Solutions for your digital business models and software in digital ecosystems

Fraunhofer IESE supports CRANIMAX in the migration of an existing desktop application to a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solution.

In the publicly funded research project ProDebt, the focus was on reducing costs in agile software development.

In the research project ABAKUS, Fraunhofer IESE and its project partners jointly developed a software-supported method for costing software projects using comparative estimation methods. 

Together with Lotto Hessen, Fraunhofer IESE developed a future-oriented strategic plan with clear guidelines and measures.

Fraunhofer IESE supported FibuNet GmbH in the migration of its application to the web with a user experience and architecture concept as well as with the assessment and selection of a suitable web technology.

In this project, Fraunhofer IESE evaluated for FibuNet GmbH whether the planned replacement of the central data management system of their financial accounting software can be performed with acceptable risk.

In the research project Q-Rapids, Fraunhofer IESE collaborated with the project partners on developing a methodology for rapid software development and a Big Data platform. 

In the project TrUSD, Fraunhofer IESE is conducting research together with its project partners on concepts and tools for practice-oriented employee data privacy.

In the Fraunhofer Cluster of Excellence “Cognitive Internet Technologies” (CCIT), Fraunhofer IESE is contributing its competence in the area of data usage control.

In the Smart Farming project DEMETER, Fraunhofer IESE is responsible for the automated analysis of data quality in order to support farmers in the long term in gaining new knowledge from their data.

Fraunhofer IESE supported the Debeka Innovation Center in evaluating the user feedback on its performance app with CrowdRE and automated analyses.

Caruso GmbH developed its open and neutral data and service marketplace for the Automotive Aftermarket with the support of Fraunhofer IESE.

As a neutral and strategic technology partner, we helped to structure the ecosystem systematically and to gradually develop the platform as the core of digital ecosystems.

Requirements on the Cloud, such as high levels of availability, resilience, and IT security, are indispensable for the use of Cloud technologies in the area of critical infrastructures, as is the guarantee that these will actually be delivered. However, the guaranteed implementation of these requirements continues to present a challenge.

With DATEV e.G. from Nuremberg, we are currently working on the design and development of software solutions for tax firms, lawyers and auditors based on digital ecosystems.

As an international subsidiary of Fujitsu’s technology organization, Fujitsu EST undertakes core software product management and development activities, forming an important bridge between the company’s technology groups and its international customers and partners.

BASF SE – with revenues of more than 70 billion euros and over 110,000 employees worldwide – is the largest chemical company in the world. Software and IT services are an integral part of the support of internal and external business processes at BASF.

For our customer Cosmos, we analyzed the IT infrastructure and developed a sustainable target IT infrastructure – combining requirements from both business and IT – integrated into one big picture.

For our customer FinanzInformatik, we conducted a series of usability tests, thereby enabling them to make a decision about which screen representation and graphical user interface design is best suited with regard to efficiency, effectiveness, and correctness of information in a bank clerk’s daily work with customers.

Since 2006, Fraunhofer IESE and Fujitsu Labs have been collaborating in joint research and technology transfer projects. This collaboration started in the area of requirements engineering, especially in the areas of requirements specifications, non-functional requirements, requirements reviews, and traceability of requirements. In 2010, the collaboration was extended to include the topics of architecture, usability & user experience, as well as requirements elicitation. Fujitsu Labs recently announced that the tailored Fraunhofer IESE methodologies had been transferred successfully to the Fujitsu business units by Fujitsu Labs.

We supported our customer Lufthansa AG in selecting a new technology for one of their operative systems based on our competence in architecture-centric engineering.