Kontron AG

There is no question that the digitisation of all areas of life and work creates new business models. In the DACH region, the connection of digital transformation of products and manufacturing has been dubbed “Industrie 4.0” – industry 4.0. Obviously, this is not just about setting up a PC at the manufacturing line and hooking it up to the internet. Rather, the goal is to gain a competitive advantage, be it through raising efficiency or generating new offers, from leveraging the data collected as well as networking operational technology (OT) and information technology (IT).

Updating its AIRES GbE Rugged Switch with New Precision Timing Protocol (PTP), Kontron has announced it has enhanced its next-generation Kontron high-performance COBALT(TM) system with a removable solid state drive (RSSD) bay option, which enables higher performance Ethernet switching. Giving designers maximum flexibility to select and configure the right amount of storage capacity as an ordering option without modifying the system, COBALT supports up to two RSSDs via a front removable drive bay.