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c.a.r.u.s. Group

Knowledge
Our vision is to become the most reliable IT partner in
Europe. We invite you to judge for yourself. We know
that mere company size is secondary. It can both hinder
and help. The true and only decisive factor in the
IT industry is: KNOWLEDGE.
Knowledge has always been diverse with growing
complexity. The corporate structure of c.a.r.u.s. mirrors
this adequately. The mastery of knowledge is the key to
success. Therefore in the past 17 years of industry
expertise c.a.r.u.s. has always made a strong point in
building and maintaining its proper competence in all
core areas. Our customers appreciate this as it offers
them directly guaranteed and easily accountable
access to profound in-house
knowledge.
Software · Hardware · ResponseAbility
One and a half decade of professional experience in
IT projects of all sizes create leading-edge knowledge
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02 c.a.r.u.s. IT AG
Transparency and reliability –
the visible proof of
c.a.r.u.s. ResponseAbility
Facts
c.a.r.u.s. Information Technology AG in Norderstedt, Hamburg is
the nucleus of an expanding company group with more than
260 permanent employees in four European countries in nine cities.
Founded in 1987, the group’s turnover in 2003 amounted to € 68 Mil.
The core competence of the entire c.a.r.u.s. group is based on the
development of commercial software solutions based on c.a.r.u.s.
FRAMEWORKS (see pg. 3). In addition to that since 1990
c.a.r.u.s. has become an expert for IBM hardware solutions in the B-2-B
market. Already in 1993 c.a.r.u.s. qualified to enter the group of IBM’s
highest quality business partners and was officially granted the title
‘IBM Premier Partner’ (since 2001) (see pg. 4).
Responsibility is the connecting link between software and hardware.
The success of increasingly complex IT projects depends on the competence
and overview of a central agent. For more than a decade our
clients have been trusting us with this key role.
Berlin · Cologne · Hanover · Munich · Norderstedt · Offenbach a. M.
Ankara (TR) · Brasov (RO) · Urdorf (CH)

Software · Hardware · ResponseAbility
Software Hardware ResponseAbility
Software development is our homebase. In 1987 the first professional
client/server application in Europe (ticketing for musicals)
became the starting point for individual programming. Today
customer specific software for high volume commercial applications
is still one of our core competences.
Since 1991 we dedicate a substantial part of our extensive R&D
activities to FRAMEWORKS. The concept is based on the ‘ancient’
idea of creating a library of re-occuring ‘frame elements’ within a
specific software project and the general reuse of these elements
in comparable software projects. Many have tried and failed to
master this complexity within a constantly changing environment
and rapidly evolving development platforms as it requires utmost
skill and dedication. c.a.r.u.s. gives daily proof that this is a valid
and mature concept as they offer only frameworks which have been
proven successful and reliable within c.a.r.u.s. own products. Software
products with such high level of standardisation are
available for the following industries: RETAIL, HEALTH and TELCO.
Today all of our own software
products are based on these
frameworks. Additionally we
offer them as a starter kit for our
customers’ own development
projects.
c.a.r.u.s. FRAMEWORKS
PACKAGE is a unique offer to
the IT market comprising mature
methodology, profound architecture, thorough coaching, active
assistance with productive programming, complete transfer of
source codes & documentation and permanent availability of
external resources. Working with c.a.r.u.s. frameworks gives the
customer the significant advantage of maintaining all key assets
of a highly efficient IT development in-house while being able to
grow and innovate flexibly and according to his demand.
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The choice of the right
framework offers a
technology lead regar-
ding time, costs and
stability

