Real-Time Systems expands service portfolio with acquisition of Arendar IT-Security
Feb. 17, 2023
RTS takes a step towards a solution-oriented offering for OEMs and end users
Real-Time Systems GmbH
Left to right: Konrad Garhammer, managing director of congatec Group; Rudolf Preuß, managing director Arendar IT-Security; Jürgen Kreis, director of sales and business development Arendar IT-Security; and Daniel Jürgens, managing director of congatec Group.
Real-Time Systems (RTS), a provider of hypervisor technology and part of the congatec Group, acquired Arendar IT-Security GmbH to expand its service portfolio, which will now includes edge computing for secure OT/IT connectivity for the digitization of industrial machines, plants and processes. For RTS, this signifies a step towards a solution-oriented offering for OEMs and end users. The Arendar portfolio comprises IoT gateway solutions including edge and cloud middleware as well as software engineering services for the holistic digitization of industrial processes within systems and plants. Arendar has primarily been serving manufacturing companies in Germany. Acting as part of the global congatec Group, RTS will open up the Arendar offering to OEMs worldwide. The newly acquired solution portfolio will be presented to the broad trade audience for the first time at embedded world 2023.
“The solution and service portfolio of Arendar IT-Security is an excellent fit with our strategic positioning in the industrial automation and communications infrastructure market, where more and more data needs to be exchanged securely as a result of digitization,” said Konrad Garhammer, managing director of congatec Group.
Daniel Jürgens, managing director of congatec Group, added: “We particularly wish to expand our IoT connectivity expertise because of the ever-increasing cybersecurity requirements. Together with the hypervisor technology of our subsidiary Real Time Systems, we are now in a position to support our customers’ digital transformation with sustainable solution modules bearing the trustworthy ‘Made in Germany’ seal.”
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