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3D Printing Takes First Steps Into Serial Manufacturing Production

Synergis Software

Automobile manufacturer Audi is using its A4 Limousine, a low-production model, as a proving ground for process innovation research. One large steel frame section of the A4 has always been difficult to manufacture, so the research team decided to try 3D printing. His company currently has three basic uses for 3D printing.

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Japanese defense contractors Pasco and Kobe Steel disclose security breaches

Security Affairs

Japanese defense contractors Pasco and Kobe Steel have disclosed security breaches that they have suffered back in 2016 and 2018. Pasco is Japan’s largest geospatial provider and Kobe Steel is one of the major steel manufacturers. NEC is a contractor for Japan’s defense industry and was involved in various defense projects.

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Elections 2024, artificial intelligence could upset world balances

Security Affairs

Key events include the European Parliament elections in June, the U.S. The 2016 US presidential elections and Brexit have demonstrated how, through the manipulation of information, it is possible to influence the perception of entire populations on issues of interest to the community.

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MY TAKE: Why DDoS weapons will proliferate with the expansion of IoT and the coming of 5G

The Last Watchdog

A couple of high-profile distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks will surely go down in history as watershed events – each for different reasons. Three years later, October 2016, a DDoS attack, dubbed Mirai, topped 600 gigabytes per second while taking aim at the website of cybersecurity journalist Brian Krebs.

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Square 9 Brings Encompass Conference to Nashville, TN

Info Source

October 30, 2017 – Developers of award-winning Enterprise Content Management solutions, Square 9® Softworks welcomes its dedicated dealer channel and their customers back to Encompass 2018, a conference unlike any traditional industry event. NEW HAVEN, CONN.,

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Top Ten Blog Articles of 2019

Synergis Software

In 2019, here are the blog posts that you found to be the most valuable: #10: 3D Printing Dives into Serial Manufacturing Production. For a generation, 3D printing has gradually gained acceptance as a useful tool in product development and manufacturing. More recently manufacturers have begun creating end-use parts.

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European Commission Provides Important Guidance on Qualification and Classification of Software Under New Medical Devices Regulations

Data Matters

The Guidance seeks to provide clarification to medical software manufacturers with respect to (i) when software is considered a device (qualification) and (ii) what risk category the device falls into (classification). In the event of several rules applying to the same device, the strictest rule resulting in higher classification will apply.