Since April 2021 we are represented with a new branch in Leipzig - right in the heart of the old town. You can find us at Ritterstr. 30-36, 04109 Leipzig on the 3rd floor - only a 4-minute walk from the main train station.

There are well-known sights near our new office - such as the Leipzig Opera and the Gewandhaus near the Augustusplatz. We have a view with two famous sights of Leipzig: the so-called “Uniriese” - seat of the University of Leipzig, the mdr broadcast and the EEX (European Energy Exchange) - and the Nikolaikirche, the symbolic meeting place and starting point for the monday demonstrations and the peaceful revolution in 1989.

As a business location, Leipzig has a lot to offer: Excellent connections through the airport of Leipzig/Halle as a European aviation hub, Europe's largest terminus station and the busy highways A4, A9 and A14.

Many well-known companies have large locations here, 46.000 students at 11 universities offer great potential for attracting skilled employees. For these reasons, Leipzig is nowadays also known as “Hypezig”.

On the official opening day, April 1st 2021, we tackled the move together: our colleagues from Hamburg prepared the move including furniture, it then went smoothly at the location in Leipzig thanks to energetic on-site support on site, while all technical aspects were accompanied by our internal IT. Obviously, teamwork is very important to us.

The following departments are currently represented in Leipzig:
• avodaq Service Center
• Advanced Solutions
• Project Management Office
• Collaboration Services

We want to grow as a branch and are currently looking for more IT specialists. Therefore, we are consciously positioning ourselves in this university city to address young talents. We have advertised this in public places as well as on buses and trains in the form of posters.

Our current vacancies for Leipzig, but also for our other locations, can be found here.

We are looking forward to our time in Leipzig and are excited to see what the future will bring here!

In the last weeks, an Urban Garden was created on our previously unused roof terrace in Hamburg. The small garden is primarily intended to provide food for our industrious neighbors, the bees of Union Investment. But it will also be a small place of rest for our colleagues.

The six raised beds (expansion is possible), potting soil, equipment and water tank were provided. An internal gardener team is responsible for the planting and care of our new garden.

In addition to pre-cultivated pumpkin plants, various herbs and bee-friendly plants, such as mustard and phacelia, were sown. The first bees and butterflies already stopped by and seem to like it. We are excited to see what will grow and thrive here in the coming weeks.

The average age of our employees is only 36 years, young talents are continuously encouraged in our company. That is why we want to introduce our new young network: the avodaq Next Generation.

What is avodaq Next Generation?

The Next Generation has two main goals. First, the focus is on further education and professional growth which will be accomplished through exciting speakers, trainings and internal transfer of know-how. Second, networking is a key element for this group. There will be collective events, so that our young talents are able to get to know each other better and discuss current and relevant topics together.

Our first event

Our first Next Generation event took place on the 2nd of July. We were able to win our CEO Andreas Kusch as our first speaker. He described his own career development over the years until reaching his current position and furthermore presented the history and development of avodaq as a company. The head of our HR department Jens Simmeth was connected via video from Cologne during the event. He emphasized how important this new network is for our young colleagues as a platform to reach out to each other. Then, teamwork was requested for the participants: they had to complete virtual team games in breakout sessions. In their teams they worked together to find themselves on the podium and on top win a meal voucher as a prize.

We got consistently positive feedback from the more than 30 participants of the event. They especially liked to learn more about the history of avodaq and the team games.

Besides that, we are always looking for young talents to support, for example with dual degree programs or trainee programs. You can find all our job postings here.

Together we mastered the Cisco bewegt Challenge and covered 384.400 km to the moon already two weeks before the regular end of challenge. The next goal was the same distance back to earth, which we covered by 95% - this means we almost doubled the initial target!

