From Practice
End of Migration: Orange Celebrated Successful UCS Project Completion
When we at Orange decided to renew our e-mail platform, we could not yet know that we would celebrate the successful end of migration on the 5th of July 2022 in our headquarters in Paris with more than 200 guests. We initiated the project back in 2014 and are now able to look back on […]
How the City of Schwäbisch-Hall Ensures a Sustainable Open Source IT Infrastructure with the Introduction of UCS
When people think of Schwäbisch-Hall, they most likely think of the building society of the same name or a picturesque old town (which is well worth a visit, by the way). Maintaining the latter is just one of the many tasks of the city administration. And the days of pencils and paper files are slowly […]
Guest Article: Finance with ITISeasy.business UE – Full-featured, Sophisticated and Adaptable
The subject of finance often divides opinion: Some consider it a science, while others simply an indispensable requirement for managing a company. While for some entrepreneurs “management by account balance” quickly exhausts the possibilities of strategic business, for others the constant overview of cash flow, EBIT and cost accounting is simply indispensable. Asked about it, […]
Let’s Diss Those from the Government!
When we think of the administration in Germany in the context of digitalization, we often hear terms like “slow”, “outdated”, “backward” or “analog”. In comparison to other European countries, the administration is not up to date, has to catch up, act faster and finally become more digital. However, our public administration is in many areas […]
E-mail Archiving: You Should Be Aware of These Misconceptions
More and more business communication is taking place via e-mail, and it has long been common practice for contracts and invoices to be sent only by e-mail. This speeds up and simplifies communication, especially in times when home offices is very popular. At the same time, many of those involved are not aware that those […]
Looking back at 16th Univention Summit 2023: Open New Deal as the Basis for Sustainable and Open Digitalization
More than 630 IT experts and decision makers from politics, administration, education and the software industry met last week at our Univention Summit 2023 to “rock IT”. The musically inspired motto “Rock’n’Roles’n’Rights – WE ROCK IT!” referred to our focus this year on the further development and expansion of the Univention roles and rights model, […]
New Pricing Model: Subscription for UCS
Due to the progress in our technical basis in general and because of the usage habits of our customers, we have revised the pricing model for Univention Enterprise subscriptions. It takes effect on December 1, 2022, for all new customers.
Introducing a Central ID Management System at Marburg Schools
When you hear Marburg, you probably first think of its nationally known Philipps University or the production site of the biotechnology company BioNtech. What is probably less well known to most outsiders is the role of the school authority.
UCS@school for a Modern Realignment of Jena’s School IT
In the independent city of Jena in Thuringia there are 27 schools run by the municipality. Our IT department at the Jena Media Center supports around 12,500 students and 1,700 teachers in elementary schools, community schools, high schools, three vocational schools and a special-needs center.
Starting signal for the Sovereign Administrative Workplace
A huge opportunity for digitalization of not just the administration! Last week, the project “Sovereign Administrative Workplace” was officially launched at the Federal Ministry of the Interior and in the presence of the Federal CIO State Secretary Markus Richter: Working together with Dataport and a number of other manufacturers from the open source ecosystem, Univention […]
