Advertisement The events of the last 16 months have sharpened the focus on digital solutions and business models. The zenon software platform from automation software supplier, COPA-DATA, helps companies to implement industrial IoT and digitalisation in the manufacturing and energy sectors. The company has published its latest major release: zenon 10, a more integrated, all-in-one solution of its software platform for the energy sector. The automation and digitalisation of the energy sector has been in the DNA of software manufacturer, COPA-DATA, for more than 30 years. The energy sector is shaped by security, networking and the global change in energy generation and supply toward renewable energy sources. "The new functions in zenon 10 help our customers who operate local energy infrastructure, such as power plants or substations, to digitalise more easily and connect with regional or national control centers securely, even if they are managing a legacy system environment," says Stefan Hufnagl, Energy Industry Specialist at COPA-DATA.