DMR

Green Gold

Dr. Holger Schwarz, Manfred Schmitz — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 09:16:33 +0100

Provisions for green telecommunications are rarely found in managed service agreements. Quite the opposite: the goals defined by network operators towards managed service providers can have a counterproductive effect and block energy savings. New methods for the appraisal of an outsourcing quotation must be found so that the environmental elements are given due consideration and incorporated into the pertinent SLAs.

Expedition to the IT Kingdom

Johannes Ewers — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 09:02:03 +0100

Everything is straightforward in theory, but it can all look completely different in practice – aligning IT projects with user requirements is evidently not as simple as you might think! Agile, adaptive processes are a potential source of optimization.

Traveling the Back Roads

Bernd Jaster, Marcel Berneaud, Martin Jeske, Sebastian Zeeb — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 08:27:09 +0100

The provision of complex corporate software in the cloud is a temptation to every user. No investments, no waiting time, and no IT expertise – software as a service (SaaS) is a dream come true for the business departments: the application from the wall outlet. People in charge of IT, on the other hand, fear a coming nightmare. Reservoirs of data are springing up all over the cloud, structured in divergent data models and using incompatible interfaces. The discipline of enterprise data management which took so much effort to implement is facing ruin.

Feel the Customers’ Pulse!

Dr. Wolfgang Knospe, Marc Alexander Conrad — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 12:10:41 +0100

Customer needs and the services and products offered by companies often fail to connect. Yet mobile network operators are sitting right at the source of the relevant information – the network.

One Fits All

Lutz Jarbot — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 13:43:17 +0200

Single RAN architecture, a strict approach to the realization of the multi-standard platform idea, can provide today an answer to the requirements of future wireless standards and services. Many mobile network operators, taking “Manage complexity, improve efficiency” as their motto, have made Single RAN a component of their modernization strategies. Single RAN paves the way to more simplicity in the realization and operation of mobile networks through the utilization of the software defined radio concept.

A Plea on Behalf of Simplicity

Hans Erik van Elburg, Theo van Aalst — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 12:57:26 +0200

Pay TV is becoming increasingly important on a world wide scale, as TV advertising revenues are stabilizing or even decreasing, and as revenues have to be shared by more and more players. Pay TV requires CA/DRM, to protect services, content and revenues. Systems providing this protection show a highly developed level of being proprietary.

The Taste …

Bastian Gilles, Jürgen Nguyen — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 12:23:04 +0200

Tablet PCs make life simpler – for users, anyway. Their integration into the corporate infrastructure causes some headaches for the IT managers, however.

Being Successful in the Information Jungle

Dr. Gisela Löbel — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 13:18:45 +0200

Managers of leading companies are making increasingly greater use of findings from complex data analysis processes as an enhancement to their classic financial performance indicators so that they can secure the best possible market position for their companies and generate maximum business benefits. However, they must find ways to deal with the inevitable rise in complexity. New technologies and organizational measures are becoming more and more capable of fulfilling the desire for simplicity.

Order Amidst the Chaos

Thomas Schaer, Dr. Margrit Baumgartl — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 13:10:27 +0200

The uncontrolled proliferation of applications can threaten the relationship between business goals and the orientation of the IT, causing it to become too one-sided. Enterprise architecture management and application retirement offer tools for the maintenance of clear structures and the reduction of diversity.

The Power of Little Pieces

Christoph Caspritz, Yasmin Narielvala — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 15:16:55 +0200

Against Aristotles posit “The whole is greater than the sum of its parts” there are of course scenarios where the opposite holds true – where the individual parts of companies or markets actually represent greater value as separate pieces than the whole. We discuss how the very fragmentation that creates these small pieces fosters a diversity that drives technology innovation, thereby helping homogenous and slow non vibrant markets back to life.

