With hacker attacks and cybercrime making the news with almost the same monotonous regularity as weather reports, robust IT and data security are essential in all areas of life, whether you’re in government, business or at home. Security is certain to become even more mission-critical in the year to come, and will therefore feature as…
The major trends in digitization are increasingly finding their way into local government. For the first time the new presentation “Digital Administration”at CEBIT 2018 gives businesses a showcase for their solutions that allow local authorities to manage their finances with the aid of artificial intelligence. Hannover, Germany. Nevertheless, the fact remains that many public administrations…
Blockchain has the potential to revolutionize the corporate landscape. The World Economic Forum is predicting that, by the year 2027, worldwide about 10 percent of GDP will be processed using blockchain technology. In its highly noted “Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies”, Gartner Research concurs, pointing to an impending blockchain breakthrough within the next five to…
Calling all next-generation researchers and developers! The deadline for the CEBIT Innovation Award 2018 is fast approaching, on 15 November 2017! The award – a joint initiative by Deutsche Messe and Germany’s Federal Ministry of Education and Research – is given in recognition of innovative IT solutions characterized by highly intuitive ease of use. The…
He’s one of Germany’s best-known hip-hop artists, and his concerts are always prime party time. Jan Delay – chart-topping performer, Reeperbahn festival regular and tie-wearer extraordinaire – will be whipping up a storm on stage at the d!campus and the new CEBIT 2018. “Jan Delay will be our main act for the Wednesday of the…
“I remember it like it was yesterday.” Well, maybe not, for as memory hacker Dr. Julia Shaw knows from her own research, human memory can be manipulated. In June 2018, the London-based memory researcher and criminal psychologist will be showing CEBIT attendees how this works and what it means. Shaw will be speaking on the…
Malware, ransomware, viruses and phishing e-mails – the list of cyber security threats faced by businesses, institutions and individuals is long and growing all the time. F-Secure IT security expert Mikko Hypponen will be explaining the latest threats on the Net and how to safeguard against them when he takes the stage at CEBIT 2018…
Artificial intelligence (AI) is going to be in the spotlight at CEBIT in June of 2018. “AI is certainly one of the most exciting developments of our times, and one that is on the verge of revolutionizing our personal and professional lives. In fact, AI literally has the potential to change the world – reason…
The eSports sector is booming and becoming increasingly professionalized. According to German ITC association Bitkom, over one in five, or some 23 percent, of Germans consider eSports to be a legitimate form of sports, just like soccer, basketball or swimming. Within the gaming community, the figure is even higher, with one third of gamers holding…
Sporting his trademark dreadlocks and beard, Jaron Lanier is the barefoot philosopher of the digital world, known both as a pioneer of virtual reality and one of the fiercest critics of the Internet. Lanier is an American computer scientist, entrepreneur, composer and author. Currently a scientist at Microsoft Research, his fundamental criticism of the business…