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Economy 4.0 CodeMeter is the key enabler for the new economy: with client-centric solutions and by protecting the invaluable know-how of developers, it opens up new digital markets. A New Paradigm As the concept of Industrie 4.0 is becoming reality and cyber-physical systems are getting connected in distributed, flexible industrial networks, plant engineers are shifting their attention from the specialized machines of yesterday to the custo- mization of software. Through software, machine features can be activated or upgraded at the point of need to allow a far more fluent relationship bet- ween maker and buyer. The app stores of the mo- bile phone world have shown the way: Established sales processes can be taken to a new level and modular, scalable business models introduced that 14 are truly responsive to the needs of the market. This has the very real potential to reduce produc- tion, inventory, and logistics costs – and to save the environment almost as a side-effect. And New Threats Industrial espionage, cyberattacks, and outright sabotage are a direct consequence of all these new developments. Industrial availability now increasingly means digital reliability, and the IIoT world needs to remain awake to issues of physical security, privacy, IT security, trustworthiness, and business continuity. WIBU-SYSTEMS AG | 2018

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