All Roads Lead to Rome

Burin Itsarachai, Dr. Andreas Schieder, Dr. Arne Chrestin — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 14:59:18 +0200

Many mobile network operators currently regard the so-called 4th Generation (4G) of mobile networks to be the center, the “Rome”, of the mobile world. The performance promises made by this new generation are tempting lures for customers. It also apparently offers a way to satisfy the steadily rising hunger for transmission capacities. So it is no wonder that so many operators are in such a hurry to hit the road in the direction of 4G.

Diversity has Future

Dr. Nico Albrecht, Dr. Susanne Sonntag — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 14:40:45 +0200

Managing the conflicting directions of economies of scale and coordination expenses, the cooperative creation of IT services enables an optimization of IT costs. Nevertheless, the participants find themselves confronted with major organizational challenges. We take a close look at the possible ways clients can minimize these risks.

Intelligent Helpers Conquer the World

Gregor Kaczor, Johannes Ewers — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 13:29:41 +0100

Artificial intelligence – 20 years ago, the subject of euphoric expectations which failed to materialize. After suffering many setbacks, it is now poised for a rebirth. Automatic voice recognition, rule-based systems, neuronal networks, and pattern recognition have become established today in Internet search engines, shopping portals, or computer games. Spreading networks, virtually unlimited computer performance in the cloud, learning algorithms, and innovative programming procedures will create in the future a new ecosystem for the realization of intelligent interfaces and services.

In the Eye of the Beholder

Chingi Hong, Rajat Mukherjee — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 12:57:03 +0100

The futuristic visions that were drawn out decades ago by science fiction writers are on the verge of becoming reality. Though still in its infancy, the concept of augmented reality (AR) is evolving rapidly and has been making software, content, high-tech and telco players very excited. AR comes with a promise to reshape the world as we know it and to radically alter the way we see, act and live in it forever.

The Future of In-Car Communication

Alexander Wellmann, Dr. Mike Radmacher, Dr. Volker Rieger, Ralf Upmeyer — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 11:33:36 +0100

The car as an information and communication hub with constant Internet connectivity – currently still a vision. In order to make that vision come true car manufacturers need to initiate one of the most challenging cross-industry projects.

From King to King Maker

Dr. Wolfgang Knospe, Joseph Noronha — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 14:14:26 +0100

Facebook could very well turn out to be the next global communications powerhouse! This new reality stares right in the face of the mobile operators. Having offered their own communication services with voice still as cash cow, the kings of the mobile networks have mainly adopted countermeasures to protect their profitable business model. However, with protectionism under pressure, smart service strategies are required in order to secure a viable business in the future.

IT Fitness Check

Dr. Nikolaus Bubner, Wolfgang Pantwich — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 13:58:14 +0100

Always swimming ahead of the wave! Having a solution waiting in the bag before the IT customers have even noticed there is a problem – flexible, capable of quick response, competitive, and customer-centric, and all of that at reasonable costs. The vision of modern companies confronts the IT department with special challenges.

Maximum Adaptability

Fabian Bechara, Gwendolin Garbe — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 13:20:03 +0100

External factors and influences as well as internal striving for efficiency force companies to review their business processes and organizational structures in every department, including purchasing. Quite frequently, the role of IT and its impact over the course of this change process are not given due consideration. The best possible implementation of the desired changes will not be possible unless a flexible IT landscape is in place.

Lots and Lots of Colorful Smarties

Eckhard Oberfrank — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 13:57:03 +0100

Everything is becoming smart. First the home, then the electric meter, and gradually, one by one, all of the other things around us. The provision of mediator platforms which enable the most widely diversified applications to access and communicate with any number of smart devices gives rise to new business models for service providers.

How Intelligent is Business Intelligence?

Dr. Gisela Löbel — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 15:25:00 +0200

The optimization of corporate management is one of the major responsibilities of a company’s executives. That is why management interest is focusing more and more sharply on the decision-making process, because better information leads to better decisions, which in turn enable better management of the corporate organization. Business intelligence which supplies high-quality information is one of the first links in this chain. Look at examples from everyday practice to learn how the use of modern analysis processes can change business intelligence from a simple information supplier into an instrument of active support for the decision-making process and simultaneously increase steadily the level of its intelligence.