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]init[ is one of the market leaders for innovative solutions in eGovernment, eDemocracy and eBusiness. More than half of the supreme german Federal authorities trust in ]init[‘s competency, as do numerous associations, foundations and company groups.

As a full-service agency with 120 employees in four offices, ]init[ develops homogeneous and intelligent communications solutions for politics, the administration and the economy in the following areas:

• Internet portals and digital public relations
• IT consulting and eGovernment strategies
• Professional applications and workflow management
• IT services and computer centre services

]init[ AG

Innovative developments in the field of mobile video surveillance have made DResearch the German market leader in this area. Federal and regional authorities, the public transport system as well as telecommunications companies have been profiting for more than 10 years from the advantages provided by our services and products.

Our strength lies in our team. More than 100 developers realise solutions for our clients in:

• Software and hardware development
• Project management and controlling
• Company software for SMEs as an SAP partner
• Quality management and assurance

DResearch Digital Media Systems GmbH

The Fraunhofer Institute FOKUS develops technologies for mobile distributed communication infrastructures and modules for the integration of technologies, services and terminals. In the FOKUS laboratories, industry partners and public administrations test ideas, completed prototypes and products that are ready for the market. Interoperability – in particular between open source and closed source products based on national and international standards – is the main thing we concentrate on here.

Fraunhofer-Institut für Offene Kommunikationssysteme FOKUS

HP creates new possibilities for technology to have a meaningful impact on people, businesses and society. The world’s largest technology company, HP brings together a portfolio that spans printing, personal computing, software, services and IT infrastructure to solve customer problems. In almost 25 years on consultancy services for the public services, EDS has gathered comprehensive experiences and built a profound knowledge base about structure and processes. Among others, our services include:

• Strategy and process consultancy
• IT strategy, IT concepts
• Economic feasibility studies
• Modernisation of IT environments
• System integration: linking specialized procedures
• Application development & operation of applications
• Operation of infrastructures

Hewlett-Packard GmbH

The INFORA Limited Partnership for Information, Organisation and Automation was founded in 1980 as a medium-sized consulting firm in Cologne. Today we are represented in Cologne, Berlin, Hamburg, Munich and Dresden, with approximately 60 employees.

For more than 25 years the INFORA has stood for the close integration of IT-related and organisational consultancy. The correlations between IT-support and organisational structures and processes, therefore constitute, in almost all INFORA projects, a major focus in the analysis and design of need-based solutions.

INFORA Limited Partnership for Information, Organisation and Automation

OPITZ CONSULTING acts as consulting-, methods- and technology- partner of its clients. In cooperation with our clients, we create new approaches concerning conception and implementation of IT-based solutions. At the stage of implementation, depending on the clients’ requirements, OPITZ CONSULTING offers to either support their clients’ teams or execute the implementation themselves. Thereby, the continuous maintenance and advancements of these solutions over their entire lifecycle are of paramount importance.

In addition to project-orientated consulting, OPITZ CONSULTING attends to clients’ strategic questions. Therefore, a panel of experts continually researches latest methods and tools bringing that experience into strategic consulting and projects. Moreover, clients are assisted by means of value benefit analysis concerning tool and standard component choices. Nationwide, OPITZ CONSULTING developed to become one of Oracle’s most preferred partners. The customer base of OPITZ CONSULTING comprises various sectors; such as industry, telecommunication, utilities, trade, service providers, logistics, financial institutions and the public sector.

OPITZ CONSULTING Berlin GmbH

For more than 10 years, Schütze Consulting Informationssysteme GmbH in Berlin has been among the most experienced companies in the concept development, support for and implementation of large IT projects in the areas of public administration and economy. We offer innovative solutions in the areas of eGovernment, data warehousing and software migration. With a strict adherence to time frames and budgets, we offer competent and producer-independent consultancy, IT implementation as well as long-term maintenance and system maintenance. Schütze Consulting Informationssysteme GmbH stands for tailor-made IT solutions and intelligent interfaces between existing and innovative technology systems.

Schütze Consulting Informationssysteme GmbH

The company Scopeland in Berlin/Brandenburg offers innovative eGovernment solutions. Scopeland’s main strength lies in the reliable and timely implementation of projects which are high quality and at affordable prices. Scopeland’s distinct feature is flexibility: agile, evolutionary development technology and iterative prototyping, together with technologies which result in highly flexible application software.

The service we offer is based on the SCOPELAND software platform, a flexible eGovernment kit which allows the interactive development of tailor-made applications solutions – to a great extent without the necessity of programming. Scopeland is certified according to the quality standard DIN EN 9001:2000.

Scopeland Technology GmbH

With almost 18,000 Students the FOM is the biggest private university in Germany. It offers working people and apprentices the opportunity to qualify themselves academically, in parallel to their job and to acquire Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees which are both officially and internationally recognised. The focus of the doctrine is practically orientated study programmes in the economic and engineering fields. Lectures in modern lecture theatres and seminar rooms take place in more than 20 study centres in Germany and neighbouring countries.

Founded in 1991 by trade associations, the university has close ties with more than 700 co-operation companies, including groups like IBM, Peek & Cloppenburg, Siemens and the Deutsche Telekom as well as medium-sized companies. Many company representatives are involved in the boards of the university and give an important impetus to the development of new study programmes.

Example: In the Master of Arts (M.A) Public Management course, employees in the higher intermediate service with career progression and leadership ambitions, alongside working people in non-profit-making organisations and associations learn to implement and optimise strategic management structures in public institutions, organisations and associations.

FOM Hochschule für Oekonomie & Management gemeinnützige GmbH

The chair focuses on the areas of business process management, technical and social aspects of knowledge management, versatility, analysis of critical infrastructures as well as the selection and introduction of standard software. These areas form important modules for an integrated concept of the operational and organisational structures in companies and public authorities. In this respect, eGovernment represents an application context which allows the transfer of tried-and-tested concepts from business informatics.

Chair for Business Information Systems and Electronic Government – University of Potsdam