Container Days 2025 Confer­ence

For the Open Industry 4.0 Alliance, this was more than just another confer­ence: it was the chance to show­case our Soft­ware Defined Automa­tion project, which breaks down the barriers between tradi­tional Oper­a­tional Tech­nology and the modern world of containers and cloud. By blending hard­ware-inde­pen­dent appli­ca­tions with edge computing, the project points the way toward indus­trial automa­tion that is not only flex­ible and scal­able but also ready for the chal­lenges of the future.

Our booth in Hamburg stood out because we were the only exhibitor to bring real indus­trial hard­ware, creating a tangible link between theory and prac­tice that sparked strong interest among visi­tors. What became clear over these three days is that the demand to connect OT and IT is accel­er­ating, and OI4 was able to step forward as a pioneer, showing how hard­ware, stan­dards, and cloud or container orches­tra­tion can come together to shape the next gener­a­tion of Industry 4.0.

This journey will now continue with the OI4 SDA Stack, which builds on the demon­strator and inte­grates the Margo stan­dard for a unified, vendor-inde­pen­dent way to describe and manage indus­trial automa­tion resources. In combi­na­tion with the CI/CD pipeline of Open­De­vS­tack, this creates a powerful foun­da­tion for contin­uous and auto­mated delivery of Soft­ware Defined Automa­tion, driving inter­op­er­ability, scal­a­bility, and real-world impact.