adesso Blog

The Line of Business Utilities at adesso published nearly 40 blog posts in 2023 on an equal number of exciting topics. Despite the war in Ukraine and the associated bottlenecks in the supply of natural gas, one issue remains constantly on our minds in Germany: climate change. In this blog post, I will give you a final review of 2023 in the energy industry.

For some time now, agility has been a guiding principle, a mindset, something akin to a philosophy to succeed in today’s business world. But with so many agile approaches to choose from, it is easy to lose sight of the big picture. We will therefore be taking a look at various agile methods from different angles. The aim is to help you choose the right method for you.

If you want to develop viable, successful solutions over the long term and also be able to evaluate and channel the potential of the Internet of Things, IoT needs to be strategically anchored at your organisation. This is where the IoT factory comes in handy. I will explain what that is in my blog post.

Sustainability has taken on a much larger role in the insurance industry. This is due in no small measure to the EU’s Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) that requires companies that meet certain financial criteria to provide detailed sustainability reports. Active sustainability is a top priority of adesso, particularly when it comes to the insurance sector. We are working on making our services more sustainable and have partnered with the German Sustainability Network (GSN), for example, to provide our customers with even better support in the area of sustainability. I will explore the partnership and what it entails in this blog post.

As an integrated ALM solution, codeBeamer offers a central platform for collaborative development, management and optimisation of complex technologies and products. However, it does not offer all the functions needed to meet the special requirements of some industries right out of the box. This blog post presents two extensions and why they were developed.

There are major changes taking place in the energy sector, marked by technology and the pursuit of sustainability. In this dynamic space, predictive maintenance plays a key role in power generation. But what opportunities does this innovative approach offer in terms of maintenance strategies and planning in energy generation and what risks do you need to consider? I will be answering these two questions in the following blog post.

Digitalisation, mobility, sustainability and decarbonisation are all topics that are really important to both local authorities and municipal utilities. In this blog post, you can find out to how a virtual power plant can be part of the solution and where adesso can support local authorities and municipal utilities in addressing these issues.

In Germany, there are occupational pension funds that are responsible for the provision of retirement, disability and surviving dependants’ benefits for their members. Along with that, there are also voluntary pension funds, which generally offer their members attractive terms that allow them to make provisions for their retirement. These many tasks entail a lot of administrative work, especially if many of the accompanying activities have to be carried out manually. However, these challenges can be effectively overcome using suitable IT solutions. In this blog post, I will explain what pension funds are, what the accompanying challenges are and how they can deploy IT solutions to overcome them.

Occupational pension schemes, mainly provided through insurance companies and pension providers, are growing in importance. Employers are prime customers for these products, which is why effective business experience management is vital to meeting their expectations. In my blog post, I explain what business experience management is and how it affects employer satisfaction.