During this time, we reached the following milestones with our eleven avodaq teams:

- More than 730.000 km to the moon and (almost) back
- This distance corresponds to 1.073.177.674 steps – in only eight weeks
- Altogether 475 teams with 2.124 participants were part of this challenge
- Our most active avodaq team is ranked 177 with a covered distance of 1.734 km
- All eleven avodaq teams covered an overall distance of 14.208,5 km

Through this challenge, donations of 50.000 € were contributed for a good cause. This money will be used to support projects of the three charities Bundesvereinigung Lebenshilfe e.V., ReDI School of Digital Integration und KINDERGLÜCK Dortmund E.V.

We want to thank everyone who participated and sprung into action for this great challenge!

You can find an impression of our activities here:

June 10th marked avodaq's biggest customer event - six hours of combined expertise and knowledge exchange revolving around "Connecting People" which was the topic of this year's Customer Experience Day between speakers, avodaq employees and customers.

What was it about?

During the breakout sessions, participants discussed experiences, implementation options and problems across twelve different topics such as security, networking and APM.

One of the main topics of the day was collaboration. After more than a year of home office, there was a great deal of rethinking and reorganization to be done - but how does that work? In the Collaboration Special together with avodaq, Cisco and STIHL, this topic was discussed in depth and possible solutions were presented. Snorre Kjesbu (Vice President & General Manager, Cisco) and Andreas Kusch (CEO, avodaq) went into more detail on the various IT solutions by Cisco and gave a further outlook on the future of possibilities in this area.

The fact that digitalization is not the only factor that needs rethinking in the office today was made clear by Michael Trautmann (Founder thjnk & New Work Masterskills) together with Robert Mallinson (Sales Director, avodaq). The approaches to the concept of New Work will probably revolutionize the world of work significantly in the next few years. Nevertheless, even though the number of employees working from home has increased dramatically, the office will continue to play an important role as a meeting place and a space for knowledge exchange in the future.

Was there anything else?

Apart from New Work, environmental protection and sustainability is a topic that should not be forgotten. Tobias Fausch (CIO, BayWay) listed BayWa's innovative approaches to modern agriculture. How can the area of agriculture be shaped in such a way that the generations to come will continue to be supplied with food, while ensuring environmental protection? One of the fascinating research projects in this area involves the use of solar panels, which can be installed over crops. They transmit the exact amount of UV radiation the plant needs to grow and convert the excess into energy. The solar panels thereby also serve as a protective shield against extreme weather conditions, which are expected to occur more frequently in the future.

We would like to once again thank all participants and look forward to welcoming you to our next Customer Experience Day.

We reached our goal about two weeks before the intial end of the Cisco bewegt challenge! To reach the moon, 384.400 km had to be conquered. More than 3.000 participants took 580.632.062 steps together in only 32 days! That’s what we call a great team performance.   

Through the Cisco bewegt initiative, many people showed support for a more inclusive lifestyle in the form of donations. All donations received will be given to three organizations: the  Bundesvereinigung Lebenshilfe, ReDI School of Digital Integration and KINDERGLÜCK Dortmund.   

The new goal after this success: going back to earth until the 25th of June! Who will support us along this way?   

Come with us on this journes – you can register here.    

For everyone who is interested in donating – find more infomation here. 

Girls and IT don’t fit together? Far from it! Every girl is highly qualified to learn a technical profession. At this year’s Girls’ Day, we demand clenched girl power! We take part and want to show girls from all over Germany, how exciting and diverse IT can be.

The Girls’ Day takes place annually since 2001 to present professions, training opportunities and degree courses in technical fields, like IT, sciences and handcraft, that are mostly dominated by men. We participate again this year and open our doors at the 22^nd of April for interested students!

Following the slogan “A project in IT – Let’s see!”, we will accompany a project step by step and consequently have a look on the different professional fields at avodaq.

This year’s Girls’ Day will be completely virtual. There are still vacancies and we are glad about every new participant!

Share this information with your family and friends if you like. Because: The more the merrier!

You can enter your registration in the Girls’ Day Radar.

