adesso BLOG
24.04.2023 By Christopher Krafft
Narrowband IoT – connectivity for special requirements (part 1)
This blog post is the first part of a series on the topic of narrowband IoT and the special features that it entails when it comes to data transmission. In this part, I will introduce the technology as well as indicators that speak for or against the use of narrowband IoT.
Read more20.04.2023 By Maximilian Röttgen
Getting more story in the user story
In my view, traditional user stories do not offer the team enough opportunity to stretch their creative legs. I think there are good reasons for writing real stories in backlog items – user experience (UX), customer centricity and, last but not least, motivation. Everyone on the team can identify with a real story – no matter what their role is or what their background is (technical or otherwise). I will explain why in this blog post.
Read more19.04.2023 By Ellen Szczepaniak, Zoe Holdt and Simon Bächle
A hydropower plant with commitment
Protecting nature and the environment is an ever-present topic in politics and the media – as well as in our neighbourhoods! In our blog post, we want to tell you about the nature rangers in the Sauerland, who are committed to education and nature conservation and as a result, have even leased a hydroelectric power plant.
Read more18.04.2023 By Yelle Lieder
Sustainable innovations: how can digital sustainability create value in companies?
The narrative that sustainability is time-consuming, expensive and contradicts business goals still persists. Critics of regulation in particular stubbornly uphold this dogmatic belief. Therefore, in this blog post, we will take a look at how much truth there is to this and why digital technologies are a decisive factor when it comes to environmental and economic sustainability.
Read more17.04.2023 By Marc Mezger and Hong Chen
A brief introduction to GPT-4
In this blog post, we will introduce OpenAI’s latest stroke of genius: GPT-4, the latest and most advanced version of the generative pre-trained transformer language model. With the ability to process both image and text inputs and produce human-like text output, GPT-4 demonstrates human-level performance at various professional and academic benchmarks. Its enhanced reasoning, knowledge storage and coding capabilities make the application a powerful tool for natural language processing tasks. You will find out more about the development and use of this cutting-edge technology in our blog post.
Read more14.04.2023 By Frederik Julius Szmania
Gamification in pension provision
Pension provision is boring and complicated? It does not have to be! That is because committed adessi are developing the jump-and-run game ‘Pension Run’ to shake off this stigma and make the topic of provision more approachable. This blog post will take you along on the journey to the vision behind a (pension) provision-themed jump-and-run game and explain how this vision is being pursued.
Read more13.04.2023 By Jonas Schnorrenberg, Stephen Lorenzen and Maximilian Hammes
Europe relies on liquefied natural gas (LNG) – a look at the current European LNG situation
In Germany, the focus is on six floating terminals – in addition to long-term plans for three fixed LNG terminals. But what about the LNG situation across Europe? We will give you a brief overview in our blog post.
Read more12.04.2023 By Mike Deecke
Understanding the power of process orientation
The process-oriented organisation is an approach to business management that focuses on business processes. The goal is to make processes more efficient and thereby increase the company’s productivity and profitability. In this blog post, you will learn all about the power of process orientation and why it is so successful.
Read more11.04.2023 By Stefan Mönk and Isabel Patzer
Our new partner: the University of Hildesheim
Thanks to its partnership with the German University of Hildesheim, adesso is getting even more involved with the research in Lower Saxony. At the campus, adesso employees are out and about doing things such as participating in guest lectures, giving lectures themselves, working on research projects, providing assistance with dissertations or helping students prepare for the professional world that awaits them. In our blog post, you will learn how this partnership came about and what advantages it entails for students at the University of Hildesheim.
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