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Sector information
March 2011
Information and communication technology
- I&C in Munich: Seamlessly embedded in other key industries .....................1
- Leading research, development and educational organizations...................2
- Trade shows and events..................................................................................12
- Networks and organizations............................................................................13
- Key companies.................................................................................................17
I&C in Munich: Seamlessly embedded in
other key industries
Munich's high-tech sector covers a tremendous breadth of both horizontal and
vertical (application-oriented) technologies. The local information and
communication (I&C) industry gives work to 370,000 people at some 29,000
companies and thus plays a key role in the region's successful mix of industries.
After slipping into a slight decline during 2008 and 2009, two troubled years for the
economy, the industry is now back on course for growth, however.One important
factor of success in and around Munich is the development of embedded systems.
This focus of IT activities in the Munich region is largely due to the synergies
reaped from close collaboration with user industries such as the automotive,
aerospace and medical engineering sectors.
Automated systems in industry, ABS and airbag controllers in cars, pacemakers
and nuclear magnetic resonance systems… You name it: Almost every application
you can think of is managed, controlled or monitored by embedded systems. The
term embedded system simply refers to a computer system that is integrated
(embedded) in a specific technical context. This computer's job is to manage,
control or monitor the system within which it is embedded.
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Embedded systems will constitute one of the fastest-growing markets in future. In
cultivating this sharp focus, Munich's I&C companies have therefore left
themselves strongly positioned to face the future.
Leading research, development and
educational organizations
City of Munich
Department of Labor and
Economic Development
Two resources in particular – creativity and knowledge – are very important to the
prosperity and future economic competitiveness of international business hubs. An
industry's creative potential and its depth of knowledge and expertise are telling
indicators of its ability to innovate. Innovation in turn is vital if an industry is to
remain agile and adaptive while still asserting its presence in the face of global
competition. Compared to other international business centers, Munich's rich
economic diversity, the quality of its soft factors and the high standard of its wide
range of educational establishments give the city an enviable standing in both
highly qualified and highly creative disciplines.
The magnetic pull that the Bavarian capital exerts on creative talents and highly
qualified individuals from around the globe is reflected in the number of registered
patents. This statistic alone singles Munich out as one of the world's foremost
high-tech locations. Bavarian inventors registered 12,641 patents in 2009 – fully
26.4% of all patents registered in Germany. Bavaria is thus second only to Baden-
Württemberg, its southern German neighbor, as the leading state on this score.
Munich-based companies are largely responsible for this pre-eminent position. In
2009, Siemens ranked third (1,750) in terms of the total number of patent
registrations in Germany. Two other major Munich-based key players – BMW and
Infineon – ranked tenth and twelfth respectively.
A further powerful indicator of a region's innovative potential is naturally the scope
of research and development (R&D) activities covered by the corporate sector. As
a general rule, major international corporations tend to be overweight on R&D
compared to smaller firms. The BMW Group, for instance, operates three research
centers in Munich: the BMW Group Research and Innovation Center (FIZ), BMW
Group Research and Technology, and BMW Group Car IT.
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Yet another key reason for Munich's international reputation as a leading high-tech
knowledge cluster is, of course, the outstanding knowledge landscape afforded by
highly regarded universities and respected research organizations. Munich has:
14 respected universities
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TUM (Technische Universität München)
LMU (Ludwig Maximilians Universität)
Munich University of Applied Sciences
University of the Federal Armed Forces
Nine other institutions of higher education
Non-university research organizations
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The Fraunhofer Society (with its national headquarters and four individual
institutes in the Munich region)
The Max Planck Society (with its national headquarters and eleven
individual institutes in the Munich region)
The Helmholtz Zentrum München (Helmholtz Center Munich), with 23
individual institutes and three independent departments in and around
Munich. This center focuses on research into health and the environment
and is a member of the Helmholtz Association of German Research
Centers
DLR, the German Aerospace Agency (with eight scientific institutes at its
Oberpfaffenhofen campus)
As the detailed overview that follows clearly shows, Munich boasts a tightly
meshed network of university and non-university research establishment (no fewer
than 36 chairs, institutions and research centers) that serve the I&C sector.