Action in our office in Hamburg! We used our new Green Room for the first time during our virtual Networkers event.  Networkers is all about the internal exchange of experience and knowledge between different fields of technology, which is a fixed component of our avodaq philosophy. An ideal event to put the new technology to the acid test. With a successful outcome. But see yourself! 

On March 16, 2021, the upcoming technology event of the year awaits with the Cisco Connect Germany! As a key player in shaping the digital future, you will not want to miss this event highlight! Expect top-class speakers from business, IT and society, interesting keynotes, inspiration and exciting insights.

Our CEO Andreas Kusch and Marco Siebener, Head of IT at the University Medical Center Eppendorf (UKE), will talk about the path to dynamic IT infrastructure in their joint presentation. The two experts will discuss new demands facing modern infrastructure and their importance for successful digital business models. Stay tuned!

Click here to register for free!

Daniel Casado, our Manager Digital Business, created our video call system CARY together with his team and the support of Cisco during the first Lockdown in 2020. CARY is a product that connects nursing home residents to their families virtually.

The development of CARY

The project at a glance: the initial idea was grounded on personal experiences of Daniel Casado himself. Shortly after, this idea was turned into a serious project. During a short period of time, the team developed a first demo version of CARY. Together with Cisco, 6 care facilities in Hamburg, Berlin and Gießen were provided with video call devices like the Cisco DX80 or the Cisco Webex Desk Pro, which thereby were carefully tested.

Source: Katharinenhof am Hirschpark

One common goal

What made this project so special is the teamwork of many people with different levels of technical knowledge. Together they had one aim: to create a concept that makes communication between two parties as simple as possible.
The following user feedback was consistently positive. As Daniel Casado stated: “The best feedback we got was from a nursing facility in Berlin, where they just wrote two lines in an email: “The device worked great. Everyone cried.””

Cisco Case Study

Cisco dedicated an own case study to our CARY project. Subject of this case study is an interview with Daniel Casado, in which he illustrates the development of CARY. Thereby he refers to the needed technical activities as well as the interaction and cooperation between all the persons involved.

More about CARY

You can find more information about our CARY project here.

avodaq wishes all employees, friends, customers and their families a Merry Christmas and relaxed holidays.

Another step towards increased sustainability: As from the 1st of December, our employees have the opportunity to fulfill their dream of having a bicycle of their choice by leasing a companybike at a reasonable price.

The climate-friendly mobilitysolution not only protects the environment, but also helps to keep fit. There is therefore nothing standing in the way of getting the new dream bike. 

Cisco awarded avodaq AG as

• Enterprise Networks Partner of the Year
• Cisco Capital Partner of the Year

In addition to those we have been nominated in the categories: Enterprise 2 (large Enterprise Germany), Social Impact, Software and CX Customer Success.

We are very proud of this achievements! Many thanks to the whole Cisco team!

With everything being different this year, it is indeed a pleasure for us to welcome our new trainees to the Hamburg office today! To ensure a good onboarding process, the mentors will be providing personal support even in these times of home office.

Our six trainees will start their three-month theoretical phase together in Hamburg and then continue with intensive practical training at our other locations.

Great to have you here! We wish you lots of success and a great start!

Are you also interested in joining us as a young talent? Visit our career page: https://www.avodaq.com/de/#jobs to find out more. We will soon be looking for apprentices and dual students for 2021!

This is our contribution to the first Cisco Partner University Hackathon. It was meant to be a huge event lasting for several days, which has become a remote hackathon nowadays. Still our software developers were highly motivated. Their idea: The centralization of all Cisco APIs.

Today our five colleagues had the chance to convince the expert jury of their project within 10 minutes. The winning team, which will be chosen on June 16, will receive a slot at the Partner University and have the chance to participate in the international Innovation Challenge. We keep our fingers crossed!

Anyone can help, that’s what we thought. And that’s how a company donation to the Arche e.V. has become a company-wide donation project within a very short time.

