Market & Trends

IoT is good, IoT with AI is better by miles. Only by using artificial intelligence can the tsunami of data result in a basis for informed decision-making.

The digital healthcare market is continuing to pick up speed, with technology giants scoring points with their huge volumes of data, and companies and platform providers with their combination of virtual and real services.

The coronavirus pandemic has given a huge boost to telemedicine in Germany. In other countries, however, video appointments and other telemedical services have long since been part of regular healthcare.

IIoT (Industrial Internet of Things) is establishing itself as a central element of the digital transformation. It promises more revenue, higher productivity, fewer costs and the prospect of new business models.

The coronavirus pandemic could end up accelerating startups in several sectors. At least where speed is concerned, Germany is one step ahead in several industries.

Electric drives, digitalization, networking and autonomous driving are making up more and more of the electronics in cars.

Boost and challenge: the corona pandemic shows how critically important the medtech industry is around the world.

With the help of “intelligent” embedded technologies, devices and machines will increasingly make their own decisions in the future.

Overall, the market for microelectronics is stable. To ensure that this remains so in Europe and Germany, the promotion of R&D and production will continue to be necessary in the future.

The energy world is in upheaval - digitalization and decentralization are creating new business models

The topic of digitalization is “rampant” throughout companies. This trend is linked to a wide range of uncertainties, thus demanding a not entirely new character trait particularly from managers.

Driving without a human driver will be possible in the not too distant future. But many of the intended users are still clinging to their steering wheel. According to a recent study, however, certain autonomous mobility concepts could be popular with many of those surveyed.