SaaS service to minimize risks of portable devices 2. July 2009 by Thomas Jannot CoSoSys announces the availability of My Endpoint Protector (MyEPP), the first SaaS application (Software-as-a-Service) to deliver Data Loss Prevention and device control. This cloud computing service is designed to help companies manage the security threats created by portable data storage devices without overtaxing stretched IT resources.
We’re switched on to security 1. July 2009 by Thomas Jannot At just4business.eu, we’ve spent the past three years researching the daily economic news on behalf of foreign companies looking to invest in Germany. In doing so, we’ve learned that alongside the commercial and policy-related facts, there is one much more important subject that is now preoccupying us far more: secure conduct of business.
Real wages down in the first quarter 2009 23. June 2009 by Thomas Jannot For the first time the Federal Statistical Office calculated a so-called real wage index for the first quarter 2009 which compares the development of wages and prices. Thus, the index reflects the development of purchasing power bound to wages and salaries. This index fell by 0.4 % in the first quarter as compared to the …
Research budgets need to be increased in Germany 23. June 2009 by Thomas Jannot There are two major issues which absorb the attention of participants of the “Intelligenter Produzieren – Renaissance der industriellen Produktion” congress organized by the German Association for Mechanical and Plant Engineering (VDMA) which comes to an end today. These two major topics in question are research budgets and the recession. In the opinion of the …
Germans lacking courage for setting up new businesses 22. June 2009 by Thomas Jannot In a list of 18 industrialized countries Germany comes just in 17th position with regard to the number of business founders in proportion to the overall population. Only 1.4 % of people aged between 18 and 64 are currently setting up a new business in Germany. Another 2.4 % set up their own business in …
Still lack of 36,000 engineers in Germany 18. June 2009 by Thomas Jannot According to the “VDI/IW-Ingenieurmonitor” report compiled jointly by the Association of German Engineers (VDI) and the Institute for the German Economy in Cologne (IW), there were 60.000 vacancies for engineers in May this year. At the same time the number of unemployed engineers increased slightly to more than 25,000. This means that there is currently …
German hotel and restaurant industry lost 7.0% in turnover in April 18. June 2009 by Thomas Jannot In April this year turnover generated in the German hotel and restaurant industry was down by 4.7% (nominally) and 7.0% in real figures as compared to April last year. On March this year turnover fell by 1.2% and 1.3% respectively (after adjustments for calendar and season). In the period from January to April this year …
One third of Germans believe in economic recovery in 2010 17. June 2009 by Thomas Jannot In contrast to what is often believed Germans are quite optimistic, in particular the younger generation. According to the association for research on consumption (GfK), one in three Germans believe that the economy will gain momentum again in the middle of the year 2010. About 10% are even more optimistic and think that recovery might …
Number of gainfully employed people down by 0.8 percent in EU 17. June 2009 by Thomas Jannot In the first quarter of 2009 employment was down by 0.8% in both the Eurozone (EZ16) and the EU27 as compared to the fourth quarter in 2008. In absolute figures this decline corresponded to 1.22 million people in the Eurozone and to 1.92 million in the EU27. In the fourth quarter of 2008 the respective …
Further job cuts in German processing industry 17. June 2009 by Thomas Jannot In businesses of the German processing industry which employ at least 50 people job cutting continues. At the end of April these businesses employed 5.1 million people which is 86,000 or 1.7% less than in April last year. Most affected were manufacturers of rubber and synthetic materials. In mechanical engineering, on the other hand, the …