Phoenix Contact and Alibaba Cloud reached a cooperation at the SPS Automation Fair in Nuremberg, and Alibaba Cloud expanded its cloud computing solutions to the OT field. With the help of PLCnext Technology, an open industrial automation ecosystem launched by Phoenix Contact, through the Virtual PLCnext Control software solution, users can use PLCnext Engineer for programming and access the PLCnext Store automation application store.
Virtual PLCnext Control
Thanks to the continuous development of virtualization technology, the increasing maturity of SoftPLC technology and the continuous improvement of hardware performance, virtualized PLC is becoming the combination of the three, and Virtual PLCnext Control is born:
Core Advantages
Virtual PLCnext Control can be flexibly deployed on various hardware platforms, including industrial PCs, edge devices, and Linux servers, reducing
customers' PLC usage costs;
With the help of virtualization technology, Virtual PLCnext Control can achieve multiple controls on one machine, meeting flexible production needs and the flexibility of PLC deployment;
IT and OT are combined to open up a broad space for custom development for users. Virtual PLCnext Control provides a highly flexible and open system architecture that allows users to perform custom development at multiple levels.
Alibaba Cloud Edge Cloud Service
With the increasing demand for massive data generation, real-time processing efficiency, and industry digitalization, more and more companies are facing challenges in market response speed, resource utilization efficiency, data security, and IT transformation of traditional businesses.
Alibaba Cloud Edge Cloud pushes computing, storage, networking, and more intelligent services to the network edge, closer to end users and business scenarios. Through a global network of edge nodes, it provides users with lower latency, higher resource utilization, better security and privacy protection, and more IT-based and intelligent cloud services, ensuring the continuity and reliability of corporate business and providing fertile ground for the growth of more industry innovation scenarios.