Germany and the U.S. continue to drive innovation around the Industrial Internet. The two countries are economic powerhouses and they are keenly aware of the importance of internet connectivity for business applications. Yet their approaches to harnessing it differ, as I documented in a 2015 report. What’s changed since then?

A flash GDP estimate showed the growth rate nearly doubling in the Eurozone to an annualized pace of over 2.5% in the first quarter. This compares to the equivalent U.S. rate of 0.5%.

The United States is a partner country for the world's leading trade fair for industrial technology.