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Title: The Software-Defined Era Awakens: COPA-DATA Highlights Future-Ready Industrial Automation Please check this title

United States, 14th Feb 2026 - COPA-DATA is reinforcing its position as a forward-looking voice in industrial automation. As an Associated Partner at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2026, the independent software vendor used the global platform to highlight software-defined automation as a key enabler for resilient, future-ready industrial automation. With its zenon software platform, COPA-DATA advocates a software-first approach that challenges traditional, hardware-centric automation models and gives industrial organizations greater flexibility, sovereignty, and control.Industrial automation is at a turning point. Manufacturers and energy operators face rising regulatory pressure, volatile supply chains, and increasing demands for sustainability, while still relying on rigid automation architectures designed decades ago. At the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2026, these challenges were discussed across industries, with a clear signal emerging: future competitiveness depends on the ability to adapt faster than hardware cycles allow.This is where software-defined automation comes into play. By decoupling control logic from proprietary hardware, software-defined automation enables industrial organizations to modernize step by step, without large-scale rip-and-replace projects or new vendor dependencies. Instead of locking innovation into long investment cycles, companies can evolve their operations through software updates, virtualized systems, and open but secure interfaces.“Industrial automation has been dominated by hardware-first thinking for far too long,” said Stefan Reuther, Member of the Executive Board at COPA-DATA Headquarters. “Software-defined automation shifts the focus back to flexibility and sovereignty. It allows companies to adapt their...

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