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
Hannover Exhibition Center to become 5G test site by September
By the end of 2022, 1.4 million square meters of outdoor trade fair area and 30 buildings in Hannover will be equipped with 5G (Source: Deutsche Messe) Deutsche Messe, Deutsche Telekom and Siemens will equip the exhibition grounds and halls
5G routers for industry – Part II (updated)
The number of industrial 5G routers continues to grow ( Picture: Robustel / Perle / Peplink / Hongdian / Advantech / E-Lins) Every month the three major cell phone providers put up new 5G masts, and every week the German
Two billion euros approved for anti-Huawei projects
With Open RAN, transmitting and receiving technology from different manufacturers can be used. (Image: Erich Westendarp / Pixabay) The open architecture Open RAN is supposed to enable more freedom of choice in the development and expansion of mobile networks. Politicians