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU)
A total of 46.697 students (in the winter semester 2010/2011), 700 professors and
2,699 researchers make the LMU one of the largest – and, in the unanimous view
of all relevant rankings, finest – universities of the arts and sciences in Germany.
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This fact is impressively underscored by the EUR 107,3 million in third-party
research funding acquired by the university. In light of this outstanding position, the
LMU has been singled out as one of the Germany's "elite universities".
Institute of Informatics
http://www.ifi.lmu.de
Director: Professor Dr. Ralf Zimmer
This institute maintains a large number of chairs and research units, including:
Programming and Software Engineering Research Unit
http://www.pst.ifi.lmu.de
Directors: Professoren Dr. Martin Wirsing, Prof. Dr. Christian Prehofer, Dr. Fred
Kröger, Dr. Marcus Spies, Dr. Rudolf Haggenmüller, Dr. Rolf Hennicker und Mirco
Tribastone, PhD
This unit develops methods to make software more reliable by deploying algebraic
specifications. Reliability is especially important in the context of applications that
are critical to safety issues. Examples include software used in the running of
nuclear power plants, in the computer-assisted control of traffic flows and in
medical applications.
Programming and Modeling Languages Research Unit
http://www.pms.ifi.lmu.de
Directors: Professor François Bry and Professor Hans-Jürgen Ohlbach
This unit explores the presentation and administration of knowledge, logic-based
knowledge modeling, markup languages, semi-structured data modeling, logic and
constraint programming, automated deduction and artificial intelligence.
Bioinformatics Research Unit
http://www.bio.ifi.lmu.de
Directors: Professor Ralf Zimmer and Professor Volker Heun
Biochemical networks, protein structures and text mining form the focus of this
unit's research activities.
Media Informatics Research Unit
http://www.medien.informatik.uni-muenchen.de
Directors: Professor Heinrich Hussmann and Professor Andreas Butz
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This unit investigates application-based support for quality of service, the modelbased
development of multimedia applications and web services, media
components, and new forms of interaction in the context of ubiquitous computing.
Database and Information Systems Research Unit
http://www.dbs.ifi.lmu.de
Directors: Professor Hans-Peter Kriegel and Professor Christian Böhm
This unit engages in projects that create efficient ways of accessing multidimensional
data spaces. Other key areas of research include similarity searches
for medical, biology and multimedia applications, geometric data management in
CAD databases, and molecular bioinformatics.
Communication Systems and System Programming Research Unit
http://www.nm.ifi.lmu.de
Directors: Professor Dieter Kranzlmüller and Dr. Heinz-Gerd Hegering (em.)
This unit is devoted to research into communication systems and new network
services, as well as planning and operating models for collaborative IT
infrastructures.
Mobile and Distributed Systems Group
http://www.mobile.ifi.lmu.de
Director: Professor Claudia Linnhoff-Popien
Distributed systems – especially in mobile and ubiquitous computing environments
– are one focal theme of this group's research. Current research projects are thus
concentrating on the development and assessment of systems for location-based
and context-aware services that adapt automatically to the user's environmental
parameters. Research is also conducted into service brokering, content adaptation
and ad-hoc networks.
Theoretical Informatics Research Unit
http://www.tcs.ifi.lmu.de
Director: Professor Martin Hofmann
This unit devotes itself to the study of programming using infinite data structures,
the development and training of lecturers, and semi-automated verification
methods for distributed algorithms.
Chair of Information, Organization and Management
http://www.iom.bwl.uni-muenchen.de
City of Munich
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Director: Professor A. Picot, Prof. Dr.O. Baumann
This chair conducts research into the future of electronic marketplaces. It also
investigates how Internet-based technologies are transforming the media industry
and studies knowledge transfer between strategic sales and sourcing managers at
industrial companies.
