industrial automation's strategic pivotIncremental adoption and operational friction as design imperativesData freedom across fragmented vendor and legacy environments

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