Arbeitsgemeinschaft Medizintechnik

Software Considerations and Security Requirements for Medical Devices

Software has become ubiquitous in the healthcare industry given its widespread use for controlling medical devices and health information systems and communicating and maintaining electronic patient data, all in an increasingly ... more

Cybersecurity for Medical Device Endpoints

With the recent, highly publicized incidents of identity theft, ransomware and malware attacks directed at healthcare facilities, the medical device community is on high security alert. Cybersecurity exploits have resulted in the theft ... more

Leveraging Software Monetization Strategies in the Medical Device Industry

Modern day medicine is increasingly dependent upon sophisticated technology that is rapidly changing the landscape of healthcare delivery and demonstrating that its use can make a dramatic improvement in patient outcomes. However, the ... more

Protecting Medical Devices with Software Encryption

Intellectual property theft is rampant around the globe. In a 2016 study, VDMA, the German Mechanical Engineering Industry Association, reported that nine of out ten manufacturers were victims of piracy, and that in 70% of all ... more

Taking Encryption Protections to the Next Level

It seems like every day we hear about damaging and costly cyberattacks resulting from pirated software, theft of digital Intellectual Property, stolen personal, financial and medical data, or malicious tampering of consumer IoT devices ... more

IoT and Blockchain. A match made in heaven?

When I last googled Blockchain, 21 million results were returned, and I am sure this number is on the rise as government agendas, panels at international trade shows, and every vendor dealing in IT security are touching upon this ... more

New Licensing Models Expand Market Potential for ISVs

“Old School” perpetual software licensing agreements are rapidly falling out of favor as often times they place restrictions on product use that do not fit the dynamic business needs of the end user. Many smaller companies, ... more

Why “Keeping offline” is not really safer than going online

“We are keeping our computers offline. That way, they are safe.” I don’t know whether the IT professionals at French carmakers, British NHS hospitals, or German train operators believed this. What I do know is: ... more

Keeping In-Step with Your Customer’s Availability Requirements

When software on a consumer’s computer becomes problematic or stops working altogether, in most cases, it is simply a nuisance without significant financial or business implications. In commercial environments, however, software ... more

Workpiece - Table clock and pencil holder

A classical table clock milled from a single block, with an integrated pencil holder for the CNC miller.




The workpiece is milled from an aluminum plate in two clamping operations. The border of the clock face is created in ... more

An Eye-Opening Look at Embedded Security (or Not)

“In an eye-opening embedded systems safety and security survey conducted by the Barr Group, 28 percent of respondents said the systems they work on could cause injury or fatalities and 60 percent of the respondents said their ... more

AMF at Hannover Messe 2017, 24 - 28 April

You are kindly invited to visit AMF Andreas Maier GmbH & Co. KG at "The world's leading industrial show" at the Hannover Messe 2017, the world's leading fair for industrial technology.
The opening will be done this year by Prime Minister Beata Maria Sydlo (Poland) together with the German Chancellor Angela Merkel on 23 April.
The particular focus of this years show is on the Partner Country ... more

A Secure Shelter for Your Digital Documents

Here at Wibu-Systems, we spend much of our time speaking with customers and evangelizing at industry meetings and conferences regarding the importance of protecting software and intellectual property against illegal copying, reverse ... more

Sumitomo showed it's innovation and dominant R&D position at the INTEC 2017

Sumitomo is reflecting on a successful trade fair, as in addition to thorough discussions with our existing customers, we are looking forward to numerous new customers, from good potential business leads.

With a total number of ... more

SmartLine – Solutions for the Smart Factory

The CHIRON Group has put all our digitization activities into the “SmartLine“ brand. These include DataLine, ProcessLine and RemoteLine. Further modules are in preparation.
Digital networking is also shaping the future in ... more

Implement Features-on-Demand and Increase Software Revenues: A case in point

Employing a features-on-demand licensing strategy has significant advantages for developers as well as end users.
In many instances, the full capabilities of a particular software program are rarely utilized, or perhaps an end user ... more

World Premiere - DZ08 FX PRECISION+

According to the motto “Welcome to Vertical Innovation” we are proud to present to you the highlight of our OPEN HOUSE event- our latest, extremely dynamic and highly precise DZ08 FX Precision+.
On the basis of the ... more

AMF at intec in Leipzig, 07 - 10 March 2017

Innovation - technology - production: The Intec provides a ... more

The Blurry Box Encryption Revolution

“The system should not require secrecy and it must not be a problem if it falls into enemy hands.”
Those were the words of Auguste Kerckhoffs, who published two articles in 1883 in which he surveyed the military ciphers of ... more