Technische Universität München (TUM)
The Technical University of Munich is recognized as one of Germany's elite
universities. 24,394 students are enrolled here (winter 2009/2010), and the
university (including the hospital) had around 8,500 people on its payroll in 2009.
The TUM's strong focus on research is underscored by the number of doctorates
(788 in 2009) and state doctorates awarded (60 in 2009). The TUM has also been
very successful in soliciting third-party research funding. In 2009, this contribution
totaled EUR 218 million (including third-party funding channeled into the hospital).
The university's automotive R&D facilities include the following chairs and
institutes:
Informatics Faculty
http://www.informatik.tu-muenchen.de
Dean: Dr. Helmut Krcmar
The 21 institutes that make up this faculty cover all the most important aspects of
informatics. They are:
Chair of Applied Software Engineering
http://www.in.tum.de/metanavigation/personen-services/professorinnenprofessore.html
Director: Professor Bernd Brügge, Ph.D.
This chair focuses on empirical software engineering, reusable object-oriented
architectures and distance learning.
Chair of Languages and Descriptive Structures in Informatics
http://www2.informatik.tu-muenchen.de/
Directors: Professor Helmut Seidl and Dr. J.Eickel
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This chair focuses on designing and implementing programming languages,
optimizing program transformations, generating code, and validating and
accrediting software.
Chair of Database Systems and Knowledge Bases
http://www-db.in.tum.de
Directors: Professor Alfons Kemper, Ph.D., and Professor Thomas Neumann
This chair conducts research into data structures and efficient algorithms for data
organization, parallel, distributed and networked database systems.
Chair of Software and Systems Engineering
http://wwwbroy.informatik.tu-muenchen.de
Directors: Professor Dr. Dr. h.c. Manfred Broy, Professor Tobias Niphow, Ph.D.,
Prof. Dr. Peter Struss, Dr. Ernst Denert, Prof. Dr. K-R. Moll, Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult.
Heinz Schwärtzel
The modeling of distributed systems, project organization and management in
software engineering, logic, and parallel and distributed programming are among
the focal areas of this chair's research activities.
Chair of Scientific Computing
http://www5.informatik.tu-muenchen.de
Directors: Professor Hans-Joachim Bungartz, Professor Thomas Huckle and
Professor Christoph Zenger
This chair concentrates its research efforts on aspects of scientific computing that
relate to informatics and numerical analysis, the numerical simulation of
processes, fluid dynamics and structural mechanics.
Robotics and Embedded Systems Group
http://www6.in.tum.de/
Directors: Professor Alois Knoll, Professor Darius Burschka, Professor Gerd
Hirzinger and Professor Gerhard Schrott
This group applies itself to robotics in industrial, service and medical contexts,
intelligent, autonomous robotic systems, telepresence and teleaction.
Chair for the Foundations of Software Reliability and Theoretical Informatics
http://www.model.in.tum.de/home/index.php?id=home&arg=
Directors: Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult Wilfried Brauer, Univ.-Prof. Dr. Javier Esparza,
Prof. Dr.-Ing.Thomas A.. Runkler , Univ.-Prof. Dr. Andrey Rybalchenko
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This chair concerns itself with the specification and verification of distributed
systems, complexity theory, the design of parallel algorithms and the qualitative
representation of spatial knowledge.
Chair of Network Architectures and Services
http://www.net.informatik.tu-muenchen.de
Director: Professor Georg Carle
The Chair of Network Architectures and Services conducts research into Internet
protocols and applications, routing, network management, traffic measurement
and statistics, performance analysis and data mining.
Chair of Image Comprehension and Knowledge-Based Systems
http://wwwradig.informatik.tu-muenchen.de
Directors: Professor Bernd Radig, Professor Michael Beetz, Dr. Alexandra Kirsch
This chair applies itself to the identification and perception of images, the
development of intelligent, autonomous robots, and medical imaging and analysis.