The idea: The money donated privately by colleagues for a Corona charity project of their choice would be doubled by avodaq. The concept not only led to great motivation internally, but was also very well received in the business environment. So well, in fact, that the donations were once again increased. As a result, a considerable amount of money has been raised, which will benefit a large number of really great charity projects. THANK YOU all for the commitment!

If you would like to become active yourself and are looking for a suitable charity project, you can get an overview for example at Betterplace.

The challenges faced by entrepreneurs and employees are still varied.
Our CHANGE department supports entrepreneurs, employees and training companies with free information material and provides answers to the pressing questions about home office and e-learning. Together we will find the best and safest solution in this difficult situation based on prudence and our many years of experience.

Click here to request information material or to contact our CHANGE experts.

As a comprehensive provider of a cloud managed infrastructure, how can Cisco Meraki support  in your network management and add value through APIs?

Register now for our free webinar on 21.04.!

avodaq has its birthday and turns 23 today! We do wish that the avodaq team stays united and that we emerge strengthened together through these extraordinary times.

But more importantly: we have thought about what we would wish for YOU, in order to make the best out of the current situation. Take a look!

We are in a collective state of emergency. It is now up to all companies to safeguard the health of their employees and to get through the crisis quickly. Home-based workplaces must be created to reduce the risk of infection to a minimum. At the same time, it must be ensured that working together continues to function and that all measures taken do not unintentionally open the floodgates to attackers.

avodaq's services in times of crisis are wide-ranging and varied. On our landing page you will find information about working in your home office and what avodaq offers.

How does the "move" to the home office work? Our Quick Start Guide (request here) ensures that your personal home office becomes a productive place to work. Our Change Consultants advise on the needs of employees when dealing with (new) IT solutions.

What makes avodaq Networkers special? The perfect mix between knowledge exchange and quality time with colleagues! The Cisco Live trends were again the main focus of the presentations this year. avodaq news and the opportunity for individual interactions did not miss out either. We took a lot of new ideas and food for thought with us and are looking forward to the continuation next year!

What an event! Many thanks to the numerous visitors who stopped by our booth at the Digital FUTUREcongress in Frankfurt. The motto "Medium-sized businesses meet digitization" offered a lot of potential for exciting discussions and our lecture "Security - Gigantic topic, but how do we tackle it?!" met with great interest. We took home great impressions and ideas and are looking forward to the next congress!

Another successful avodaq year is about to end. We are still on a growth course and were therefore able to again welcome many new colleagues in 2019. Furthermore, we are looking back to exciting projects and events, the recertification of the Cisco Gold Partner as well as the Cisco Master "Data Center & Hybrid Cloud" and "Collaboration" and various prizes and awards that we received. Without the support of our customers and partners, we would not be where we are today, many thanks for that. But above all we would like to thank our employees, everyone in the team makes his/her contribution to our success.

avodaq wishes all employees, friends, customers and their families a Merry Christmas and relaxed holidays.

Flexible and efficient use of resources within the data center accompanied by permanent monitoring with complete cost control - sounds good? We think so too. Which is why we always pursue this goal while advising our customers. Our qualification in this complex area has now again been proven through our recertification as Master Data Center & Hybrid Cloud. Many thanks to everyone involved for an outstanding job and to Cisco for their continued trust!

Over the weekend it was quite Christmassy here. In Hamburg, Frankfurt and Cologne the traditional avodaq Christmas tree trimming took place with customers, partners, friends and their families. While enjoying mulled wine & punch at the campfire, there was time for relaxed conversations and even Santa was briefly spotted.

Instagram or LinkedIn, which is the right channel for my target audience? Which is the best way to reach them via social media and what is Tik Tok? The last two days at the Quadriga Social Media Management Conference in Berlin gave us a comprehensive overview of current developments. An inspiring keynote by superhero Alexander Grabner-Jarlung, exciting superhero sessions, informative workshops and a heroic event!

