Temel Kahyaoglu, Chief Analyst TGOA, in conversation with Jürg Weber, CEO censhare (Schweiz) AG, on Corporate Newsrooms Jürg Weber is the CEO, co-founder and co-owner of censhare (Schweiz) AG. Throughout his career, he has acquired in-depth experience in product management, purchasing management and sales marketing at both nationally and internationally active trading companies. During this time, he…
Tag: Future
SMART FABRICS
Google unites textiles and technology in its Jacquard project BY DR CLAUDIA PELZER Google’s Advanced Technology and Projects Group (ATAP), which focusses on researching future technologies, is currently transforming textiles into interactive surfaces. Here, new weaving techniques are being developed that permit sensors and electro-conductive yarns to be integrated into fabrics. At the annual Google…
Temel Kahyaoglu in conversation with Upen Varanasi
Temel Kahyaoglu, Chief Analyst TGOA, in conversation with Upen Varanasi, CEO Riversand, on what the future of Master Data Management looks like Upen Varanasi sets the overall strategy and vision for Riversand. He brings extensive experience in the areas of PIM, PLM and Content Management. A University of Missouri and IIT alumnus, Upen holds Master’s and Bachelor’s…
FUTURISTIC SUPERMARKET
Amazon focusses on stationary retail using sensors instead of cash registers BY DR CLAUIA PELZER A supermarket with no queues at the checkout – but with lots of high-tech and sensors in the shelves. The amount due is simply debited online upon leaving the store. No more annoying queuing at the checkout. The online retail…
CREATING THE NEW
Is adidas’ new business model leaving competitors far behind? BY SANDY STRASSER Whether a product fulfils its purpose, whether it’s trendy and stylish, and above all whether it has its finger on the pulse of time — these factors are increasingly being decided by the customer in the digital age. It is he who not…
BALANCED
The importance of personnel development BY TEMEL KAHYAOGLU How can companies win the most talented employees while skilled workers are scarce today? How does good and honest loyalty work in detail? Dirk Jurkowksi, Managing Director of Xtentio GmbH, and graduate psychologist Silke M. Jürgensen reveal the positive effects a consistent strategy for personnel development can…
START ON PAPER
Continue everywhere BY SANDY STRASSER To let one’s thoughts run free in a surrounding that is both beautiful and exclusive: the feeling to write on paper by Montblanc with the respective pen or fountain pen remains unparalleled for many. For more than a hundred years, the label is synonymous with writing culture and master craftsmanship….
GENERATION HUMAN
Why companies have to rethink in view of the ‘War for Talents’ BY THOMAS LUCAS-NÜLLE The emerging generation of working people has changed just as strongly as the working environment itself. The classical office or industrial workplace has in many cases disappeared and been replaced with flexible structures and tasks. At the same time, the…
TRAFFIC GUIDE
What traffic information will do in future BY THOMAS LUCAS-NÜLLE TomTom is a market leader in providing traffic services and products around the globe. With a market reach of 47 countries, its services aim to make the journey of the driver both safer and faster. However, the customer portfolio of the company, although indeed placing…
DATA SYNERGIES
Interview with Ingrid-Helen Arnold, President SAP Business Data Network By Temel Kahyaoglu In view of the digital economy and the Cloud, CIOs are today taking on important strategic leadership roles. Forward-looking CIOs have recognised that the Cloud is here to stay. For this reason, they are preparing their companies for a digital future that will…
A PANORAMIC VIEW
How to keep full control during digital transformation BY CHRISTIAN COLMER “Speaking to the pilot is strictly forbidden!” It was with these words that Picasso once curtly interrupted someone who was admiring his work. Successful CMOs do just the opposite. They are pilots who seek dialogue and keep an ear to the ground for customer…
Temel Kahyaoglu in conversation with Tom Ebling
Tom Ebling CEO of Demandware on the Future of the Retail Business Tom Ebling has been President and General Director at Demandware since December 2009. Among other things, his previous career positions included being General Director of Torrent Systems, Inc. Furthermore, he held various management positions at Marcam Solutions, Inc. Currently, Ebling is General Director…
RAINBOW GIRL
Designer Hella Jongerius in an interview BY SANDY STRASSER Colours and fabrics affect our well-being. In many cases they influence whether we like a particular product or not. For this reason, industry acknowledges its power in the manufacturing process. Dutch designer Hella Jongerius has made her mark internationally for her typical style, craftsmanship and industrial…
I, ROBOT
Machines with finesse BY SANDY STRASSER Robots are on the rise all over the world. Experts in the field speak of it as Industry 4.0. Google and Facebook have become fierce competitors in the development of artificial intelligence whereas Kuka Roboter is a leading pioneer in the field of robotics and systems engineering. All innovations…
HIGH-FLYERS
Airbus and Siemens shaping the way into a new aviation future BY SANDY STRASSER One of the greatest industrial challenges in our days is flying without kerosene. Hybrid-electric propulsion systems can significantly reduce fuel consumption of aircraft and minimise noise load. To push this technology, Airbus and Siemens have signed a collaboration agreement. In doing…
UTOPIA
About transformations that could change our lives forever BY SANDY STRASSER Michael Najjar is one of the most renowned German photographers. With his art, he makes things visible that frequently remain hidden to human eye. In terms of contents, his focus here lies on the primary components of a society controlled by computer and information…
COGNITIVE GENIUS
IBM and the milestones in artificial intelligence BY CLAUDIA PELZER Cognitive systems can change the way companies will be thinking, acting and working in the future. With Watson, IBM is developing a semantic search engine that can collate and answer questions asked in natural language. In the future, this kind of software could support us…
AS IF BY MAGIC …
About the future and fascination of driverless driving BY NORA MANTHEY The automobile industry’s latest hot topic are autonomous vehicles. Will machines soon take over control entirely, reducing drivers to mere passengers, or will the new technology open up space in terms of time and freedom? As one of the world’s largest automotive, ZF Fried-richshafen…
FUTURUM
Meeting creative masterminds and technology enthusiasts BY NICOLE KIDD Last April, the first Singularity University Germany Summit brought together more than 650 representatives from all industries and German medium-sized businesses in Berlin with the aim of discussing the opportunities and challenges of technological singularity for industry and the environment. The focus was above all on…
EVOLUTIONARY INTERACTION
Towards production methods of the future BY SANDY STRASSER The real and virtual worlds are becoming ever more entwined, modern information and communication technologies are merging with industrial processes and are consequently changing the production landscape to an increasing degree. Festo examines this change holistically and from various perspectives. As a global player, the company…
GALACTIC
Yohji Yamamoto designs for space travel BY ANJA FAHS The dream of spaceflight for all should not remain a dream for much longer, at least not according to Sir Richard Branson and his private spaceflight company, Virgin Galactic, which has been working on a space transporter for commercial space flights for many years. Due to…
SLIDE
The future has arrived BY NORA MANTHEY When Lexus presented the Hoverboard in August this year, fans of the ‘Back to the Future’ movies’ dreams came true. The Slide is a levitating skateboard and yes, it literally hovers. One must only think of a flying carpet to catch the essence of the Slide. “Back to…
