Software Solutions from Baden-Württemberg Ensure Security and Trust at the CeBIT 2012

17 companies, higher-education institutions and public sector organisations will be represented on Baden-Württemberg's joint stand at the CeBIT. From 6 to 10 March 2012, they will present trendsetting software solutions and application examples on the hall 7, stand C40. The Minister of Finance and Economics of Baden-Württemberg, Dr. Nils Schmid, will visit the exhibitors at the fair on 8 March 2012. The joint stand has already been operated for over ten years by MFG Innovation Agency for ICT and Media Baden-Württemberg, and Baden-Württemberg International (bw-i).

Cloud solutions, social intranet, open data, participation platforms and data security: visitors to Baden-Württemberg's joint stand at the CeBIT from 6 to 10 March 2012 (Public Sector Parc, hall 7, stand C40) will be able to find out about how software solutions ensure more security and trust in the digital world, and how tailor-made services can satisfy customers. This year, 17 medium-sized companies, higher-education institutions and users from public sector organisations in Baden-Württemberg are joining forces to present the state as an innovative ICT location. The keynote theme of the CeBIT 2012 is "Managing Trust".

"Without the trust of the users, the digital world and thus also the ICT economy cannot develop itself further. We therefore provide companies and institutions from the state the opportunity to present their innovative, secure IT solutions at the CeBIT leading international ICT trade fair and thus attract the attention and trust of a broad-based public", says Klaus Haasis, CEO of MFG Innovation Agency for ICT and Media Baden-Württemberg.

Minister of Finance and Economics, Dr. Nils Schmid, to meet exhibitors to get up to speed on ICT developments

The importance of Baden-Württemberg as a location for ICT will also be underlined by the visit of Minister of Finance and Economics of Baden-Württemberg, Dr. Nils Schmid. He will visit the joint stand on 8 March 2012 from 12 noon until 2.30 pm to talk to companies and institutions on the joint stand and get up to speed on current trends and developments in information and communication technology.
Baden-Württemberg's joint stand at the CeBIT has been an established feature of the trade fair for over ten years. The exhibitors include profit-making companies as well as public sector organisations and higher-education institutions. Some exhibitors are presenting themselves on the joint stand for the first time, including COMback GmbH and Nemko GmbH & Co. KG, for example. However, exhibitors from previous years such as cit GmbH, Albstadt-Sigmaringen University or Datenzentrale Baden-Württemberg are back again this year.

Trust and security thanks to open data platform and high security data centre

The trade fair stand organised jointly by bw-i and MFG Innovation Agency will focus on trendsetting solutions for the public sector. An up-to-the-minute example from public sector administration is provided by the Baden-Württemberg Ministry of the Interior, which has created a prototype for an open data platform based on the service-bw.de administration portal. The term "open data" refers to the philosophy and practice of making data accessible to everyone, in order to create transparency and trust in the process. Gisela Erler, State Councillor for Civil Society and Civic Participation, and Dr. Herbert O. Zinell, Ministerial Director of the Baden-Württemberg Ministry of the Interior, will activate the Open Data Portal Baden-Württemberg at opendata.service-bw.de on the joint stand on Wednesday 7 March 2012 at 1 pm.

The COMback company from Oberreichenbach deals with data security and trust in IT infrastructures. The company's centrepiece is a data centre as part of highly secure infrastructure. As a backup and alternative data centre for disaster cases, it has the most modern infrastructure and hardware resources at its disposal. The modern and highly secure infrastructure of COMback builds upon a solid base: the former alternative location for the state government of Baden-Württemberg. The site, built in the early 1970s, was intended to ensure the survival and governing capability of the most important executive organs of the state in the event of a nuclear war.

Higher-education institutions to present research results and IT service management for small and medium-sized companies

Some higher-education institutions from Baden-Württemberg will also be presenting their research projects. For example, the Institute of Measurement, Control, and Microtechnology of Ulm University will be presenting the findings of a student-based project on the subject of virtual environments with video glasses. The presentation will be complemented by the Institute of Distributed Systems, which deals with the development of graphic applications and 3D simulations.

The organisers from MFG Innovation Agency for ICT and Media Baden-Württemberg will also be represented as exhibitors: under the slogan "Learn how to simplify your IT", MFG will be presenting the European "INNOTRAIN IT" project. As part of this project, MFG Innovation Agency and its partners train IT employees of small and medium-sized companies to apply IT service management (ITSM) in order to reduce costs and to free up resources for innovation.

The experts from Baden-Württemberg International will be on hand to answer questions about Baden-Württemberg as a location for commerce and science, and will be able to inform visitors about possibilities for cooperation and investment. "Baden-Württemberg provides companies in the field of IT and telecommunication technologies with excellent conditions. Precisely this important cross-sectoral industry offers a particularly high level of potential," according to Jürgen Oswald, CEO of bw-i.

