On the occasion of a New Year’s reception of four IBM- offices in Sinsheim the German Minister of Science Prof. Dr. Frankenberg emphasized the importance of innovative products and new technologies for the success of companies. In this context he referred to the high significance of fundamental research and its results.
Frankenberg described KSRI as a model:”It is decisive to reduce the distance between fundamental research and application by a closer cooperation between science and business. The Karlsruhe Service Research Institute is a successful model where the cooperation of IBM and KITs develops concepts, methods and technologies to implement next generation services.” Further details are available here (German only): http://www.baden-wuerttemberg.de/de/Meldungen/223702.html
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The BMBF (Federal Ministry of Education and Research) selected the winners: The Software Cluster, in which KSRI participates will be awarded with the BMBF funding of 40 mio Euro over five years.
Together with the Steinbuch Centre for Computing (SSC) KSRI supports the cluster with excellent research in the field of cloud computing establishing a basis for the new forms of IT services aiming at higher cost-efficiency and speeding up innovation processes in companies.
The so-called “European Silicon Valley” centers in Darmstadt, Kaiserslautern, Karlsruhe, Saarbrücken, and Walldorf are involved in the Software Cluster.
More information (in German) is available at http://www.software-cluster.com
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“Computing in the clouds: no limits in the IT service supermarket ” was the main topic of Prof. Dr. Tai’s presentation as speaker of the team eOrganization and Service Engineering.
The event KIT at Karlsruhe Town Hall held on January 19, 2010 focused on Commputation, a term which is derived from the words communication and computing thus symbolizing that communication and information tasks and their increasing importance for daily work and all areas of life are inextricably interwoven. For further information please click here
http://www.commputation.kit.edu
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The German association of online-providers (BDOA ) promotes the scientific research at KSRI with a donation due to KSRI’s explicit focus on service research as well as interdisciplinary orientation and formation of its research associates. The association central objectives are the education and training in the area of E-Commerce and thus promoting the future-oriented research at KSRI.
The BDOA is an association of enterprises, institutions and individuals, focusing on electronic services such as value-added services and eCommerce.
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KIT (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology) becomes partner of one of the three so called KICs (Knowledge and Innovation Communities) of the EIT (European Institute of Technology and Innovation). The KIT institutions Steinbuch Centre for Computing (SCC) and Karlsruhe Service Research Institute (KSRI) participate within the KIC named EIT Labs due to their exceptional research in the field of cloud computing.
KSRI director Stefan Tai whose research group focuses on cloud computing was very pleased about this decision: “KIT will support KIC with excellent research, education and the innovative infrastructure of KIT."
The German Telekom AG assumes the coordination of KIC EIT Labs from Berlin due to the already existing close cooperation with the Prof. Tai’s research group Cloud Computing. Further partners from industry and academia cooperating in the in the Berlin Center are Mac Planck Institute for Computer Science (Universität des Saarlands), the TU Darmstadt, the Center for Advances Research Darmstadt (CASED), the TU München, SAP and Siemens.
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The study bases on an empirical research within more than 270 companies with regard to the current practice of procurement of knowledge instensive services. The results show important insights for the further development of innovative procurement concepts.
Knowledge Intensive Services (e. g. consultancy services) are a major challenge for the procurement departments. On the one hand cheap but inadequate services result in the failure of projects; on the other hand the lack of comparability and transparency both inhibit the implementation of potential savings.
Managers in procurement departments estimate that potential cost savings between 15 -20 percent are possible under the condition that the same market transparency as available in case of goods could also be achieved with knowledge intensive services.
Further results of the study are available here.
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