Fabian Schmidt

Fabian Schmidt is working as Head of Software Engineering in Manufacturing at SICK AG. He has an extensive IT background and has a faible for lean and agile organizations.

Joined: November 11, 2018
Articles: 66
Comments: 3

Industrie 4.0, Software Architecture

How IIoT Benefits From The Lean Startup Mindset

Digitalization is an important field of the push towards Industry 4.0, also known as Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). In manufacturing, this area was mainly addressed by various MES solutions in the past. However things have changed and big monolithic…

Emerging Tech, Industrie 4.0, Software Architecture

How Gaia-X Could Enable A European Data Economy

If we want to understand why Gaia-X is a hot topic in Europe these days, we must first look at the status quo. Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, ...

Industrie 4.0, Software Architecture

Why Edge Computing Drives Industry 4.0 Forward

Many industrial sectors go through a transformation process right now. Industrie 4.0 describes the next evolution step in automation and digitalization. Edge computing will play an important role here.

Emerging Tech, Industrie 4.0

Emerging Technology Is Transforming Manufacturing

Manufacturing is facing major changes - not just since Industry 4.0. At the same time new opportunities are opening up faster and faster through emerging tech.

Fabian Schmidt
12. April 2020

Ad, Industrie 4.0, Software Architecture

How Modern Apps Are Revolutionizing Enterprise IT

We all use apps on our smartphones every day. Would it be possible to transfer this success story to the corporate IT world? And what would this require?

Emerging Tech, Industrie 4.0

2020: Next Decade Tech Here We Come

The year 2019 is coming to an end quickly and with it a decade full of fascinating tech and transformations. But instead of looking backwards, let‘s take a look ahead and see what the new decade beholds. Here comes my personal list...

Fabian Schmidt
24. December 2019

Emerging Tech, Industrie 4.0

Gaia-X – Rise of Europe‘s Connected Data Infrastructure

Much has been written about Peter Altmaiers initiative Gaia-X, with which the German Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy has ventured to challenge the American Cloud top dogs.

Fabian Schmidt
7. December 2019
4 Comments

Ad, Cybersecurity

Rethinking Cybersecurity

In our modern world of connected everything we heavily rely on the omnipresent IT backbone. For companies, this is even business-critical.

Fabian Schmidt
22. October 2019
1 Comment

Marketing

CXM – Why the holy grail of marketing needs trust

The comprehensive vision of CXM is the dawn of a new marketing era, turning customers into brand ambassadors. An often heard saying in this context is: „Nobody wants to be marketed to, but everyone wants to be engaged.“

Fabian Schmidt
15. September 2019