• About CASED
  • LOEWE-program
  • Directorate
  • Principal Investigators
  • Advisory Board
  • Contact
  • Directory
  • Structure
  • Organizations
  • Partner network
  • At a glance
  • Jobs
  • Software Cluster
  • How to reach us
• News & Events
• Research
• Transfer & Innovation
• Education
• Press
• Links

• Contact
• Sitemap
• Imprint
• Newsletter
  E-Mail Address

search

Software-Cluster

Birthplace of business software

The Software-Cluster is concentrated around the regions and software development centers of Darmstadt, Kaiserslautern, Karlsruhe, Saarbrücken und Walldorf. CASED, which is based in Darmstadt, acts as the headquarters of the Cluster.

The birthplace of business software lies in the Cluster region, which has held a globally dominant position since the 70’s with its software innovations: SAP R/3 (SAP AG), ADABAS (Software AG) and ARIS (IDS Scheer AG). Business software has now become one of the most important ICT sectors, as it improves the efficiency of companies from all sectors and in all areas: material management, HR, finance, business management and marketing, production planning and control, logistics and product lifecycle management, supply chains and customer relationships. The Software-Cluster is a leader in the development of software in this area.

International activities and charisma

The companies in the Software-Cluster have strong international appeal and are well known all over the world. The software research centers are also internationally renowned for their excellence. The research institutes in the Cluster have established subsidiaries and joint ventures in Europe, the USA and Asia and are currently coordinating more than 15 European “Networks of Excellence” and “Integrated Projects” for the EU. Some of the cluster partners are engaged in international Organizations for Standardization as for example W3C, IEEE und ISO.