Chair of Computer Organization and Parallel Computer Architectures
http://www.lrr.in.tum.de/public/
Directors: Professor Arndt Bode and Professor Michael Gerndt
This chair conducts research into parallel and distributed architectures, cluster
computing, high-speed networks, grid computing and reconfigurable architectures.
Applied Informatics and Collaborative Systems Group
http://www11.informatik.tu-muenchen.de
Directors: Professor Johann Schlichter and Professor Anne Brüggemann-Klein
This group devotes its research capabilities to applied informatics, distributed
systems, computer-based collaboration, community support, multimedia and
multimedia systems.
Chair of Bioinformatics
http://wwwkramer.in.tum.de
Director: Professor Stefan Kramer, Dr. Alexandros Stamatakis and Dr. Rost
This chair investigates information used in biological and chemical-based
processes, as well as conducting research into machine learning and inductive
logic programming.
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Chair of Operating Systems and System Architectures
http://www13.in.tum.de/
Directors: Professor Uwe Baumgarten
Programming languages and programming paradigms for distributed systems,
parallel computing in workstation networks and tools to design distributed systems
form the primary focus of this chair's research work.
Chair of Efficient Algorithms
http://wwwmayr.informatik.tu-muenchen.de
Directors: Professor Ernst W. Mayr and Professor Riko Jakob
This chair concentrates on efficient sequential and parallel algorithms, data
structures, combinatorial problems and algorithms used in graph theory.
Chair of Computer Graphics and Visualization
http://wwwcg.in.tum.de
Director: Professor Rüdiger Westermann
This chair focuses on research into image synthesis, hardware-based and realtime
rendering, and data compression.
Chair of Computer-Aided Medical Procedures
http://wwwnavab.in.tum.de
Directors: Professor Nassir Navab and Professor Gudrun Klinker, Ph.D.
The focus of this chair's research activities is on intra-operative imaging and
visualization, computer-assisted surgery methods, diagnostics and intra-operative
navigation.
Chair of Business Informatics
http://www.winfobase.de
Director: Professor Helmut Krcmar
This chair applies itself to information and knowledge management and to the
piloting of innovative information systems in the fields of healthcare, environment
management and e-government.
Chair of Internet-Based Information Systems
http://ibis.in.tum.de
Director: Professor Martin Bichler and Prof. Dr. Felix Brandt
This chair concerns itself with the planning and decision support processes in
business information systems and with Internet-based business systems.
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Chair of Software Engineering for Business Information Systems
http://wwwmatthes.in.tum.de
Director: Professor Florian Matthes
This chair is dedicated to studying the description and design of information
infrastructures. It also conducts research into content brokers as generic software
systems and their use in e-government.
Chair of Technical Informatics and Computer Networks
http://wwwhegering.informatik.tu-muenchen.de
Director: Professor Heinz-Gerd Hegering and Prof. Dr. Dieter Kranzmüller
This chair addresses issues relating to communication systems and new networkbased
services, distributed systems and platforms, Internet applications, and
planning and operating models for collaborative IT infrastructures.
Chair of IT-Based Didactic Methods
http://ddi.in.tum.de
Director: Professor Peter Hubwieser
This chair explores the use of IT in educational settings as well as studying
didactic and technical approaches to e-learning.
Munich University of Applied Sciences
http://www.hm.edu.de
The "FH Munich" – one of Germany's largest universities of applied sciences –
currently offers more than 60 "Diplom", bachelor's and master's courses. The
university's nearly 14,500 students are served by a total of some 470 professors,
more than 460 staff and about 600 lecturers.
Faculty of Computer Sciences and Mathematics
http://www.informatik.fh-muenchen.de
Dean: Professor Martin Ruckert
Conceived in close collaboration with industrial companies, this faculty covers a
broad spectrum of modern courses relating to every aspect of informatics.
Students can earn bachelor's and master's degrees in a variety of subjects.
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University of the Federal Armed Forces
http://www.unibw.de/inf/fakultaet
Director: Professor Cornelius Greither
The university's Computer Science Department develops software technologies
and information technology systems. It also engages in applied system and
operations research in the realms of both technical and theoretical informatics.
