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App downloads soared in Germany last year as consumers bought more smartphones and tablets. Bitkom, the country’s high-tech industry association, said app downloads jumped 80 pc to more than 1.7 billion in 2012. “The megatrend toward mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets is unbroken,” said Tobias Arns, a mobile expert at Bitkom. “Smartphone programs [...]
Three-quarter of Germany’s IT and telecommunications companies expect higher sales in the first half of 2013, while 14 pc expect stable revenues, according to a survey by Germany’s high-tech association, Bitkom. About 11 pc see business declining in the first half. “The Bitkom sector was and is an engine of growth for Germany,” said Bitkom [...]
Bitkom, Germany’s high-tech industry association, has drawn up a checklist for social media implementation in small and mid-sized companies. The list aims to help companies, which increasingly use social-media tools, get more value out of them. ”Many companies aren’t yet getting full value out of social media,” said Bitkom President Dieter Kempf. He added that, rather [...]
Many employers don’t properly guard against computer crime and leave their workers to deal with IT security, according to a German survey. The country’s high-tech association, BITKOM, polled workers on these issues and found that 21 pc claim their employers don’t provide any guidelines on how to guard against computer crime. Such guidelines would include [...]
Germany’s IT lobby warns that plans for a Europe-wide tightening of credit regulation under the so-called “Basel III” rules will negatively affect many small and medium-sized IT companies. The European Union is currently discussing new rules that would force banks to increase reserves held against the loans they offer. That would lead to more restrictive [...]
The global IT market is set to top 1 trillion euros in 2012, according to the European Information Technology Observatory (EITO). The IT researchers expect the market to grow 4.3 pc to 963.4 billion euros this year, despite negative factors that could have dampened growth. “Neither the earthquake in Japan nor the fiscal policy uncertainties [...]
The traditional responsibilities of the CIO would be better handled by two separate top executives, according to a survey of 1,000 managers in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. According to the study, carried out by consultants Detecon with the help of Germany’s hi-tech association Bitkom, companies need a stronger separation between IT demand, which identifies which [...]
According to BITKOM, the country’s high-tech association, exports jumped 16 pc in 2010 to 12.1 billion euros, more than double what they were in 2003. “Software made in Germany is turning into a major export success,” said August-Wilhelm Scheer, BITKOM president. Half of all exports – 6.1 billion euros – goes to other member countries [...]
The German IT and telecommunications market is set to grow 1.4 percent to 141.6 billion euros this year, according to the industry association, BITKOM. The projection marks a change from just six months ago, when the association expected sales for the year to remain flat. “The high-tech market is picking up strongly,” said BITKOM President [...]
