Open market overview

What do you want to change or procure?

Search by challenge, solution, provider or a specific term.

3,737 observed publications2,130 normalised providers27 portals

Technology in its regional context

Explore cities, regions and events

What shapes a place? Which providers and applications matter there? Regional reports connect local characteristics with technology, companies and documented projects.

Exhibition directory · Essen

eWorld · 798 exhibitors

E-world 2027 · 16–18 February 2027

Explore the energy sector through companies and locations: exhibitor profiles, cities, countries, halls and stands with direct source links.

View all exhibitors

Exhibitor data: 26 October 2026. Participation and stand details come from the supplied export and have not been reconfirmed live.

New entry point · Tasks and industries

Explore functions and related solutions

Start with ten business functions in the energy industry. Task profiles and related solution topics, with room for further industries.

Translation notice: German catalogue text is translated automatically. Content that is already published in English retains its original title. The directly linked original source remains authoritative.

12 impact areas

Where should a solution have an impact?

Impact areas describe real systems. They are more stable than trends and broader than individual industries.

5,139 knowledge items are classified. 721 have been editorially reviewed; 4,418 still require staged quality assurance or a status decision.

Taxonomy · 111 knowledge items

Media and the public sphere

All 3,737 observed content pieces are now classified within the SmartTech structure. 721 offerings have been editorially reviewed; all other classifications remain transparently marked as automatic pending quality assurance. The 77 reference items and additional curated sources are retained.

Newsrooms, publishing, broadcasting, social media, communities and the digital public sphere. Classification follows the subject and use case of the content.

Channel filters describe the use case, not the website where a source was published. Knowledge items may appear in several media areas. Areas without classified content remain visible.

ObservedEditorial review · 53
Information resource

PRaiSense / JETZT [PR] – Media & News Specialists

PR workflow for press releases receives journalistic quality control

Machine translated

Challenge:
Quality and speed

Solution:
Content creation and editorial support

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ObservedAutomatically assigned · 49
Information resource

Optimerch

New standard ensures quality in the SEO industry

Machine translated

Challenge:
Quality and speed

Solution:
Search visibility and audience engagement

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CuratedEditorial review · 97
Product overview

Akamai (T)

Akamai Ion: optimizing web performance and CDN delivery

Machine translated

Challenge:
Quality and speed

Solution:
Acceleration of dynamic websites and applications

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CuratedEditorial review
Product and solution overview

Wedia

Wedia: Digital asset management and content approvals

Machine translated

Challenge:
Quality and speed

Solution:
Digital asset management and content approvals

View classification

CuratedEditorial review
Product and solution overview

Bynder

Bynder: Digital asset management and content workflows

Machine translated

Challenge:
Quality and speed

Solution:
Digital asset management and content workflows

View classification

CuratedEditorial review
Product and solution overview

Sitecore

Sitecore: Digital experience and content platforms

Machine translated

Challenge:
Quality and speed

Solution:
Digital experience and content platforms

View classification

CuratedEditorial review
Product and solution overview

Magnolia

Magnolia: CMS and digital experience platform

Machine translated

Challenge:
Quality and speed

Solution:
CMS and digital experience platform

View classification

CuratedEditorial review
Product and solution overview

Noxum

Noxum: Product data management and cross-channel publishing

Machine translated

Challenge:
Quality and speed

Solution:
Product data management and cross-channel publishing

View classification

CuratedEditorial review
Product and solution overview

movingimage

movingimage: Enterprise video and livestreaming

Machine translated

Challenge:
Quality and speed

Solution:
Enterprise video and livestreaming

View classification

CuratedEditorial review
Product and solution overview

Foleon

Foleon: Interactive digital publications

Machine translated

Challenge:
Quality and speed

Solution:
Interactive digital publications

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CuratedEditorial review
Product and solution overview

CELUM

CELUM: Digital asset management for brand and product content

Machine translated

Challenge:
Quality and speed

Solution:
Digital asset management for brand and product content

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ObservedPre-structured
Whitepaper

Wedia

The DAM guide: ten questions and answers

Machine translated

Challenge:
Quality and speed

Solution:
Digital asset management and content approvals

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ObservedPre-structured
Whitepaper

Wedia

Seven reasons and suitable industries for digital asset management

Machine translated

Challenge:
Quality and speed

Solution:
Digital asset management and content approvals

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ObservedPre-structured
Whitepaper

Bynder

What a DAM system can do: the Bynder example

Machine translated

Challenge:
Quality and speed

Solution:
Digital asset management and content workflows

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ObservedPre-structured
Whitepaper

Bynder

Four steps to choosing digital asset management

Machine translated

Challenge:
Quality and speed

Solution:
Digital asset management and content workflows

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ObservedPre-structured
Whitepaper

Sitecore

From content chaos to marketing flow

Machine translated

Challenge:
Quality and speed

Solution:
Digital experience and content platforms

View classification

ObservedPre-structured
Whitepaper

Magnolia

The right CMS for marketing and IT

Machine translated

Challenge:
Quality and speed

Solution:
CMS and digital experience platform

View classification

ObservedPre-structured
Whitepaper

Noxum

The importance of PIM for your B2B shop

Machine translated

Challenge:
Quality and speed

Solution:
Product data management and cross-channel publishing

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ObservedPre-structured
Whitepaper

Noxum

How Festool accelerates its ecommerce processes

Machine translated

Challenge:
Quality and speed

Solution:
Product data management and cross-channel publishing

View classification

ObservedPre-structured
Whitepaper

movingimage

A practical guide to live streaming

Machine translated

Challenge:
Quality and speed

Solution:
Enterprise video and livestreaming

View classification

ObservedPre-structured
Whitepaper

Foleon

Step by step: creating successful digital content

Challenge:
Quality and speed

Solution:
Interactive digital publications

View classification

ObservedPre-structured
Whitepaper

CELUM

Taking content marketing all the way

Machine translated

Challenge:
Quality and speed

Solution:
Digital asset management for brand and product content

View classification

CuratedEditorial review
Technical guide

Skydance

Paramount: technical requirements for video masters

Challenge:
Quality and speed

Solution:
Video masters for localisation and distribution

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Active

Observed

Publications systematically captured from defined portals.

Prepared

Curated

Original sources added selectively when they close an identifiable knowledge gap.

Later

Community

Traceable contributions with a disclosed role and verifiable provenance.

Market monitoring 2026

Original publications

3,737 results

fully taxonomically classified

SmartTech · Open orientation in the B2B technology market

Direct original references · no lead marketing · Scoring 0.2