How can we make mobility even more intelligent? The German Mobility Award honors ideas and projects that provide innovative answers to this question.
The DB Medibus strengthens medical care in rural areas and, with its sustainable concept, was one of yesterday evening's winners. Congratulations!

Take a look into the future - that's what planners and avodaq employees were able to do at this year's Consultant Day. What possibilities do new communication channels offer, how can automation and DevOps make work easier and how can companies protect themselves against threats from the network? After the theory was intensively discussed, there was an insight into the technology of tomorrow: Current Tech Gadgets from Augmented Reality, Robotics and 3D Printing were put to the test by the participants.

Which design considerations around the current and future technologies must avodaq take into account today, in order to offer a flexible and secure networking of locations and employees from a single source and without much management overhead? This question was asked by more than 15 colleagues in the Infrastructure Workshop last week. Under the topic "Borderless, Security & Mobility and Data Center" the workshop offered a lot of space for critical consideration of new technologies such as SD-Access, SD-WAN and ACI. The exchange of experiences between our experts was also not neglected. Our goal – as the participants agreed: We always want to ask the right questions in order to be able to respond individually to customer needs.

With our recertification as a Cisco Gold Partner, we have once again proven our Instinct for Success. Our technical know-how, the work performed by our service desk and the processes within the company - we are up to date. With the highest partner status, Cisco has been continuously confirming avodaq's performance for over 15 years now. Many thanks to all involved for the great job and to Cisco for their trust!

Today the Smart Country Convention starts in Berlin and the tour bus of the “Stadt in Bewegung” initiative is also part of it! City Cube, Hall A/Booth 502

As Europe's largest IT security fair and the meeting point for the relevant contacts, it-sa 2019 was of course also on the agenda for us. Our trade fair team, including our security expert Felix Lange, answered visitors' questions about current security issues, both from a technical perspective and with regard to the human factor. In his presentation, Felix gave an overview of IT security and explained how the area of attack in companies can be reduced. A must-have for everyone who wants to reject Eva Richter.

IT is changing the world and there is hardly any other industry that offers more exciting topics that influence our daily lives. Las week, avodaq gave 18 students from Matthias-Claudius-Gymnasium an insight into this world in order to show them the different perspectives and possibilities. Workshops in the areas of IT solutions, project management and sales/marketing gave the students an insight into our areas of responsibility. We hope everyone was able to take something with them for their professional future and who knows - maybe we will welcome you in future as colleagues at avodaq.

Wow, what an event! The all avodaq day 2019 was again a highlight! Two days packed with information about our strategic developments in a mega location with good weather guarantee. In addition to the content topics, networking and team building were the focus of attention. With currently 180 employees at nine locations, the aad is the best opportunity to network, exchange ideas and celebrate together within the company. The tropical temperatures at the Tropical Islands offered the best conditions for a great summer party. Many thanks to the organizers, it was great!

How can teamwork be made as secure and efficient as possible, how secure is data when it is shared in a team room and how do I ensure that new communication technology is used by employees? These questions were the focus of our workshop yesterday in Munich on the topic of modern cooperation. avodaq experts were supported by Florian Wienchol from Cisco.

Cooperation with the Cisco TAC (Technical Assistant Center) is essential for avodaq. Only if our service staff understand the processes and know the right contacts will we be able to ensure the quality of our own in-house support in the long term. A two-day workshop in Krakow, also known as "TAC headquarters", focused on troubleshooting and best practice in the areas of SD-WAN, SD-Access and DNA Center. The more complex the technology, the more important the support - to always be up to date in this aspect and to act in close partnership with Cisco is part of avodaq's understanding of quality.

