The Cybus Journey
Five years of full connectivity
2020
Taking off to the Volkswagen Industrial Cloud
Volkswagen AG and Amazon Web Services (AWS) extend the Industrial Cloud community and welcome Cybus GmbH as a proud member.
Our partner ecosystem grows
Together with ToolSense
ToolSense strengthens its benefits in OEM for stationary industrial machines by partnering with Cybus.
Co-authorship with IDSA
Standard for Secure Gateways for Data and Services
Finally in 2020, the DIN SPEC 27070 “Requirements and reference architecture of a security gateway for the exchange of industry data and services” was published. It describes detailed security requirements for Industrial IoT and offers companies and CIOs a secure reference architecture for the exchange of industrial data and services.
As an active member of the IDSA, Cybus is proud to have contributed directly and significantly to DIN SPEC 27070.
Together, we assure secure IIoT!
New Release
Connectware 1.0
Our Connectware includes the best architectural insights and practitioner-led capabilities from five exciting years with challenging pilot customers, powerful partners and critical industry experts.
Five years of full connectivity
Cybirthday – Cybus turns 5!

Cybus goes Sylt
Annual team & strategy weekend
Cybus has a lot to celebrate – and a great motivation to put our minds together.
With this year’s team & strategy weekend, we proudly and critically reflected our successes and elaborated how our journey will continue.
Our longtime partner Pfannenberg builts on Connectware
IRES Shopfloor Analystics
IRES enables remote monitoring and optimization for just about any machine or vendor.
This offering helps production companies to keep their people safe by reducing shopfloor traffic, while ensureing production can be kept up and running. Optimization capabilities even help them to even come out of the crisis stronger than before.
2019
Cybus moves to Eimsbüttel
The new Cybus office
Cybus moves to a new and larger office. Would you like to take a look? Visitors are warmly welcome!
Our team comprise now 20+ motivated Cybees plus externals.
Btov partners invests in Cybus
Multimillion investment
As Cybus secures a multimillion investment from the venture capital company btov Partners, it is now set up for rapid growth.
Enhancing the Cybus Ecosystem
Cybus joins the Open Industry 4.0 Alliance
At the Hanover Fair 2019, companies decided to gather and form an implementation alliance (“Umsetzungsallianz”) for industry 4.0. Together, they want to use existing standards, such as the industrial communication standard OPC UA, and link them in practice.
Since 2019, Cybus is an active member of the Open Industry 4.0 Alliance, which today connects over 60 relevant and innovative members.
Team event
No lock-ins with Cybus
Lock-ins are certainly no joke. That’s why we even use our free time to practice unlocking in any situation. The Cybus Team Event 2019 proved once again how well we all work together!
New Protocol
Release 0.39.0
Now, the procotol Siemens Sinumerik is supported by the newly released Connectware 0.39.0.
New Features
Release 0.38.0
The Connectware release introduces LDAP user management.
New Features
Release 0.37.1
To assure high security, the Cybus Connectware 0.37.1 provides a central licensing portal. Also, the Connectware users can now access the data privately, safely and remotely thanks to the new Wireguard VPN service.
New Features and Protocol
Release 0.35.0
Cybus happily releases the Connectware 0.35.0 with more powerful data handling, more consistent configuration, no more need for an additional custom preprocessing tool and the newly supported protocol SHDR.
New Features and Protocol
Release 0.33.1
The new Cybus Connectware 0.33.1 now supports the protocol Heidenhain TNC for easy integration of several CNC machine types, allowing easy installation, the new Beta of Cybus Portal and improved security. With the new release, it can be deployed as virtual or physical appliance with an easy-to-use install script.
Meet us wherever you like
Events & Fairs 2019
2018
Cybus goes global
DXC Technology as implementation partner
DXC.technology becomes our first global reach implementation partner.
New Features
Release 0.32.0
The new release 0.32.0 supports the possibility to install the Connectware via a single script and a new user panel, allowing to manage users, set roles and access permissions. Also, automated client registration is enabled for an easier on-boarding process.
New Features and Protocols
Release 0.30.0
The new release 0.30.0 switched from HAProxy over to Envoy and includes now the new protocol Pfannenberg Connect.
More Information on the Connectware features here.
Cybus goes Sylt
Annual team & strategy weekend
Wind force: taking-off!
Defying the Sylt wind and weather, we have proven ourselves to be great team players. Cybus spent a full week-end on Sylt – recovering to freshly deep-dive into new challenges!
International Data Spaces Association
Connectware as first IDSA-compliant IIoT connector.
As one of the first companies, Cybus successfully pilots its Connectware with the “IDS-ready” pre-certification criterion by the working group of IDSA (International Data Spaces Association).
