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.
Articles by the author
Security hole in central 5G security feature uncovered
The AdaptiveMobile Security whitepaper describes the three main attack scenarios (Source: AdaptiveMobile Security) Network slicing is supposed to make it possible to operate separate virtual 5G networks side by side. But a flaw in the security architecture makes the concept
Gartner: Only Ericsson, Nokia and Huawei classified as 5G leaders
Ericsson ranked as a leader in 5G technology by Gartner (Source: Ericsson) Market researchers at Gartner compared ten providers of 5G network infrastructure. Only three made it into the Leader Quadrant. The classifications of the report are based on an
Frequency allocation in the 26 GHz band has startet
Soon to be in widespread use in Germany? Antenna from Telefónica / O2's 5G FWA field trial in Hamburg. (Source: Rolf Otzipka / Telefónica) The German Federal Network Agency has now put spectrum in the range above 6 GHz out