CeBIT 2016: Start with ideas, but also worry – Heise Newsticker

Günther Oettinger visited the CeBIT 2016

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the CeBIT exhibitors from tomorrow many new ideas in Hannover, at the IT trade show but also show serious problems in the industry: lack of skilled workers and knowledge.

For CeBIT-Home industry presents digital visions, but in Hannover also great concerns about the future are visible. So the German Mittelstand threatened according to a study, a two-class society in the digitization because small firms in particular difficult. In addition, the change makes the professionals deficiency even more visible. This should be urgently addressed, said the managing director of digital association Bitkom, Bernhard Rohleder. However, it is also expected that digitization can even alleviate the problems.

The focal points of the CeBIT 2016 include new applications for enterprise IT, cloud services and smartphone apps, but also drones, 3D printing and machine learning. is flanked the exhibition, which runs from Monday to Friday, from a congress program. Among other goals there on Monday EU Commissioner Günther Oettinger a keynote speech on “digital Union” hold.

Security is another key CeBIT theme. According to the head of the Dusseldorf encryption company Secusmart but for example, the federal government has reached a very good level of protection, but the data security of managers or state politicians it was a bad way. The sharpened by revelations of Edward Snowden awareness of illegal eavesdropping fade again.

worry

According to a study by consulting company EY fails every third SME in Germany in an attempt to stimulate and focus on digitization , The biggest drag shoes are therefore to small budgets, skills shortages or lack of knowledge in-house.

The digitization but is not jobs, emphasizes the consulting firm PwC after an investigation. Through them, the expected shortage of 4.2 million workers in Germany could reduce by 2030 by half. “The public debate about the digitalization of the workplace is largely influenced by fears,” warned the CEO of PwC Germany, Norbert Winkeljohann.

CeBIT Future

The CeBIT recorded in recent years decreases in the number of visitors and the participating companies. At CeBIT 2015 were still more than 200,000 guests, the number of exhibitors remained stable at 3300

CeBIT director Oliver Frese said on Sunday, the orientation of the CeBIT trade visitors had been a success. “CeBIT is the most important event for the digitization of the economy and society. ” Also it is the largest exhibition in which it comes to cloud services.

Messe boss Frese was convinced that there will be events such as CeBIT continue, even if they would change. “No medium can replace personal contact,” he said, referring to the rapid development of technology for virtual reality, in which you can immerse yourself with special glasses in digital environments. Especially when it comes to overspending as in corporate IT, it is important to know the potential partners in person

(with material of dpa) / . (ciw)