Hattersheim, 10. Nov. 2025 – Hilscher has released a new version of netFIELD Cloud, the device management platform of Hilscher’s Industrial IoT offering. The new version, called netFIELD Cloud 4.0, features a redesigned user interface with a new home screen and fleet dashboards, improvements to the platform's usability as well as added features such as a one-click remote access.
netFIELD Cloud 4.0 makes device management more intuitive and secure
Hattersheim, 10. Nov. 2025 – Hilscher has released a new version of netFIELD Cloud, the device management platform of Hilscher’s Industrial IoT (IIoT) offering.
The new version, called netFIELD Cloud v4.0, features a redesigned user interface with a new home screen and fleet dashboards, improvements to the platform's usability as well as added features such as a one-click remote access.
The update at a glance:
- New home screen with customizable fleet dashboards
- One-click remote access
- CRA & NIS 2 compliance with patch management
The update aims to make the netFIELD platform more intuitive, efficient and secure for a fully connected production.
The redesigned device management system makes the management of large device fleets even more efficient, reducing the time spent per machine. Hilscher achieves this thanks to a new accessible, browser-based interface which requires no extra software. This reduces complexity and the need for training.
A convenient one-click remote-access through smart tools and reusable profiles speed up configuration. This results in reduced machine downtimes since service teams can access applications instantly at any time for troubleshooting.
Applicable to large fleets of devices, the new version of netFIELD Cloud makes scaling for customers especially easy. Increased fleet size and structural complexity are handled effortlessly, ensuring consistent performance without additional workload.
Detailed overview on the new features of netFIELD Cloud v4.0
New home screen with customizable fleet dashboards
The new home screen provides users with the most relevant information about the current state and recent activities of the connected device fleet. Customizable fleet dashboards display the most relevant information to the user. Hilscher provides several ready-made information widgets that users can implement into their own individual dashboards.
One-click remote access
A new remote access tool for addressing remote web frontends and APIs replacing the previous remote proxy tool. The new tool can be directly downloaded and launched from within netFIELD Cloud. Service and operations teams gain seamless, one-click access to all machine applications. Users can also manage general remote access profiles, which apply to multiple devices. This is particularly useful, if many devices run the same applications – users need to specify the port mappings only once.
CRA & NIS 2 compliance with patch management
Reduce compliance risks for upcoming regulations like the Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) and ensure long-term security of your machines. Strengthen trust with your customers without redesigning PLCs via cost-efficient patch management.
With netFIELD Cloud, users can manage a large number of machines, edge devices and software components and acquire data from the shop floor to make it available to new digital services.
Device management made easy
Machine manufacturers and plant operators can easily deploy their software across their machines and devices, using any Docker-based applications through this centralized platform.
Boasting a secure-by-design infrastructure, netFIELD is able to run customer-specific smart services or remote support applications at the edge. Customers can thus strengthen their competitiveness by leveraging data to increase efficiency and quality while reducing costs.
netFIELD is a turnkey device management solution for Industrial IoT applications: The netFIELD portfolio also encompasses secure edge gateway hardware as well as ready-to-use software containers for data acquisition, for example for converting PROFINET or Modbus data to MQTT or OPC UA.
The centralized edge management netFIELD Cloud as Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) enables device and software management for modern production facilities. This simplifies the reliable roll-out of software to large device fleets for users.
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