No broadband, few services, too much traffic - Germany's cities have some catching up to do in terms of digitization. This is where the  "Stadt in Bewegung" initiative comes in. Six companies are supporting cities in digitizing their infrastructure and developing future-oriented services. With the help of digital technologies, the quality of life is to be improved - for example through better traffic planning, integrated mobility services and advanced lighting. However, individual solutions are only the beginning - avodaq as an IT architect links individual applications and provides the necessary infrastructure. Because: IT silos don't get us anywhere!
In the coming weeks, the initiative will make its offers and services in various cities "experienceable" in the truest sense of the word in the form of a high-tech bus and discuss the potential of the digitized city with leading politicians and experts. The kick-off in Dortmund took place yesterday together with the Lord Mayor Ullrich Sierau.

No company can ignore the topic of New Work anymore. In the third round of the Pop-up Office of the Hamburg Kreativ Gesellschaft, professionals from various companies and sectors as well as creative professionals and self-employed persons worked on concrete questions and the development of potential solutions. Innovation culture, creativity and methods in the context of change and the organization of the working world were central here. During the three days of this week, our CHANGE department took with it both important topic impulses and inspirations for concrete tools and methods - always with the background of further developing avodaq's service portfolio.

Whether rookie or professional, the EuroEyes CYCLASSICS is one of the main sport events with a great atmosphere in Hamburg. With summer temperatures and highly motivated, our racers could achieve best performances and set new avodaq records. Congratulations!

The latest avodaq barbecue event took place yesterday at the Grill-Kontor Hamburg. Not only the professionals came to a successful outcome - with guidance from the grill masters all were able to pull off a summer menu.
Business was also not neglected: In an update, our guests learned how avodaq, as a digital Business partner, advises its customers beyond the typical services of a system integrator and connects IT infrastructure with employees and business processes. The reason for the transformation and our comprehensive approach is the increasing demand for agility from our customers - this is the only way we can be successful together.

Yesterday we welcomed Uwe Peter, Managing Director of Cisco Germany, in our office in Hamburg. A great opportunity to discuss market trends with him and evaluate their potential together. We have been working together successfully for many years and, as one of the fastest growing Cisco partners, we are looking forward to further exciting joint projects that will bring the future.

Through their INSTINCT FOR SUCCESS we were convinced by our new colleagues, whom we were able to welcome all over Germany during the last months. At the current Welcome Day, the 10 will be officially welcomed at their respective locations, receive helpful information about working at avodaq and gain an insight into the areas of responsibility in all departments. We wish everyone a good start and look forward to working together!

Kubernetes, Microservices at AWS, Ansible vs. Terraform, Dynatrace, React, Swagger...the technologies in software development are diverse and complex. The avodaq software development team used the intensive exchange at the annual department workshop in Hamburg to keep an overview. During the last two days, some of the technologies were demonstrated directly in the respective live system and then put to the test. Always with regard to the question: Can they be used reasonably at avodaq and if so - how? At the end of the workshop, the colleagues directly tested the ordering software on the tablet during running sushi.

A total of 15 avodaq & friends runners competed in the B2Run in Munich yesterday - the majority of them women. We continue to grow and are proud that so much female power is represented at avodaq. Our athletic team entered the Olympiastadion in perfect weather with a total of 30,000 participants - as always an unforgettable experience.

Our customers could do that yesterday at the avodaq grill event in Munich. The seminars with professional grill masters already have tradition with us and are hot desired. In advance there was an update for the guests on the current developments at avodaq. As digital Business partner we advise our customers beyond the classical achievements of a system integrator and connect IT-infrastructure with the coworkers and the enterprise processes. The reason for the transformation and our holistic approach is the increasing demand for agility on the customer side - this is the only way we can be successful together.

This year, for the 12th time, the innovation tour "Forschung erforschen" provides companies with an insight into the work of leading research and development institutions. The event at HAW Hamburg yesterday focused on additive manufacturing (3-D printing) - the big future topic of production technology. A good opportunity for avodaq to get an impression of the state of research and to make new contacts. In addition to an exciting presentation, workshops were offered in which the participants could gain practical experience in the field of welding processes. 

