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About Edixia Automation

When asked about the core business ofEdixia Automation, Gilles Wackenheim, president of the company based in Vern-sur-seiche near Rennes, explains: “ We are what is called an artificial vision integrator for the industry. »
The solutions that Edixia Automation are aiming to replace the human eye with cameras and sensors in the manufacturing process.
Customers ofEdixia Automation are mainly major accounts of the automotive or aeronautical industry and SMEs.
« Edixia Automation is a company of about thirty people that exists since 1984 and our profession is that of an engineering design office ” says Gilles Wackenheim.

Challenges faced by Edixia

« In a pragmatic way, we install control equipment in the manufacturing processes: parts surface, metal surfaces, carbon fiber for the aeronautical industry, wood for parquet flooring or industrial joinery. ” says Gilles Wackenheim. “ Our systems are designed to validate the accuracy of the assemblies: automobile body, aeronautical assemblies. We also have test benches that allow functional control of the headlights.
We test that they meet codes, environments and standards '' he describes.
With regard to competition, Edixia Automation identifies a small dozen competitors in France and a hundred in Europe.

Why did you choose téïcée?

The leader has fun with it “ The first reason is that Philippe Chauvat and myself were in the same schools, i've known him for a long time! »
More seriously, Gilles Wackenheim, who took over the company in 2013, continues “ […] the bottom line is that in 2013, an IT strategy must be defined, with three main aspects that then fed into the reflection:
· a certain reluctance to rely on Microsoft tools to add to the publisher’s new ‘subscriptions’-oriented licensing mode,
· the very high risk of computer attacks, which is much more intense on Microsoft systems than on free tools,
· and, ” added Gilles Wackenheim “ not least, although it may seem militant, is that France must be able to maintain a certain autonomy vis-à-vis the major publishers that are subject to the americans ».
The fact that the data is accessible from outside without any control has always bothered the former computer officer whom he tells us he was during his national service. " Especially since our job is data. Our tools take images, process them and conduct production.
The sensitivity of the data property is real.
Our customers are large accounts, sometimes sensitive, our services can be about security elements.
Our clients and ISB have made us aware of the real threat: it is easier to attack subcontractors or suppliers than the large groups themselves ” he concluded.

“téïcée accompanies us to combine the two worlds”

« téïcée accompanies us to combine the two worlds téïcée. »
« As a result, the entire sensitive part: strategic servers, network security, backup, videoconferencing, messaging, etc. Microsoft servers are limited to a strict perimeter and integrated into the overall infrastructure ” describes Gilles Wackenheim.

What feedback on OpenSource?

« The main pitfall of Open Source ” comments Gilles Wackenheim “ it's the maturity of some tools, we sometimes wiped the casts by asking for particular configurations. The real risk is purely technical ».

On the other hand, while most external interlocutors agree to use tools such as Zoom or Teams when they require specific clients or browsers and are hosted ‘somewhere’ according to a legal right that is not always very clear, these same users refuse, for some, to use a video conferencing solution such as BBB which does not require any software addition and is deployed on one of theEdixia Automation. « But that's where our customers take the risk ” says Gilles Wackenheim.

Security at the heart of thinking

« A beautiful international company of 4,000 people, next door to ours, suffered a cyber attack that blocked it for several months.
One of the reasons we haven't been affected is that our security limits access very severely.
We are not immune to attack but an attacker will spend more time coming home. »

“With téïcée, it is a relationship of trust above all!”

As regards the further relationship with téïcée, G. Wackenheim sees the next four years as a continuation of the previous ones.
« With téïcée, it is a relationship of trust above all, to deploy and validate secure IT solutions ” he concluded.