networker NRW e. V. The IT union in North Rhine-Westphalia The IT union networker NRW 1. Who we are 2. Added values 3. Contacts 4. Co-operations 5. Partnerships 6. Main Focus Competences 7. Extract of activities 2 1
1. Who we are We are a network of personal contacts for entrepreneurs from the economic sector IT and media in North Rhine-Westphalia and have presently almost 175 members. We stand for information, cooperation, partnership and good business. We are the first contact to get information about technology questions. We stay in contact with the states people of North Rhine- Westphalia as well as with communal and scientific organizations. 3 1. Who we are We hold contact to other branch associations in North Rhine- Westphalia. We identify target markets and support our members to generate contacts and to work on the target markets. We organize event formats and exchange platforms for subjects and customer themes. 4 2
2. Added values for members Valuable business contacts Exclusive for members Invitations to bid Requests (Contact to candidates and trainees) Employment website Experts searching engine Network of media and IT with other economic sectors and clusters within the state of North Rhine-Westphalia Representation of interest towards local authority districts Performing local and regional events ComIn Talk, IT-Trends, IT-Jobs, Benefits at events and fairs organized by networker NRW f.e. reduced stand fee or entrance payment 5 3. Contacts Business Development Agencies of Bochum, Dortmund, Duisburg, Gelsenkirchen, Essen, Krefeld, Kreis Mettmann, metropoleruhr GmbH, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Ratingen, Rheinisch-Bergische Wirtschaftsförderung, Oberhausen, Velbert, WiN Emscher-Lippe GmbH, wir4 (Moers, Kamp-Lintfort, Neukirchen-Vluyn und Rheinberg), Wuppertal Chamber of Industry and Commerce of Bonn/Rhein-Sieg, Dortmund, Düsseldorf, Hagen, Köln, Mittlerer Niederrhein (Krefeld), Mittleres Ruhrgebiet (Bochum), Niederrhein (Duisburg, Kleve), Nord-Westfalen (Münster), Ruhr (Mülheim, Essen, Oberhausen), Süd-Westfalen (Hagen), Wuppertal-Solingen-Remscheid 6 3
3. Contacts Bochum University of Applied Sciences Deutsche Messe AG (CeBIT, Hannover fair, ) ebusiness-lotse Ruhr (former: ec-ruhr) ebusiness-lotse Südwestfalen-Hagen Horst-Görtz-Institute at the Ruhr University Bochum InnovationAllianz of NRW Hochschulen e.v. Ministry of Economics, Energy, Industry, Small and Medium Sized Companies and Handcraft of the State of North Rhine- Westphalia Ministry of Innovation, Science and Research of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia Ministry of the Interior and Municipal of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia 7 3. Contacts NRW.INTERNATIONAL NRW.INVEST paluno The Ruhr Institute for Software Engineering Ruhr-University Bochum, Chair of Software Technology University Duisburg-Essen Institute of Informatics and Business Information Systems (ICB) VDMA NRW Westfälische Hochschule, University of Applied Sciences Institute for Internet-Security zdi Zentrum MINT-Netzwerk Essen Zenit GmbH 8 4
3. Contacts To the following IT networks in North Rhine-Westfalia Digitale Stadt Düsseldorf Innozent OWL e.v. IT-Club Dortmund e.v. IT-Dialog OWL IT-Forum Oberberg IT-Forum Nord Westfalen LOS! NRW e.v. mcc e.v. Regina e.v. Rhein-Erft-IT Unternehmensnetzwerk wisnet e.v. 9 4. Co-operations There are close co-operations to the following partners and networks Alliance for Cyber Security BSI BITKOM Federal Association for Information Technology, Telecommunications and New Media e.v. Business Angels Netzwerk Deutschland e.v. (BAND) Digitale Wirtschaft North Rhine-Westfalia eco Association of the Internet Business e.v. Entrepreneur Association Essen e.v. EuroCloud Deutschland_eco e.v. Leitmarkt IKT.NRW TeleTrusT Bundesverband IT-Sicherheit e.v. 10 5
5. Partnerships The networker NRW has partnerships with AfB ggmbh partner for used computers Fitwell GmbH fitness- and health partner Genesis Software Sales Partner, software infra-struktur LVQ education of data security engineers / -managers SIGNAL IDUNA operational pension plan Work Inn office and seminar rooms as co-working space 11 6. Main Focus Competences Cloud Computing Information Security Internet IT Consulting IT Infrastructure IT law Knowledge Management Qualifying and Training Quality Management Systems Software Development 12 6
7. Extract of activities (I) Enlargement of IT Security within North Rhine-Westphalia through the state supported project nrw.units in co-operation with the Horst-Görtz-Institut, Bochum and the eco e.v., Cologne Working Groups presently installed for themes like Entrepreneurs Club, Information Security, SAP, Social Media, softworker.nrw and Training Offensive Competence Brochure as overview of the portfolio of our members (third edition, April 2014) Monthly Newsletter IT Consulting Hour Duisburg and Essen 13 7. Extract of activities (II) Creating Business Platforms to expand the contact to other leading markets in North Rhine-Westphalia Initiating activities to get more skilled employees Implementing projects with High School students Intensification of Corporations between institutes for scientific research and IT and media companies Regular networking activities within the local districts 14 7
Competence and dynamic in the IT and communication branche Take advantage of your membership networker NRW e. V. Karolingerstraße 96 45141 Essen Fon: 0201 / 81 27 900 Fax: 0201 / 81 27 901 mitglieder@networker.nrw www.networker.nrw 8