ServiceNow invests in Plat4mation to help German SMBs digitalize
ServiceNow has made a strategic investment in Plat4mation. With the investment in the IT consultant, ServiceNow aims to create customer value faster and stimulate partner growth.
ServiceNow Ecosystem Ventures has chosen to invest in Dutch company Plat4mation for its first investment. ServiceNow... Read more
German railway firm offers admin job for 30-year-old Windows software
A German railway firm posted an eye-catching job opening online. The job description sought an administrator with knowledge of MS-DOS and Windows 3.11. MS-DOS is one of the first consumer device operating systems and was released in 1975.
In general, not much seems to have changed about the dig... Read more
NorthC expands in Germany: green light for datacenter in Frankfurt
The German branch of NorthC has started building a new datacenter in Frankfurt. NorthC Deutschland now meets all requirements and is set to construct a 5 MW datacenter.
The datacenter will be the third in Germany of NorthC Deutschland GmbH, part of the Dutch NorthC Group. The company already has... Read more
Eviden builds modular data center for first European exascale supercomputer
Eviden will build the modular data center for the Jupiter supercomputer. This will be the first exascale supercomputer to be located in Europe.
To build the modular data center, Eviden, part of Atos, contracted with Jülich Supercomputing Centre. This is a German research institute, as the firs... Read more
Emergency systems offline after ransomware attack
Three German hospitals are victims of a ransomware attack. For security reasons, all systems have been shut down. Emergency rooms have been disrupted as a result.
The hospital network Katholische Hospitalvereinigung Ostwestfalen confirmed that sites in Bielefeld, Rheda-Wiedenbrück and Herford ... Read more
Three EU economic powers do not want strict AI legislation
The three largest economic powers within the European Union have agreed on how AI should be regulated. The vision is less strict than the initial versions of the upcoming EU AI Act, which is a clear signal from the three countries to the EU.
France, Germany and Italy have aligned visions for up... Read more
ASML wants to expand significantly in Berlin: invests 100 million euros annually
ASML's German factory will receive much financial support in the coming years. The Dutch chip machine manufacturer is investing 100 million euros in the plant this year and wants to invest the same amount in several following years.
The financial investments should significantly expand ASML's pr... Read more
Cybercrime costs Germany 206B, Russia and China are often culprits
Bitkom researchers have discovered that cybercrime costs the German economy 206 billion euros this year. Russia and China are often behind attacks targeting organizations in Germany. The damage comes from data theft, espionage and sabotage.
With the 206 billion reported by Bitkom this year, the ... Read more
German telco networks forced to rid themselves of Huawei, despite high costs
German telecom operators must quickly remove potentially dangerous Huawei and ZTE systems from their telecom networks by the German government. There are potentially extremely high costs involved in doing so, but telecom operators have used that excuse for too long, Germany's interior minister says... Read more
TSMC, Bosch, Infineon and NXP open European chip factory
The Board of Directors at TSMC has made its choice: there's going to be a new chip factory in Dresden, Germany. It should be operational by 2027. This would give the European chip industry a push in the right direction.
Previously, Intel decided to establish itself in Germany by having a factory... Read more