HERE+NOW.IMPULSE MAGAZINE /// 01/2016
HERE IT CREATES FUTURE. Over the years to come, digitalisation will make big changes to our lives. Whether it is industry, handicrafts or the service sector, all will have to adapt to it at high speed. The opportunities provided by digitalisation are just as great as the pressure to create innovations. For this reason, information and communications technologies have been defined as an important market of the future in the Saxony-Anhalt Regional Innovation Strategy 2014 – 2020. But it isn’t just the world of business which is facing a digital transformation, the world of public administration is as well. For companies and citizens that means user friendliness – in terms of ease of access, transparent processes as well as flexibility due to time and location independent administrative services. Increasing digitalisation requires more digital education. In recent years, the development of the internet has been so rapid that the requirements in the population have become very different. From primary school pupils to senior citizens, the levels of understanding surrounding technology need to grow, in addition to the ability to apply the knowledge in a correct and beneficial way. For innovations and applications in the digital sphere, the users’ confidence in IT security and data protection are basic requirements. In this respect, the digitalisation of our daily lives will only gain widespread acceptance if IT security keeps in pace with the wider developments. Saxony-Anhalt is well equipped for the digital age. The federal state is already home to many IT companies which have made the conscious decision to locate here and value the excellent local infrastructure. This not only includes sector giants such as T-Systems and SAP, but also cutting-edge start-ups such as UCD+ and marmalade.
HERE IT CREATES FUTURE.
Over the years to come, digitalisation will make big changes to our lives. Whether it is industry, handicrafts or the service sector, all will have to adapt to it at high speed. The opportunities provided by digitalisation are just as great as the pressure to create innovations. For this reason, information and communications technologies have been defined as an important market of the future in the Saxony-Anhalt Regional Innovation Strategy 2014 – 2020.
But it isn’t just the world of business which is facing a digital transformation, the world of public administration is as well. For companies and citizens that means user friendliness – in terms of ease of access, transparent processes as well as flexibility due to time and location independent administrative services.
Increasing digitalisation requires more digital education. In recent years, the development of the internet has been so rapid that the requirements in the population have become very different. From primary school pupils to senior citizens, the levels of understanding surrounding technology need to grow, in addition to the ability to apply the knowledge in a correct and beneficial way.
For innovations and applications in the digital sphere, the users’ confidence in IT security and data protection are basic requirements. In this respect, the digitalisation of our daily lives will only gain widespread acceptance if IT security keeps in pace with the wider developments.
Saxony-Anhalt is well equipped for the digital age. The federal state is already home to many IT companies which have made the conscious decision to locate here and value the excellent local infrastructure. This not only includes sector giants such as T-Systems and SAP, but also cutting-edge start-ups such as UCD+ and marmalade.
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BREAKTHROUGH : MARKET OF THE FUTURE INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY<br />
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MARKET OF THE FUTURE INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY : KEY FIGURES<br />
INTO THE FUTURE WITH INTELLIGENCE:<br />
RESEARCHERS FROM SAXONY-ANHALT PROVIDE IMPETUS<br />
CROWD ROBOTICS<br />
Sanaz Mostaghim, Otto von<br />
Guericke University Magdeburg.<br />
Emergency call boxes on motorways save lives<br />
after accidents. In the future, they could prevent<br />
accidents as well: several project partners from<br />
Saxony-Anhalt and Lower Saxony are working on<br />
equipping them with intelligent systems – in the<br />
form of radio modules that communicate with cars.<br />
“Equipping emergency callboxes for V21 communication<br />
on motorways” (in German, ANIKA), is the name<br />
of the unique, Europe-wide project. Traffic situation<br />
data is gathered anonymously and precise information<br />
is exchanged. ANIKA aims to warn drivers<br />
of risks due to traffic jams, weather or wrong-way<br />
drivers. A demonstration trial has been under way<br />
since 2<strong>01</strong>4. Further trials on the “A9 motorway digital<br />
test field” are also planned. The long-term goal is<br />
to equip all of the 16,000 emergency call boxes in<br />
Germany. | www.galileo.ovgu.de<br />
“Crowd intelligence” is a collective learning<br />
process: in a crowd of individuals, a process of<br />
self-organisation takes place. But how? This is<br />
something that is being researched by a working<br />
group at the University of Magdeburg under the<br />
leadership of Prof. Dr. Sanaz Mostaghim.<br />
The IT experts are working on sophisticated networked<br />
technical systems according to the example<br />
of insects or flocks of birds. In a laboratory, more<br />
than 100 drones are being programmed to fly in a<br />
formation like starlings. Systems of this kind are<br />
gaining in importance in the area of disaster prevention,<br />
for example, for the purpose of gathering<br />
data or retrieving objects. The Magdeburg team is<br />
also analysing the way in which people behave in a<br />
crowd, creating computer simulations and developing<br />
algorithms. | www.is.ovgu.de<br />
ANIKA<br />
A trial run previously took place<br />
in April 2<strong>01</strong>5.<br />
SUCCESS IN<br />
NUMBERS:<br />
DID YOU<br />
KNOW?<br />
Provision of<br />
services in the areas<br />
of information and<br />
communications<br />
technology in the<br />
past five years:<br />
Development of<br />
turnover + 57 %<br />
Employees<br />
+ 6.4 %<br />
The export quota of<br />
the sector in 2<strong>01</strong>4 was<br />
which is considerably<br />
higher than the industry<br />
average for Saxony-<br />
Anhalt (28.3 %)<br />
than14.000<br />
More<br />
people are currently employed in the IT sector<br />
in Saxony-Anhalt.<br />
3.000 Some young<br />
In 2<strong>01</strong>4, the total<br />
turnover of the IT sector<br />
in Saxony-Anhalt<br />
amounted to some<br />
2.2 bn. EUR<br />
More than<br />
500<br />
IT companies have<br />
chosen to make Saxony-<br />
Anhalt their home.<br />
47% of those<br />
employed in the IT<br />
sector work in the<br />
area of software and<br />
services.<br />
Manufacturing of<br />
data processing<br />
equipment, electronic<br />
and visual<br />
products over the<br />
last ten years:<br />
Increase in turnover<br />
+ 84 %<br />
Employees<br />
+ 63 %<br />
In the last 15 years,<br />
projects from<br />
the area of<br />
service provision<br />
in the information technology<br />
sector, with a total investment<br />
volume of 292.8 million EUR,<br />
have been awarded financial<br />
support to the value of 39.2<br />
million EUR.<br />
people are studying<br />
IT-specific courses at the local universities.
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