Welcome Happy Hour on 6 March to provide an opportunity for networking

With a Welcome Happy Hour on 6 March 2012 from 5 to 6 pm, Baden-Württemberg's joint stand will provide an ideal opportunity at the end of the first day of the fair to meet potential business and cooperation partners in a relaxed atmosphere. Furthermore, visitors will be able to establish new contacts and talk to decision-makers and IT coordinators from companies and bodies in Baden-Württemberg.

Further links:

•    www.innovation.mfg.de/en
•    www.bw-i.de
•    www.bw-invest.de

About MFG Baden-Württemberg
MFG Baden-Württemberg is a regional public innovation agency for ICT and media, based in the South-West of Germany. MFG’s mission is to support and foster the IT, media and related business sectors in the region of Baden-Württemberg.
With its two main shareholders being a regional state ministry and the regional public broadcaster (SWR), MFG has now been active for nearly 15 years at the interplay of creativity and technology by fostering an interdisciplinary sector approach. This encompasses ICT, creative industries and IT application areas.
MFG also hosts a variety of clusters and networks and delivers targeted services (ISO 9001 certified) in the area of innovation management, technology transfer and regional development and marketing. 
MFG is also one of the founding members and chairs the European Interest Group on Creativity and Innovation e.V. (formally established in May 2010), a pan-European initiative of more than 30 regional and local development agencies, research institutions, companies and support organisations that foster the relationships between creativity, culture, technology and innovation.

About Baden-Württemberg International
Baden-Württemberg International – Agency for International Economic and Scientific Cooperation – is the state's competence centre for internationalisation, marketing and development of commerce, science and research. Our objective is to position Baden-Württemberg as a location for commerce, and the state's potential in this regard, in such a way as to strengthen the state in the long term by attracting foreign capital investment, company relocations and corporate cooperation, and recruiting skilled workers. For the purpose of fulfilling our tasks, we utilise the expertise held by commercial and industrial institutions, as well as our industry-specific and regional competencies, in order to encourage investment decisions to be taken to the benefit of Baden-Württemberg. The services of Baden-Württemberg International are certified according to the DIN EN ISO 9001:2008 standard.

Contacts for the press:

Bernd Hertl     
Project team leader Communication/marketing
Tel.: +49 (0) 711-90715-316        
hertl@mfg.de                   

Exhibitors on the Baden-Württemberg joint stand 2012:

cit GmbH

Kirchheimer Straße 205
73265 Dettingen/Teck, Germany
Telephone: +49 (0) 70 21 / 950 858-0
Telefax:  +49 (0) 70 21 / 950 858-9
E-mail: info@cit.de
Website: www.cit.de

Case management, form management, funding management, platform for business processes and participation


COMback GmbH

Jägerhaus / CITA
75394 Oberreichenbach, Germany
Telephone: +49 (0) 7051 / 923-111
Telefax: +49 (0) 7051 / 923-119
E-mail: cebit2012@comback.de
Website: www.comback.de
 www.docuprotection.de
 www.web2know.de

Emergency preparedness, data-centric security, all business processes certified according to the Federal Office for Information Security (BSI)


Datenzentrale Baden-Württemberg (DZBW)

Krailenshaldenstraße 44
70469 Stuttgart, Germany
Telephone: +49 (0) 711 / 8108-27955
Telefax: +49 (0) 711 / 8108-21601
E-mail: s.kriege@dzbw.de
Website: www.dzbw.de

Solutions and services for public sector administration


GfWi Gesellschaft für Wirtschaftsinformatik

Ludwig-Erhard-Straße 2
76275 Ettlingen, Germany
Telephone: +49 (0) 7243 / 94738-0
Telefax: +49 (0) 7243 / 94738-9
E-mail: vertrieb@gfwi.de
Website: www.gfwi.de

Integrated solutions close to the standard  CRM and ERP by Microsoft for associations, higher-education institutions and public utility companies


Hochschule Albstadt-Sigmaringen (Albstadt-Sigmaringen University)

Institut für Wissenschaftliche Weiterbildung
Olgastraße 12
72336 Balingen, Germany
Telephone: +49 (0) 7433 / 9557735
Telefax: +49 (0) 7433 / 9557735
E-mail: info@digitaleforensik.com
Website: www.digitaleforensik.com

Extra-occupational online Masters programme in Digital Forensics


Innenministerium Baden-Württemberg (Ministry of the Interior of Baden-Württemberg)

Dorotheenstraße 6
70173 Stuttgart, Germany
Telephone: +49 (0) 711 / 231-4
Telefax: +49 (0) 711 / 231-5000
E-mail:  poststelle@im.bwl.de
Website: www.im.baden-wuerttemberg.de
www.opendata.service-bw.de

