Enterprise 2000 Symposium, June 23-24, 1994 – IBM International Éducation Centre, La Hulpe, Brussels (Belgium) a page of my Logbook

 

_{Enterprise 2000 Symposium, June 23-24, 1994 – IBM International Éducation Centre, LaHulpe, Brussels (Belgium)}

_{Chancellor Helmut Kohl, was a great promoter of Hi-Tec companies, providing means of financing, education, marketing German products and companies world-wide.} 

 

We did get plenty of support and promotion, and as a top German Startup in IT (Real Time systems) 1991 for military, industrial, aerospace, he sent us to China. Introduced us to Chinese Space, Telecom, and manufacturers, to build strong backed relationships to increase business for both sides during the 3 weeks long Business Exploration. This was in 1991, and this is reported in another page of my Logbook inside this very Blogger. Continuation of Government (both Federal and Bavarian) support was receiving an invitation to attend the Symposium s below:

_{“Strategic Analysis of European and Global Management and Technology for Future Business Leadership” by Helmut Schmidt, Former Chancellor, Federal Republic of Germany}

 _{Symposium consisted of two full days and lectures by th Chancellleur Helmut Schmidt, spaced by question periods and lunches at the IBM HQ. Intensive schedule added to a top content and presentation by Helmut Schmidt and IBM VP Benelux. On the evening of June 23 a gala dinner was called and I was lucky to be invited to the table with Helmut Schmidt. A colegue of mine took a picture with me, my colleague Norber Hauser, the Chancellor and IBM VP Benelux. The picture is signed by H. Schmidt.}

Helmut Schmidt became FRD first Defence Minister at the time of East German uprising in 1953. Later he was a very succesfull Finance minister, during the so called German Economic Miracle years (see Ludwig Erhard).

_{With his great expertise, competence in politics, finances, he created the first InterCouncil with 7 western leaders, which later morphed into a prototype G7 according to him. As an organizer of the Helsinki Accords in 1974 his take on taking in new members from the former Central-Eastern countries while EU placed stringent enrtry cryteria much more rigid and the earlier group 7 years before. When I questioned him "why the entrance hurdles are much higher for ie Hungary that a few years before ie Spain" which was much less industrialized. His response haas us all astonished:"because in 1987 we had our cofferss full of money, and now they are empty, and we could not afford now to pay for upgrade the economy.". Please not that in the bunch accepted was Greece. A wonderfull coutry, but country located 1 hour (GMT minus 2) behind Budapest. Geographically speaking.} 

 

 

Automation as an App?

It is very interesting to hear Volker Bibelhause of Phonix Contact saying that in the near future embedded software vendors will have to learn from iphone apps developers. Their software is simple, doing usually one thing at the time, you can pay for it on-line, support is always on-line.
He says the embedded software is too clumsy, too complex and unreliable. Some embedded vendors already work according to new specs that take them into always on line customers.
I am sure this is a trend that is only going to grow among software vendors and end user are going to love.

Cars use more and more MEMS sensors, good news for industry

Recent indicators given out by several industry monitors, confirm the solid growth in automotive applications, like acceleration, pressure, shock, vibration, and other sensitive applications. iSuppli quotes 18% growth as opposing to the year 2009, and even rose above the record year of 2007. 40% will be delivered in North America, around 1/3 in Europe the rest mostly in Asia.
At the same time bottleneck situation continues in the IC area in general and also in capacitors.
As mentioned in this blog earlier, lead times continue to grow longer.