Harry Jacob

„My biggest mistake is to dive always down to the floor, even when the pool is very deep.“

Harry Jacob, born in Nördlingen (Bavaria, Germany) in 1968, studied journalism in Munich and Leipzig. For 16 years he held leading positions at Vogel IT-Medien in Augsburg, where he was instrumental in the development of the print magazine, supplements and digital offers of “IT-BUSINESS“, a trade magazine for IT specialists. In 2014, he became editor-in-chief of “A & D”, a magazine for manufacturing automation at publish industry, Munich – in time for the hype of Industrie 4.0.

Since 2017, Harry Jacob works as freelance journalist, author and communications consultant. His main topics are IT, IoT and Industry 4.0, with focus not so much on technics but on concepts and strategies of business models and customer relations that are changing due to digital transformation.

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Articles by the author

Network Slicing becomes more industry-friendly

Multiple virtual networks on one infrastructure: so-called network slicing is an elementary function for 5G in industry (Source: ZVEI) Ericsson and Deutsche Telekom have jointly developed a control interface that can be used to dynamically control one of the core

NTT delivers cloud services for campus networks

NTT delivers the network core for campus networks as Network-as-a-Service (NaaS). (Source: NTT Ltd.) Under the name "Private 5G Platform", technology service provider NTT Data is offering core functions for private LTE and 5G networks as Network-as-a-Service (NaaS) for the

5G conquers the automotive industry

The automotive industry is becoming a pioneer in the use of 5G (Source: Sony Group Cooperation) 5G is playing an increasingly important role in automotive industry, e.g. in vehicle development as well as in construction and not least in operation.