People & projects

Expressing corporate values through art

“In interaction and collaboration, people need guiding principles and values, preferably a collective self-image, rather like corporate DNA”, were the opening words of CEOs Rainer Trischak and Manfred Immitzer in their eulogy. This is the second time that our guiding principles – the Porsche Informatik DNA – have been cleverly visualised by a team of creative artists from the company. When the outcomes from the second art workshop were presented at the company Christmas event they prompted loud applause, and they now grace our office building. A third workshop is currently in the planning phase.

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Battle of AWS cloud automation tools

The cloud is an exciting technology. One of the main reasons is that almost every aspect can be automated. Traditional data centres have continued to automate infrastructure tasks and push the boundaries of what is possible, but the cloud brings new opportunities with enormous potential.

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International Management Trainee at Porsche Informatik

Klaus Griesebner studied Information Technology & Systems Management in Salzburg and Sweden. He is now completing a training programme at Porsche Holding Salzburg as an International Management Trainee – IT. In an interview with Michaela Alker, he explains how he is finding it, what he is working on in the final placement stage at Porsche Informatik, and what his plans are for the future.

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Self-initiative, lots of responsibility and fun on the way: That’s what to expect from practical experience at Porsche Informatik.

Hana Salihodzic studied IT in Salzburg and is currently taking a Master’s degree in Media Informatics in Vienna. As part of the High Potential Programme at TU Wien, the Technical University of Vienna, she completed a two-month internship at Porsche Informatik – and instantly won over our colleagues with her openness, eagerness to learn and straightforward manner. Here Michaela Alker interviews her “best intern in the world”.

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How a Japanese garden helps us keep the overview.

Hundreds of tasks, eleven possible states, eleven employees involved, plus various customers…. How are we supposed to stay in the picture? And how are we supposed to structure it all and work through everything in a way that keeps everyone happy? The answer sounds a little like a ritual dance: Kanban.

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Better solutions more quickly with artificial intelligence

As a software developer, we don’t work for ourselves but for our clients, of course. To find out how they are getting on with our applications and what problems they are encountering, we use a smart and modern monitoring tool. Artificial intelligence saves Dynatrace an enormous amount of time and resources, and it also helps us make our applications more efficient and powerful on a continuous basis. In this interview, Anna Buchwinkler (Team Leader Smart Dealership & Solutions) and Alexander Kaml (Product Manager Dynatrace) tell us exactly how this works.

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Young people explore Porsche Informatik

This year, we again opened our doors to enthusiastic youngsters: at “Girls’ Day” and “Smart Summer”, the young participants were given the opportunity to immerse themselves in the world of technology and IT in an interactive way and discover new talents and interests. Following the positive experiences in previous years, we were delighted to welcome the “developers of tomorrow” again.
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How we brought the cloud home.

It’s the beginning of January. The conference room is full and the atmosphere could be better. One of our partners has just reported that 150 OpenShift projects in Europe are waiting for specialists and therefore cannot be carried out. We knew that our plan to set up a productive Red Hat OpenShift container platform by the end of April was ambitious but had no idea how many companies were currently struggling with it. Nevertheless, we took up the challenge! OpenShift in our own IT centre is an important milestone on our journey to the cloud.
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