04 c.a.r.u.s. IT AG
Software Hardware ResponseAbility
The strength of a lea-
ding quality brand
offered by a flexible
local service provider
Already ten years ago we started offering our own
hardware-services as a consequence from both our quality
approach and the constant quarrel with incompatible
IT components.
IBM was and still is the only hardware partner capable of
supplying appropriate experience, expertise and product
range to be a perfect match for our concept of quality. In
return c.a.r.u.s. merited the IBM PREMIER PARTNER status
which is the highest level of recognition given by IBM to its
business partners.
This status is a mutual expression for the continuous dedication
and investment into a loyal relationship which understands
ultimate customer satisfaction as the foundation of its
joint success.
The philosophy of our software business applies to our hardware
offer as well: to assume comprehensive responsibility
with comprehensive competence, starting from personal
systems such as PCs and notebooks via midrange servers
to highly scalable server farms.
The ‘c.a.r.u.s. Systems’ business division and our local
subsidiaries cover all strategically relevant system platforms.
We are proven specialists for:
• Unix Servers with Risk Architecture | IBM pSeries
• PC Servers with Intel Architecture | IBM xSeries
• Integrated Application Servers | IBM iSeries
• Workstations, End Devices | IBM ThinkPads
(Notebooks), IBM NetVista (Desktop PC),
IBM NetStations, WAP Cellular Phones
• Storage Systems | IBM Total Storage Solutions
(Tape, Disk, Optical), IBM Tivoli Storage Management
• Networks | LAN, WAN, SAN
• System-Management

Software · Hardware · ResponseAbility
Software Hardware ResponseAbility
‘Response ability’ basically describes the ‘capability to respond’.
Only deep understanding based on the virtues concentrated
listening and precise observation enables an appropriate
response.
Approximately one fourth of all software projects fail, half of the
projects exceed time and budget due to a lack of ‘understanding’.
Since 1994, the rate of successful projects statistically stagnates
below one third.* Most problems occur right at the beginning due
to a lack of planning and clarity of what exactly is required by
whom at what time and from which supplier. Projects often exceed
their time lines and suffer from fluctuation of knowledgeable
employees and the subsequent loss of concepts and requirements.
Consequently it becomes almost impossible for the project leader
to steer a project within its set ‘boundaries’ and to complete it
successfully.
Business process analysis,
modelling and consulting,
software analysis, general
contractorship, support, and
investment protection.
These are the key elements of a
professional IT project. In each
field c.a.r.u.s. has built up considerable
know-how to be able
to assume full responsibility as a fair partner from start to completion.
It consists of our own analytical experts, a specific and
proven methodology, seventeen years of experience with errors
and error avoidance, reliable frameworks, in house hardware knowhow
and our traditional conviction to be as good as our word.
Within 17 years c.a.r.u.s. has never aborted a single project.
All projects – including the major ones with up to 200 man-years –
are productive and yield a positive ‘Return-on-Investment’.
This is our ResponseAbility.
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Understanding is gained
through concentrated
listening and precise
observation – the only
way to create trust
*Source: Standish Group, quoted in CIO 6/2002 (Germany)

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c.a.r.u.s. Products and Services
Retail
cCash
Cash desks
cCiosk
PoS systems
cClearTouch
Graphical User Interface
cCommerce
Merchandise Controlling
cCredit ®
Electronic Fund Transfer Software
cOSF
Internet Shop Framework
Health
c.a.r.u.s. Hospital Management
System (cHMS)
cHMS|Patientenmanagement
Patient Management
cHMS|Stationsmanagement
Ward Management
cHMS|Leistungsstellenmanagement
Service Department Management
cHMS|Befundmanagement
Result Management
cHMS|OP-Management
Operating Theatre Management
cHMS|Qualitätssicherung
Quality Assurance
cHMS|Anästhesiemanagement
Anaesthesia Management
cHMS|Anästhesie Online
Anaesthesia Online
cHMS|Labormanagement
Laboratory Management
cHMS|Ambulanzmanagement
Outpatient Management
cHMS|Rechnungswesen
Management Accountancy
cHMS|Materialwirtschaft
Material Management
cHMS|Management Information Cube
Tool for Hospital Statistics
cHMS|Content Management
Content Management
cHMS|EasyRun
Compact System for Hospitals
Telco
Xaction
Billing Software
Frameworks
cJEF
Java Enterprise Framework
Systems
IBM Premier Partner
pSeries
xSeries
iSeries
Storage
PCs and Notebooks
LAN | WAN | SAN
Business Process Consulting
Business Process Analysis
and Modelling
Business Consulting
Support
Full Range Service
and Support
Call Center
First-Level-Support
Information Calls
Marketing Campaigns
Active Sales Support

