„IT – Made in Berlin“

Editorial by René Ebert, Managing Director of the ICT Industry Association in the Capital Region, SIBB e.v.

When, in 1941, the first functioning computer Z3 was showcased by Konrad Zuse, probably almost no one could have anticipated which dynamic and significance IT businesses would have for the German capital on an international scale. Today, Berlin is regarded with the utmost respect for its diversity of companies in software and hardware technology, the variegated start-up scene and the internationally acclaimed skills of its businesses. They all realise complex processes across different industries.

“IT-Made in Berlin” connects innovation in key areas of competence with pilot projects. The Adlershof site is particularly successful in interlocking IT projects from science with those from private enterprises. This is made possible by the close vicinity of research institutions, universities and the drivers of innovation on the business side.

This issue details projects which, thanks to intelligent IT solutions, stand for efficiency and quality of life in everyday areas. Projects which illustrate the importance of IT solutions as crossover technologies and show how cloud services or future visions of interconnected machines communicating with each other are already being realized today. With know-how from Adlershof, Berlin’s economy, traditionally strong in the fields of information and communication technology, will continue to excel in the future in areas such as IT security, mobility, interconnected life or process control technology for sustainable energy concepts. Due to the diversity of companies located in Adlershof, I see an opportunity for creating a unique network which develops solutions for IT-specific tasks in close cooperation with user industries – in a way that could hardly be achieved elsewhere in Berlin. As an interest group for ICT businesses in the capital region, we gladly support such networking initiatives.

Upon reading this, I hope that readers will become aware of the outstanding role of IT services, and that it is documented once more that the trademark “Made in Germany” would suffer a great loss to its brilliance without the integration of intelligent IT-solutions in business processes and in everyday life.