Fraunhofer Institute for Communication Systems
http://www.esk.fraunhofer.de
Director: Dr. Rudi Knorr
This institute concentrates its attention on public and private communication
systems. Its target group comprises communication and IT companies in general,
and especially system vendors and network operators contract research,
development assignments and studies.
Fraunhofer Institute for Secure Information Technology
http://www.sit.fraunhofer.de
Director: Prof. Claudia Eckert
The Fraunhofer Institute for Secure Information Technology SIT is the leading
expert for IT Security and develops solutions for immediate use, tailored to the
customer's needs. Numerous successful projects carried out with international
partners are the resounding proof for trustful and reliable cooperation.
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Trade shows and events
March 2011
IT Cooperation Day
http://muk-it.de
March 11, 2011
“Together We Are Stronger” is the motto of this year's Cooperation Day for IT companies,
the fourth such event so far. The City of Munich is partnering with the
Chamber of Industry and Commerce for Munich and Upper Bavaria and the Munich
IT Entrepreneurs' Network in staging this event. The aim is to drive innovation
through cooperation, to support successful development collaboration between IT
companies and to help create new markets.
MobileTech Conference 2011 – Spring Edition
http://mobiletechcon.de/2011spring
March 28-30, 2011
After its successful debut in September 2010, the MobileTech Conference is back,
featuring an even broader spectrum to serve your success. The conference
provides exactly the knowledge that companies need to thrive on the mobile web.
Far from adopting a narrow focus on just one area, however, the MobileTech
Conference covers every aspect of the Android, iOS and mobile web markets.
These days, success is unthinkable to players who restrict themselves to just one
platform. It is vital to take a big-picture view of the mobile web.
Innovation Forum Embedded Systems
http://bicc-net.de
April 8, 2011
Bavaria's IT cluster is this year organizing another trade event devoted to
embedded systems. The proven mix of top-quality presentations, fascinating
contacts and numerous networking opportunities creates the perfect setting to
engage in fruitful dialog and pool experience. A very varied conference program
gives participants an insight into current projects in industry and science.
IT Summit 2011
The National IT Summit, a congress organized once a year by the German
Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology, concerns itself with Germany's
development as a venue for IT. In the course of the year, nine workgroups staffed
by leading representatives of the German business community prepare the summit
by tackling IT-related location policy issues and the theme of e-government. This,
the sixth National IT Summit, will be held in Munich.
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Networks and organizations
March 2011
BICC NET
Bavarian Information and Communication Technology Cluster
Managing Director: Robert Stabl
Technische Universität München (TUM)
Boltzmannstr. 3
85748 Garching
Phone: +49 (0)89 289-17860
Fax: +49 (0)89 289-17861
clusterbuero@bicc-net.de
http://www.bicc-net.de/
As part of a cluster campaign launched by the Free State of Bavaria, BICCNET
aims to promote networking between the corporate sector, higher education and
research organizations, as well as involving service providers and investors in the
Bavarian I&C sector. The ultimate goal is to reinforce the cluster's innovative
capabilities, raise productivity in the corporate sector, foster close collaboration
between manufacturers and their suppliers, and thus to reinforce the region's
attractiveness.
FIWM
FIWM Support Group for IT and Media in Munich
Wilhelm-Riehl-Strasse 13
80687 München
Phone: +49 (0)89 578387-0
Fax: +49 (0)89 578387-99
info@fiwm.de
http://www.fiwm.de
The FIWM Support Group for IT and Media in Munich represents the interests of
the IT and media industries in the Bavarian capital. In this capacity, it seeks to
sharpen Munich's competitive edge by driving the structural transition – especially
in relation to the online industry – that is necessary to safeguard the city's future as
a place to do business.
Specifically, FIWM engages in intensive information, networking and promotion
activities to encourage and support startups, relocations, growth and collaboration
between innovative Internet companies and complementary branches of industry
in and around Munich.