Plug-and-Play Usage of the Connectware
Cybus Sandbox
Cybus introduces the sandbox, which comes with a preinstalled Connectware to enable plug-and-play usage for quick prototyping under realistic conditions.
Meet us wherever you like
Events & Fairs 2018
New Service
Pay-per-use service
SE.M.LABS (now PS Team) and Cybus enable a pay-per-use service for industrial manufacturer.
2017
Cybus honored by Gartner as Cool Vendor for digitalization in industry 4.0
Global Cool Vendor
GARTNER evaluates Cybus as a global Cool Vendor for Digitalization in Industry 4.0
Meet Cybus wherever you like
Events & Fairs 2017
Cybus expands its cooperation
New partners
Ancud IT and A.T. Kearney become brand new Cybus partners to not only collaborate on future industrial IoT projects, but to support each other within their specialized fields of competence
Cybus and Omnio announce their new partnership to bring Industry 4.0 closer to reality. Omnio, founded 2016 in Copenhagen, provides plug-and-play integration for industrial devices.
Cybus and Connectavo find their perfect fit and become partners to enable an easier and more efficient maintenance process.
HONICO and Cybus partner up, to link all business systems such as e.g. SAP, CRM and ERP with HONICOs former IntegrationMan Connect.
New Features
Release 0.29.0
The Release offers profinet connectivity, Swagger OpenAPI interfaces for REST services. More Information on the Connectware features here.
The Connectware Release 0.29.0 now supports the following protocols:
- MQTT
- Hottinger Baldwin Messtechnik (HBM)
- BACnet
- TTP/REST
- OPC-UA Modbus/TCP
- Siemens SIMATIC S7
- WERMA WIN ETHERNET
An overview of all protocols of the Connectware can be viewed here.
New Features
Release 0.24.1
The new Connectware release 0.24.1 offers distributed device mapper agents, new Admin-UI look and feel and a container management UI.
New Features
Release 0.19.8
The Connectware now comes with the new broker VerneMQ, the new load balancer HAProxy and the protocol SICK Sopas is added.
First IDSA-compliant IIoT connector
Highly secure Connectware on international standards
Cybus publishes worlds 1st secure connector based on IDSA* principles. It inspires industry-leading customers to launch their own secure data spaces, e.g. rail and medical industry.
*International Data Spaces Association
Year’s most primising private technology venture
Red Herring Top 100 Europe Award
Cybus made it to the Red Herring Top 100 Europe Award, honoring the year’s most promising private technology ventures from the European business region.
Cybus as one of the most promising early-stage stech startups
Pioneers Top50 Startup
Out of the 500 most promising early-stage tech startups, Cybus has been selected as a Pioneers Top50 startup.
2016
Meet Cybus wherever you like
Events & Fairs 2016
Cybus becomes a member of
Industrial Data Space e.V.
Cybus becomes a member of the Industrial Data Space e.V. to contribute to a reliable exchange of data with common security rules for all companies. More information on the challenges and achievements of Industrial Data Space can be found here.
New Protocols
Release 0.16.2
Besides other new features, the Connectware now supports the protocols Modbus, OPC-UA, BACnet and MQTT.
An overview of all protocols of the Connectware can be viewed here.
Cybus Plug-and-Play solution
Start Smart Connectware
The new Start Smart Connectware offers factory operators the change to start their very own first industry 4.0 use-case with real data. This “Plug-and-Play” and non-invasive solution starts tracking your machines immediately without affecting the established network.
Partnership with InUse
Cybus forms a new partnership with InUse [former OptimData, France], an innovative R&D lab dedicated to data centric applicatios for the B2B market.
2015
The Cybus hackathon for industry 4.0
#GCP15HH Get Cyberphysical!
Mentoring programm by TU Munich
TechFounders Startup Accelerator
Cybus is chosen for the TechFounders Startup Accelerator mentoring program by the TU Munich, Germany.
Startups@reeperbahn festival
Public Choice Award
Cybus wins the public choice award, which allowes the creation of a communication campaign for the Connectware in cooperation with FORK/fischerappelt.
Successful pilots with SICK and WITTENSTEIN
First pilots
Cybus deployed the first Connectware pilots with its partners SICK (adressing sensors) and WITTENSTEIN (adressing gearing).
Seed investment
Pfannenberg investment
Cybus receives the new seed funding by Pfannenberg Group. As a leading specialist in electrical engineering, Pfannenberg agreed to invest into Cybus and its IT solution for providing Industrial Internet as a Service.
Cybus is brought to life
Foundation of Cybus GmbH
Cybus was founded by Pierre Manière (CEO), Peter Sorowka (CTO) and Marius Schmeding (CPO) with its core competence: Cybus delivers a systematic transformation of brownfield OT environments’ data value (integrating new information technologies into existing technology infrastructure). Cybus can now deploy a lean, effective, secure and scalable IT microservice infrastructure.