Open data in Baden-Württemberg

ISB Institut für Software-Entwicklung und EDV-Beratung AG

Zur Gießerei 24, 76227 Karlsruhe, Germany
Telephone: +49 (0) 721 / 828 00-0
Telefax: +49 (0) 721 / 828 00-182
E-mail: info@isb-ag.de
Website: http://www.isb-ag.de

Tailor-made IT solutions for public sector administration edoo.sys - school administration made simple


Justizministerium Baden-Württemberg (Ministry of Justice of Baden-Württemberg)

Schillerplatz 4
70173 Stuttgart, Germany
Telephone: +49 (0) 711 / 279-0
Telefax: +49 (0) 711 / 279-2264
E-mail: poststelle@jum.bwl.de
Website: www.justiz-bw.de

Ministry of Justice on SharePoint 2010 Office communication outsourcing


Kommunale Datenverarbeitung Region Stuttgart (KDRS) und Rechenzentrum Region Stuttgart GmbH (RZRS)

Krailenshaldenstraße 44
70469 Stuttgart, Germany
Telephone: +49 (0) 711 / 81 08-10
Telefax: +49 (0) 711 / 81 08-13457
E-mail: post@kdrs.de
Website: www.kdrs.de

Modern data centre specialised in mainframe hosting and cloud solutions in SAP and Java environments


MFG Innovationsagentur für IT und Medien Baden-Württemberg (MFG Innovation Agency for ICT and Media Baden-Württemberg)

Breitscheidstraße 4
70174 Stuttgart, Germany
Telephone: +49 (0) 711 / 90715300
Telefax: +49 (0) 711 / 90715350
E-mail: info@mfg.de
Website: innovation.mfg.de/en

MFG Innovation Agency for ICT and Media has been strengthening Baden-Württemberg as a location for media and creative industries since 1995.


Ministerium für Finanzen und Wirtschaft Baden-Württemberg (Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs of Baden-Württemberg)

Schlossplatz 4
70173 Stuttgart, Germany
Telephone: +49 (0) 711 / 279-0
Telefax: +49 (0) 711 / 279-3893
E-mail:  poststelle@mfw.bwl.de
Website: www.mfw.baden-wuerttemberg.de

Conceptual and technical support for administrative management in Baden-Württemberg

Ministerium für Umwelt, Klima und Energiewirtschaft Baden-Württemberg (Ministry for the Environment, Climate and Energy Policy of Baden-Württemberg)

Kernerplatz 9
70182 Stuttgart, Germany
Telephone: +49 (0) 711 / 126-0
Telefax:+49 (0) 711 / 126-2881
E-mail: poststelle@um.bwl.de
Website: www.um.baden-wuerttemberg.de

Environmental information system of Baden-Württemberg (UIS-BW) Joint Substance Data Pool of the German Federal Government and the German Federal States (GSBL)


Nemko GmbH & Co. KG

Worldwide Testing and Certification        
Reetzstraße 58
76327 Pfinztal, Germany                            
Telephone: +49 (0) 7240 / 63-0
Telefax: +49 (0) 7240 / 63-11
E-mail: info-de@nemko.com
Website: www.nemko.com

Nemko – your partner for accessing markets worldwide and international certification


POLIZEI-ONLINE / MEPA-ONLINE
Innenministerium Baden-Württemberg (Ministry of the Interior of Baden-Württemberg)
-Landespolizeipräsidium-

Dorotheenstraße 6
70173 Stuttgart, Germany
Telephone: +49 (0) 711 / 231-3356
Telefax: +49 (0) 711 / 231-5000
E-mail: uwe.seidel@im.bwl.de
Website: www.polizei-online.de

Knowledge management for more security in Europe: POLIZEI-ONLINE / MEPA-ONLINE

T-Systems International GmbH
Segment Länder, Kommunen und Gesundheitswesen, Martin Voelker (Public Sector)

Fasanenweg 5
70771 Leinfelden-Echterdingen, Germany
Telephone: +49 (0) 711 / 972-37150
Telefax:+49 (0) 711 / 972-37199
Mobile: +49 (0) 151 / 15 17 59 94
E-mail: martin.voelker@t-systems.com
Website: www.t-systems.de/public

E-government in the state of Baden-Württemberg

T-Systems IDS GmbH

Fasanenweg 5, PostID 57
70771 Leinfelden-Echterdingen, Germany
Telephone: +49 (0) 711 / 972-43590
E-mail: micc@t-systems.com
Website: www.t-systems.com

MICC – the suitcase solution by T-Systems
Customised suitcase solutions for all areas – we pack your world into one suitcase!

Universität Ulm (Ulm University)

Helmholtzstraße 16
89081 Ulm/Donau, Germany
Telephone: +49 (0) 731 / 5022011
Telefax: +49 (0) 731 / 5022096
E-mail: forschung@uni-ulm.de
Website: www.uni-ulm.de

Virtual environment with video glasses; Institute of Measurement, Control, and Microtechnology
Development of graphic applications and 3D simulations; Institute of Distributed Systems