Priorities in IT for German enterprises: cost reduction and security
16 percent of the companies in Germany see cost reduction and 14 percent security improvement in IT as the most important aims for the two coming years.
This is the result of a survey of the Experton Group. 465 companies were interviewed between January and June 2006. Altogether more than 100 different priorities have been stated. This large variety is the outcome of surveying IT departements of many different sectors disregarding their size. Consolidation, standardization and optimization are also subjects that most German companies are going to focus on as those terms belong to the TOP 10 listed challenges. Furthermore, IT-business-alignment, networking, flexibility, enterprise content management systems, voice over IP, innovation and business value have been identified as fields of IT-investement in the near future.
Further information:
IT-Agenda 2006 bis 2008: Prioritäten der deutschen Unternehmen
Web 2.0 – Hype oder Wertschöpfungsfaktor in unserer Arbeitswelt?
Bei dem 1. Business-Frühstück von T-Systems Multimedia Solutions konnten wir den Teilnehmern einen Einblick in die Welt von Web 2.0 geben und mit Ihnen die Vor- und Nachteile der neuen Anwendungen und Technologien diskutieren.
Nicht die Technologie, sondern deren sinnvolle Nutzung stand im Mittelpunkt der regen Diskussionen: Hinter dem inzwischen allgegenwärtigem Begriff „Web 2.0″ verbergen sich neben einigen schon länger bekannten Technologien im neuen Gewand auch viele neue Ideen: OpenSource, Interaktion, Social Networks, Collaboration, Desktop Replacement, Personal Publishing, Software as a Service.
Hier finden Sie die Vorträge unseres 1. Business Frühstücks.
Start Arbeitskreis Software im Silicon Saxony
von: Frank Schönefeld
„Die Mühen der Gebirge liegen hinter uns, vor uns liegen die Mühen der Ebenen.“ Mit diesem Brecht-Wort könnte man meine Gefühle nach dem erfolgten Start des Arbeitskreises Software im Silicon Saxony e.V. überschreiben. Also Erleichterung und Freude nach der geglückten Auftakt-Veranstaltung vom 10.10.2006, gleichzeitig das Wissen um die Herausforderungen ein solches Unterfangen nachhaltig zu gestalten.
Was spricht dafür, dass es gelingen könnte?
“Noch mehr als drin sein”: Besser leben mit dem Internet.
Wie ist die Informationsflut zu bewältigen, um nicht unterzugehen? Welche Möglichkeiten der Kommunikation und Informationsbeschaffung bietet das Netz?
Diesen Fragen möchte Martin Röll im Rahmen seiner Vortragsreihe unter dem Titel “Noch mehr als drin sein” nachgehen.
Die Vortragsreihe des Bloggers ist die Fortsetzung der Reihe “Mehr als drin sein”, die zu Beginn des Jahres in Dresden stattfand. Sie stellt aktuelle Entwicklungen des Internets vor und ist in 6 Vorträge gegliedert.
Creating our future in books?
Worldchanging.com is a platform that attempts to connect people who work on tools and concepts for and about the future in their special field.
Having gained experiences in collaboration and coopoeration, the team at worldchanging.com has now published the book Worldchanging: A User’s Guide for the 21st Century. This book is a collection of innovative ideas for creating a bright future. In seven chapters, experts describe their ideas of the future in ecology, business, technology, communications, architecture, society,….
The Dresden Future Forum also focuses on different perspectives on the future: Ranging from globalized markets and innovations down to special fields in IT, such as Virtual Reality and Web2.0. Aggregating the experiences and knowledge of experts, thus joining knowledge and forces, seems to be THE way to grab the future and to create our future lives.
Information Technology depicted
2006 is the Informatics year in Germany. In this context the Informatics Society organized a whole week of various presentations, discussions, demonstrations and workshops in Dresden.
The ongoing event which offers a program for everyone started October the 2nd and continues until 10th of October 2006.
So far, highlights have been the annual conference of the Informatics Society, the Night of Discovery and the Informatics Day at the Semper Opera. Interested visitors got impressions of the influence of modern computer technologies and software on all fields from art to medicine.
Lots of IT-companies like Infineon, IBM, Microsoft, Accenture, Saxonia Systems and T-Systems Multimedia Solutions used the chance and took part in the “Week of Informatics” by holding presentations about the newest developments in their line of business, a tour through the office and a job fair.
Further information:
Week of Informatics (in German only)
Richard Scase starts own blog
Professor Richard Scase, keynote speaker at the 2nd Dresden Future Forum, expanded his website www.richardscase.com with a weblog (The Richard Scase blog).
Additionally, one can find the announcement of his new book “Global Remix – The Fight for Competitive Advantage” at that place. “Global Remix” is meant as an overview of major global economic trends over the next twenty years and their impact on businesses and their employees. It examines future business structures, new global market opportunities, environmental impacts and the changing political landscape. “Global Remix” will be published in November 2006 at Kogan Page Publishers.
