SME need far-reaching reliefs 16. May 2006 by Thomas Jannot Mario Ohoven, chairman of the Federal association of small and medium-sized companies (BVMW), has expressed himself on a new law designed to relieve small and medium-sized entities (SME) of various burdens which is currently dealt with by the German Parliament: The law was a first important step on the way to a reduction of beaurocratic …
EU wants to improve the possibility of being awarded public contracts 15. May 2006 by Thomas Jannot In a new proposal for a European guideline the EU Commission calls for a strengthening of the rights of companies which had not been taken into consideration during the placing of public contracts. After a contract has been awarded its signing shall only be occur after a ten days waiting period during which the other …
EU forecasts more economic growth 15. May 2006 by Thomas Jannot The spring forecast of the EU Commission has turned out to be promising. Strong economic growth is said to create 3.6 million new jobs in 2006 and 2007 in Europe. According to the Commission, European entrepreneurs would increase investment in production lines thereby receiving lucrative orders from abroad. Even from Germany positive impulses are to …
Big opportunities for graduates in SME 15. May 2006 by Thomas Jannot In an interesting interview given to the UniMagazin, which also has an on-line edition, Mario Ohoven, chairman of the Federal association of small and medium-sized companies (BVMW) estimates how many graduates may in future decide to work with small and medium-sized entities (SME).
Products from companies in the South benefit from better federal state rating 11. May 2006 by Thomas Jannot According to the press agency pressetext the benchmark study for the determination of the efficiency of the German economy is now available. This study is carried out each year by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Qualität (DGQ), in Frankfurt in co-operation with the Mainzer Forum Marktforschung.
Special centre provides transfer of knowledge to SME 11. May 2006 by Thomas Jannot The Zentrum für Softwarekonzepte (ZfS) offers support in the creation and development of software to small and medium-sized entities (SME). The work of the several centres is focussed on the transfer of conceptional knowledge concerning development, implementation and operation of flexible software systems. This also applies to minor research projects. The ZfS was founded in …
For outsourcing SME confidence is more important than dumping prices 11. May 2006 by Thomas Jannot Already 72 percent of all small and medium-sized entities (SME) have outsourced part of their business units to external service providers. Another 33 percent are planning to engange in outsourcing with 57 percent of them considering cost cuts as the biggest advantage, 52 percent the focussing on the core business and 45 percent see the …
One third of German companies use Linux 11. May 2006 by Thomas Jannot Two reports show that Linux is becoming increasingly important to small and medium-sized entities (SME). As was revealed by ZDNet.de, the operating system Linux has been growing for three consecutive years at a two-digit rate. According to a survey by the IDC carried out in February 2006, Linux with a global turnover of 5.7 billion …
Windows 98 and ME reduce creditworthiness 11. May 2006 by Thomas Jannot According to Jupiter Research the outdated Windows versions 98 and ME are still used to a considerable extent on second and third computers, in particular by small and medium-sized companies. Microsoft, however, announced that for these versions security updates will only be available until July 2006. Thus, any use beyond that date will result in …
CiM cautions against excessive licensing of software 11. May 2006 by Thomas Jannot Franz Neumeier, editor-in-chief of the magazine Computer im Mittelstand (CiM) in the editorial of the most recent issue asks a delicate question: “Do you have a complete overview of the software effectively installed on the computers in your company?” People who can answer this question in the affirmative are the exception.