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GATE
Lichtenbergstr. 8
85748 Garching
Phone: +49 (0)89 5484-0
Fax: +49 (0)89 5484-1010
mailto:team@gategarching.com
http://www.gategarching.com
Opened on January 1, 2003, this incubation center is home to some 60 technology
companies and to the Software Campus program operated by the Free State of
Bavaria.
MUK Munich IT Entrepreneurs' Group
Steffen GmbH
Lutz Steffen
Selbhornstr. 21
81825 München
Phone: +49 (0)89 453611-24
Fax: +49 (0)89 453611-25
mailto:info@muk-it.com
http://www.muk-it.com
This group forges valuable links between entrepreneurs in the IT industry. Its
purpose is to enable knowledge and experience to be shared and, in the process,
sustainably increased.
Other organizations
Bayern Innovativ
Gesellschaft für Innovation und Wissenstransfer mbH
Gewerbemuseumsplatz 2
90403 Nürnberg
Phone: +49 (0)911 20671-0
Fax: +49 (0)911 20671-792
mailto:info@bayern-innovativ.de
http://www.bayern-innovativ.de
Since its inception in 1995, Bayern Innovativ ("Innovative Bavaria") has initiated
several 1,000 regional, national and international cooperative ventures,
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established a network of customers and partners that comprises 55,000 firms and
500 scientific institutes from 50 countries and prepared high-quality events and
websites that have attracted many investors and scientists to Bavaria.
Bayerische Patentallianz GmbH
Managing Director: Peer Biskup
Nussbaumstrasse 12
80336 München
Phone: +49 (0)89 5480177-0
Fax: +49 (0)89 5480177-99
mailto:info@bayerische-patentallianz.de
http://www.bayerische-patentallianz.de/
The "Bavarian Patent Alliance", established in January 2007, acts as a patent
licensing agency, valuing and marketing the inventions of over 16,000 universitybased
scientists and engineers in Bavaria. It is the successor organization to the
"BayernPatent" project launched in 2001, and ranks as one of the largest and most
successful patent and marketing agencies in Germany.
Invest in Bavaria
Dr. Johann Niggl
Prinzregentenstr. 28
80538 München
Phone: +49 (0)89 2162-2642
Fax: +49 (0)89 2162-2803
mailto:info@invest-in-bavaria.de
http://www.invest-in-bavaria.de
This department of the Bavarian Ministry of the Economy is the central point of
contact for investors and potential investors in Bavaria.
City of Munich
Department of Labor and Economic Development
Herzog-Wilhelm-Str. 15
80331 München
Economic Development
Phone: +49 (0)89 233-22402
Fax: +49 (0)89 233-27966
mailto:wirtschaftsfoerderung@muenchen.de
http://www.wirtschaft.muenchen.de
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The Department of Labor and Economic Development provides an array of
professional services to companies that are based in or considering moving to
Munich. Advice on where and how to move is part of the package, as is support for
business startups, information on the availability of suitable premises and putting
firms in touch with the right authorities, chambers of industry and commerce,
networks and associations. The department also supplies a wealth of information
about the rich diversity of Munich as a place to do business.
Chamber of Industry and Commerce for Munich and Upper Bavaria
Industry, Innovation, Environment
Dr. Stefan Wimbauer
Max-Joseph-Strasse 2
80333 München
Phone: +49 (0)89 5116-321
Fax: +49 (0)89 5116-8341
mailto:wimbauer@muenchen.ihk.de
http://www.muenchen.ihk.de
Representing industrial, trading and service companies in the region, the Chamber
of Industry and Commerce is committed to improving conditions for the business
community. Its three main assignments are to effectively represent the interests of
its members, to provide useful services and to provide effective report to the
government on business issues.
Munich Network – Netzwerk München e.V.
Prinzregentenstr. 18
80538 München
Phone: +49 (0)89 630253-0
Fax: +49 (0)89 630253-10
info@munichnetwork.com
http://www.munichnetwork.com
The Munich Network actively helps technology firms to get started, grow and
remain successful in the long run. It brings them into contact with regional drivers
of innovation and forges ties with the world's leading high-tech regions.