Some of our clients
Software · Hardware · ResponseAbility
Client Project type c.a.r.u.s. Competence Center
Charles Vögele Trading AG (Switzerland) cCredit ® -Software Retail
Hawesko AG Merchandise Controlling (Mail Order) Retail
Hornbach-Baumarkt AG cCredit ® -Software Retail
Müller GmbH & Co KG Business Software Retail
Otto GmbH & Co KG cCredit ® -Software Retail
Tchibo Frisch-Röst-Kaffee GmbH cCredit ® -Software, Touchscreen &
Standard Cash Desks,
Back Office System
Retail
Thomas Cook AG cCredit ® -Software Retail
www.eventkauf.net GmbH Online-Shop and -Partner Billing,
Merchandise Control
Retail
Allgemeines Krankenhaus
St. Georg, Hamburg Hospital Workstation Health
Müritz-Klinikum GmbH, Waren
Orthopädisches Krankenhaus
Hospital Suite (EHR) Health
im Annastift, Hanover Hospital Workstation Health
St. Elisabeth-Krankenhaus, Dorsten Hospital Suite (EHR) Health
Universitätskliniken Innsbruck, Austria
Universitätsklinikum der
Medizinischen Fakultät der
Operating Theatre Management Health
Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg Hospital Workstation Health
T-Mobile Deutschland GmbH Business Software Telco
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Some of our clients
Client Project type c.a.r.u.s. Competence Center
Heinrich Bauer Verlag Oracle-Cluster & SAP/R3 on xSeries Systems
Hermes Kreditversicherungen Content-Management on pSeries Systems
Humboldt-Universität Berlin DCE-Fileserver on IBM pSeries, TSM Systems
Informationsverarbeitungszentrum Berlin Storage solution for archive, TSM Systems
Klinikum Augsburg cKIS and PDM on pSeries Systems
Nordkurier Neubrandenburg pSeries (Fileserver), Publishing System Systems
EDEKA Aktiengesellschaft Business Process Analysis and Modelling Business Process Consulting
H. Deichmann-Schuhe GmbH & Co. KG Business Process Analysis and Modelling Business Process Consulting
Itellium Systems & Services GmbH Business Process Analysis and Modelling Business Process Consulting
Tchibo Frisch-Röst-Kaffee GmbH Business Process Analysis and Modelling Business Process Consulting
c.a.r.u.s. Information Technology AG
Bornbarch 9
22848 Norderstedt
Germany
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Hamburg|Norderstedt · Germany
c.a.r.u.s. Information Technology AG
contact.de@carus-it.com
c.a.r.u.s. High Performance IT GmbH
contact.h-p@carus-it.com
c.a.r.u.s. HMS GmbH
contact.health@carus-it.com
c.a.r.u.s. Information Technology GmbH Norderstedt
contact.norderstedt@carus-it.com
c.a.r.u.s. Retail Information Technology GmbH
contact.retail@carus-it.com
c.a.r.u.s. Telco Application Services GmbH
contact.telco@carus-it.com
Berlin · Germany
c.a.r.u.s. Information Technology GmbH Berlin
contact.berlin@carus-it.com
Cologne · Germany
c.a.r.u.s. Information Technology GmbH Köln
contact.koeln@carus-it.com
Hanover · Germany
c.a.r.u.s. Information Technology GmbH Hannover
contact.hannover@carus-it.com
Munich · Germany
c.a.r.u.s. Information Technology GmbH München
contact.muenchen@carus-it.com
Offenbach a. M. · Germany
c.a.r.u.s. Information Technology GmbH Rhein-Main
contact.offenbach@carus-it.com
Ankara · Turkey
c.a.r.u.s. IT Ltd. Sti Türkiye
contact.tr@carus-it.com
Brasov · Romania
c.a.r.u.s. IT Romania SRL
contact.ro@carus-it.com
Urdorf · Switzerland
c.a.r.u.s. Retail Information Technology Schweiz GmbH
contact.ch@carus-it.com