Framsteg Think Tank

31/05/2018

Read more on the latest thinking about how we can enable companies to design their core process for analytics instead of just scraping data.

A renewed approach to embed analytics into complex business core processes Complex core business processes (like order to cash or purchase to pay) in...

31/07/2017

Read our latest article on the Data Analytics meets UX: How hierarchical, verbalized data descriptions can help (new) users analyzing data.

Helping users in data analysis through a hierarchical verbalised data description. Data analysis is a task both time-consuming and high in expertise r...

07/08/2016

Everyone is talking about the Internet of Things and the industry 4.0, but how did we end up here? What technological advances enabled us to build smart cities? Read more in our newest article:

Don’t know what to cook today? Ask your Fridge! About the Internet of Things and its drivers. Disclaimer: This article is written for non-IT people wh...

02/06/2016

Numbers would never lie, would they? In fact they do so more frequently than we think. Explore the topic of data quality with themes like the Garbage-In-Garbage-Out-Principle and statistical tripwires in data analysis in our newest article.

Numbers would never lie, would they? Yes, they would! The GIGO principle and statistics. Disclaimer: This article is written for non-IT people who are...

16/04/2016

Let us understand the topics of relational databases and NoSQL in more detail!

Anarchy in the UK – Understanding database technologies and why NoSQL became an alternative to relational databases Disclaimer: This article is writte...

09/04/2016

Framsteg is back with a new series about Big Data and what that buzzword actually means! Have a look and have fun!

Preface Big Data is a Buzzword and everybody got something to say about it. But to gain an understanding of what really lies behind this empty phrase,...

30/12/2014

For the end of the year, we have prepared a special something for you: The first issue of our Innovation Catalogue, which collects all of our work in a handy pdf. We wish a happy new year!

28/11/2014

Everyone got problems. Most people react to their problems on a range from slightly unpleasant to a full blown life crisis. That is mainly due to the fact that we are mostly intimidated and overstrained by them. But with a little help, every problem may be fixed. To help you with this, the terminology and the kinds of problems are examined in this article from our upcoming project "Words".

This article is part of our upcoming project Words. Stay tuned for more content! Co-authored by Max Kinninger -- Everyone got problems. Most people re...

06/08/2014

If we want people to engage in the freedom and complexity of todays world, we must provide a sense of a safe haven. This will enable the current and the following workforces to work more broad-minded and think more in a connected and holistic way about the business problems of tomorrows world.

People today need an increasing amount of perceived security to bring optimal results at work in the freedom of the modern world. Also Millennials are...

30/07/2014

Are you aware with the topic of business process modeling? Many log files may contain improper or corrupt records. Is there a way to handle them? And how do I distinguish process-related information from interference? We pursue this question with an improved approach of the heuristic algorithm.

What is process mining? Process mining is a technique in the field of process management which allows user to analyse business processes based on beha...

19/07/2014

Never heard about conceptual security vulnerabilities in business value chains? We looked into the subject of dealing with security breaches in the field of business process technologies.

During the Chaos Communication Congress 2013 (30C3) we were confronted with the subject of electronic robberies. The first attacks on ATM have already...

01/04/2014

Lately we have repeatedly reported on safety aspects of IT since the topic of data retention has come to public awareness internationally. We consider the currently proposed solution of data retention in Germany as wrong but will provide a better solution.
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Lately we have repeatedly reported on safety aspects of IT since the topic of data retention has come to public awareness internationally. We conside...