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Key companies
March 2011
Adobe Systems GmbH
http://www.adobe.com/de
From its base in Munich, Adobe Systems GmbH coordinates the Adobe Group's
sales. marketing and customer support activities in Germany, Austria, Switzerland,
Eastern Europe, Turkey, the Middle East and Africa.
Allgeier Holding AG
http://www.allgeier-holding.de
Allgeier has systematically transformed itself from an IT systems vendor to an
integrated service group. It operates in the fast-growing IT and HR management
services markets. Allgeier supplies its customers with flexible HR capacity and
highly specialized technical expertise.
Atos IT Solutions and Services
www.atos.net
Atos focuses on delivering consulting, systems integration, IT infrastructure
management and software engineering services to its customers.
Brain Force Software GmbH
http://www.brainforce.de
Headquartered in Munich, BRAIN FORCE SOFTWARE GmbH maintains offices in
Berlin, Frankfurt and Cologne and is part of Vienna-based BRAIN FORCE
HOLDING, a publicly traded company. The group's German company employs
more than 450 people and posts annual sales of around EUR 50 million -
approximately half of total consolidated sales.
Capgemini sd&m
http://www.de.capgemini-sdm.com/deutsch/index.html
Capgemini sd&m is the technical services unit of the Capgemini Group in
Germany and Switzerland. It sells end-to-end process and software solutions to its
customers. Offerings range from process and IT consulting through IT
architectures to implementation services. The company delivers both off-the-peg
applications and customized software solutions.
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Mensch und Maschine Software SE
http://www.mum.de/
Mensch und Maschine (MuM), which operates outside Germany under the name
Man and Machine, is one of Europe's leading value-added distributors for
computer-aided design (CAD) and computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) products.
The Munich-based company has a presence in Germany, Austria, Switzerland,
France, Italy, the UK, Belgium, Sweden, Poland, Romania, the USA, Japan and
the Asia Pacific region.
Microsoft Deutschland GmbH
http://www.microsoft.com/de/de/default.aspx
Microsoft Deutschland is Microsoft Corporation's third-largest foreign subsidiary.
Responsible for marketing and sales for the company's products in Germany, it
cooperates with some 30,000 local partner firms. Alongside its head office in
Unterschleissheim, near Munich, Microsoft Deutschland has six further offices
around Germany.
MSG systems
http://www.msg.de/
MSG systems blends technological and business expertise with detailed industry
knowledge to develop and deliver integrated, customized and optimized solutions.
Nemetschek
www.nemetschek.de/
The Nemetschek Group was founded in 1963 and is one of the world's leading
providers of information technology solutions for the architecture, engineering and
construction industry.
Oracle Deutschland GmbH
http://www.oracle.com
Oracle Corporation (Nasdaq: ORCL) is the world's largest vendor of software for
information management and the second-largest independent software company.
Launched in 1977, its databases, tools and application software are today
complemented by an array of consulting, training and support services. Oracle
Deutschland GmbH is headquartered in Munich and has 10 further offices
throughout the country.
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SoftM
http://www.softm.com/
SoftM has been developing solutions for SMEs since 1973. Today, more than
4,200 companies use its services. SoftM leads the market for the supply of
standard software to SMEs in German-speaking Europe. The company's head
office and development center are in Munich. SoftM Software und Beratung AG is
majority owned by Comarch S.A., Krakow, a leading Polish IT company. SoftM is
an independent company within the Comarch Group.
Yahoo Deutschland
http://www.yahoo.de
The "one click" information and purchase offerings presented by this leading portal
operator are backed by huge, networked units that comprise server farms and a
phalanx of technical, logistical and customer service staff.
This sector information bulletin has been carefully researched and diligently compiled. Nevertheless, the City of
Munich accepts no liability for incorrect or incomplete information. Please address any questions, comments or
suggestions to Eva Puckner: mailto:eva.puckner@muenchen.de, +49 (0)89 233-21290
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