Another Cisco Live is over and the five days were again packed with news from the areas of collaboration, data center, server infrastructure, cloud management and information around the focus of software-defined SD-WAN and SDA. CEO Chuck Robbins' keynote speech was, of course, set for us. But the World of Solutions also provided a lot of insights. Another highlight: A look behind the scenes at the NOC of Cisco Live. The date in Las Vegas for 2020 is already on our calendar.

The new animal-free show of Circus Roncalli has already received a lot of coverage. avodaq & Cisco employees, families and customers were able to get their own impression of the innovative animal holograms and breathtaking numbers of the artists yesterday evening. Conclusion: We are thrilled!

In the heat of battle, every keystroke counts and indecision could cost a company millions. In our workshop on IT security themed avodaq WarGames, our participants will find out today what distinguishes a good security expert and what tools he needs to protect the company from future threats. The first part will focus on how Cloud Managed IT can safely accompany companies into the digital age and how (Cisco)Meraki's products support them. In the second part, our guests themselves become active in threat hunting, using incident research and response activities to detect and defend against current threats.

The B2Run also started yesterday in Frankfurt with a small but noticeable group. More than 4,400 participants from around 230 companies took part and the avodaq colleagues were right in the middle of it. After 6.2 kilometres through the “Stadtwald”, the finish led directly to the "Commerzbank Arena", a highlight not only for football fans!

Finally the sun is showing up again in Hamburg and the running shoes are being used! Yesterday, our Hamburg runners officially announced the start of the avodaq sports season: as always, we took part in the B2Run. Nine colleagues and more than 8.000 participants enjoyed the entry into the Volksparkstadion. The results are of secondary importance for us, the team experience counts!

Another milestone of the avodaq trainee program was reached: last week, our new colleagues successfully completed a total of two weeks training in the Data Center area. After a lot of basic theory and the certification as CCNA Routing & Switching, the next area for the trainees is Collaboration. The four of them are already eager to start working in practice on June 1 and apply their newly acquired knowledge. 

On May 7th and 8th there was a lot going on in Hamburg: the digital marketing scene met for the 9th time at the Online Marketing Rockstars and we were there. New technologies, content marketing, creative campaigns and familiar faces like Katarina Barley and Joko Winterscheidt - our marketing team was inspired by new trends. 

The promotion of young talent is a matter close to avodaq's heart - and this is reflected not least in the in-house trainee program, which has been in existence for 19 years. Now we are also committed to promoting talented students. As part of the Deutschlandstipendium, selected students receive a one-year scholarship, half of which is financed by the German government and the other half by private donors. The selection process is not only about good grades, but also about extra-professional commitment and personal life. In cooperation with HAW Hamburg, avodaq is committed to equal opportunities in education with the help of the scholarship and invests in the top talent of tomorrow. We especially congratulate "our" students and wish them a successful scholarship year!

The DMEA, the largest event in the health IT industry, follows on from the conhIT success concept and, since yesterday in Berlin, once again presents itself as the platform for all players in the health sector. The digital transformation is increasingly occupying the care sector, with additional topics such as AI and blockchain. As a long-standing Cisco partner with expertise in the field of digital healthcare, avodaq will of course be present at the Cisco Connected Health Partner stand again this year.

Today we experience together with customers the innovations of Cisco in live environment - therefore we have the whole CBC for ourselves. True to the motto "Create your own agenda", the participants will individually organize the day from the thematic blocks Collaboration, IoT, DNA & Security. The afternoon will be dedicated to Best Practice "Profit Together": customers such as SICK AG will report on projects in the areas of networks and UC that we have implemented together.

We at avodaq are of the opinion that only well-founded training can help against a shortage of skilled workers. That's why this year's trainee programme was launched at the beginning of March.
In the next 11 weeks, basic training in theory and practice on the topics of networking, security, data centers and collaboration is planned. A milestone will be the CCNA certification. After 12 weeks in the classroom, the seriousness of life begins for the four - under the supervision and guidance of mentors they enter the day-to-day business as implementation engineers . In our trainee program, we rely on personal support from avodaq employees and real hardware practice - we don't offer off-the-shelf courses or simulations in software. The goal: highly qualified employees and colleagues who fit into our team!

