Last but not least: Merkel happy about new technology
CeBit, one of the biggest IT trade fairs, kicked off in Hanover on Thursday under the motto "Digital Solutions for Work and Life". To kick things off, German Chancellor Angela Merkel took a brisk tour of the stands and reminded companies: "You have to encourage customers to embrace new things".
CeBit, one of the biggest IT trade fairs, kicked off in Hanover on Thursday under the motto "Digital Solutions for Work and Life". To kick things off, German Chancellor Angela Merkel took a brisk tour of the stands and reminded companies: "You have to encourage customers to embrace new things".
According to Heise.de, Mrs. Merkel said to the stand operators that many customers have had to "drill through a really thick wall" until they understand how new devices work. Merkel's message: IT companies should not overwhelm their customers, new technology must be easy to use. "Anyone who can do that will have an audience of millions."
At Fujitsu Siemens, its President Bernd Bischoff explained how the company aims to reduce its electricity consumption by 87 percent. At Microsoft, together with the Secretary General of the German Skilled Crafts Association, she gave the starting signal for the IT fitness test, with the help of which four million young people are to be made fit for the Internet over the next few years. And SAP CEO Henning Kagermann described to the Chancellor how the company intends to implement the resolutions of the first IT summit last December.
It is obvious that the doctor of physics is interested in the technical innovations at the trade fair. After all, she handles many of her own affairs with the help of technology - even during the two-hour tour, she frequently takes out her cell phone and reads new text messages. Merkel writes text messages faster with her old cell phone than he does with his new one, marvels Lower Saxony's Minister President Christian Wulff. "But that's why she's Chancellor."
According to Heise.de, Mrs. Merkel said to the stand operators that many customers have had to "drill through a really thick wall" until they understand how new devices work. Merkel's message: IT companies should not overwhelm their customers, new technology must be easy to use. "Anyone who can do that will have an audience of millions."
At Fujitsu Siemens, its President Bernd Bischoff explained how the company aims to reduce its electricity consumption by 87 percent. At Microsoft, together with the Secretary General of the German Skilled Crafts Association, she gave the starting signal for the IT fitness test, with the help of which four million young people are to be made fit for the Internet over the next few years. And SAP CEO Henning Kagermann described to the Chancellor how the company intends to implement the resolutions of the first IT summit last December.
It is obvious that the doctor of physics is interested in the technical innovations at the trade fair. After all, she handles many of her own affairs with the help of technology - even during the two-hour tour, she frequently takes out her cell phone and reads new text messages. Merkel writes text messages faster with her old cell phone than he does with his new one, marvels Lower Saxony's Minister President Christian Wulff. "But that's why she's Chancellor."