At our exclusive customer event in round table format, everything revolved yesterday around the topic of security. In a small group, all participants discussed at eye level how the attack surface can be minimized in companies and how APIs and software development contribute to facilitating operations. The Berlin Olympic Stadium provided an impressive backdrop for this, so a tour of the stadium at the end was a must. 

avodaq meets the future. According to the slogan "Don't ask me. Ask yourself" "Jugend forscht" competition started into the next round. Young people with pleasure and interest in MINT subjects presented creative and innovative research projects on February 26 and 27 in the 54th regional competition at the UKE. We were allowed to have a look over the shoulders of over 100 young researchers and contributed some nourishment and a book box as a special prize.

Telemedicine: for most of us it is still unthinkable that for being treated by a doctor it will no longer be necessary going there. The article "Jail Doctor 4.0" in the current issue of Spiegel shows how necessary this change is for some others in our community. Unfortunately, we cannot share the whole text publicly, but recommend the purchase of the issue. If you would like to know more about telemedicine, you can of course contact us directly.

Spiegel Article "Jail Doctor 4.0"

Our colleagues are taking a look at tomorrow's world of work today. Based on six highly exciting presentations, the CHANGE department analysed and discussed the opportunities and challenges of the current and future world of work together with a number of selected customers.

Our colleagues at the Cisco Partner Summit received a little  appreciation already. We are delighted to be honoured as "Customer Experience Partner of the Year", both in Germany and throughout Europe. Many thanks to Cisco for this great award. An even bigger thank you to our hard-working employees who give their best for our customers every day.

IT from 9 -11 October in Nuremberg. As an official Cisco partner, we will of course be present at this international industry meeting for IT security! More than 700 exhibitors will be presenting new products from the fields of cloud security, mobile security, encryption, IT compliance and biometrics on their exhibition stands, including basics such as network security, virus protection and IT basic protection! Visit us at the Cisco Partner booth (Hall 10.0 -410) and let us surprise you.

For our customers and partners there was an update yesterday in Munich about "The Network Intuitive. Networks in the future. Larger and more flexible with the same manpower and more security? After the informative part, we went to the Wiesn, where we continued our discussions in a relaxed atmosphere.

The pilot project "Telemedicine in prisons" is a cooperation between the company A+Videoclinic and the state of Baden-Württemberg. For the first time, a patient within the correctional facility is treated by a remote diagnosis from a doctor in the presence of a caregiver. If there are language barriers, the nurse can also call in an interpreter,  via video, for treatment by simply using the screen.

avodaq is involved in the A+ Videoclinic and supports the project with expertise in the areas of video and software solutions.

The medical care of prison inmates is a major challenge for JVA´s and attending physicians. The planning and arrival of physicians or inmates in public surgeries, with the safety of staff and other patients guaranteed, are just some of the difficulties that need to be overcome.

"Cross Innovation: Digitization is Team Sport" is the motto of Andreas Kusch's & Mirkos Bass (Cisco Systems) presentation at solutions.hamburg today. With the LIVE-DEMO "Telemedicine" they show how an idea can become an innovation with social relevance that changes Germany.

Yesterday we had a great kick-off evening at the Cross Innovation Lab. Together with Hamburg Kreativ Gesellschaft, Jungheinrich Digital Solutions AG & Co. KG, REHAU, Simplexio, Signify（Philips Lighting and our partner Cisco, we want to design the intuitive workplace of tomorrow.

Europe's biggest cycling race today once again provided gooseflesh atmosphere in Hamburg. Our team from avodaq & friends was of course among the 18,000 participants. We congratulate Elia Viviani on another victory and our employees at their remarkable times

The day before yesterday our Munich colleagues were active together at the B2Run! The upcoming storm spurred all participants on to finish quickly.