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3,737 observed publications2,130 normalised providers27 portals

Technology in its regional context

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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.

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

City

Nuremberg

N-ERGIE in its city context: building stock, established district-heating networks and local heat sources with official project evidence.

Heat · Networks · Smart city

Open regional reportRegion

Middle Franconia

Urban consumption and rural solar generation: N-ERGIE network development, planning areas and supply-territory boundaries.

Urban and rural · Energy · Infrastructure

Open regional reportCity

Essen

Heat planning, LoRaWAN at Dürerschule and documented energy-company locations in the E-world host city.

Heat transition · Digital maps · E-world

Open regional reportRegion · RVR territory

Ruhr metropolis

DoHa hydrogen pipeline, water supply and municipal data cooperation: infrastructure across city boundaries.

Hydrogen · Industry · Regional cooperation

Open regional reportTown and regional context

Wittlich

Wengerohr’s industry and heat planning, the district digital strategy, A EINS in Wittlich and Portazon in the Trier area.

Industry · Heat · Digital services

Open regional reportIndependent city

Munich (city)

Stadtwerke München and M-net: heat supply, geothermal planning and fibre within the city of Munich.

Heat · Fibre · Digital services

Open regional reportDistrict

Munich (district)

Geothermie Unterhaching and Gemeindewerke Oberhaching: local heat and fibre networks, distinct from the city of Munich.

Geothermal energy · Municipal networks · Fibre

Open regional report

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 · 1306 knowledge items

Digital infrastructure

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.

85 matching knowledge items
ObservedPre-structured · 70
E-book

Red Hat (S)

Maximize your cloud spend with Red Hat

Challenge:
Costs and productivity

Solution:
Specialist information: Digital infrastructure

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ObservedPre-structured · 70
Checklist

Red Hat (S)

3 ways to maximize cloud spend on Red Hat solutions

Challenge:
Costs and productivity

Solution:
Specialist information: Digital infrastructure

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ObservedPre-structured · 70
Information resource

Red Hat (S)

Optimize financial operations with Red Hat solutions in the cloud

Challenge:
Costs and productivity

Solution:
Specialist information: Digital infrastructure

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ObservedPre-structured · 70
Guide

Google Cloud (S)

AI for Lean Teams: Your Playbook for Scalable Growth

Challenge:
Costs and productivity

Solution:
Specialist information: Digital infrastructure

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ObservedPre-structured · 70
Information resource

Palo Alto Networks (S)

Palo Alto Networks named a Leader in the 2026 Gartner ® Magic Quadrant ™ for Hybrid Mesh Firewall.

Challenge:
Costs and productivity

Solution:
Specialist information: Digital infrastructure

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ObservedPre-structured · 70
Information resource

Cisco (S)

Is your IT infrastructure ready for AI growth?

Machine translated

Challenge:
Costs and productivity

Solution:
Specialist information: Digital infrastructure

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ObservedPre-structured · 70
Webcast

Cisco (S)

Next-generation Wi-Fi: why it is essential

Machine translated

Challenge:
Costs and productivity

Solution:
Specialist information: Digital infrastructure

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ObservedPre-structured · 70
E-book

Cisco (S)

AI infrastructure that scales and protects

Machine translated

Challenge:
Costs and productivity

Solution:
Specialist information: Digital infrastructure

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ObservedPre-structured · 70
Information resource

Fortinet (S)

Fortinet FortiSOC: Unify SOC Operations and Accelerate Response with Agentic AI

Challenge:
Costs and productivity

Solution:
Specialist information: Digital infrastructure

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ObservedPre-structured · 70
Information resource

Fortinet (S)

Secure and Transform Your Organization with FortiAI

Challenge:
Costs and productivity

Solution:
Specialist information: Digital infrastructure

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ObservedPre-structured · 70
Study

Palo Alto Networks (S)

Palo Alto Networks Recognized as a Market Shaper

Challenge:
Costs and productivity

Solution:
Specialist information: Digital infrastructure

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ObservedPre-structured · 70
Information resource

OEDIV Oetker Daten- und Informationsverarbeitung KG (N)

When AI becomes the adversary: controlling critical identities

Machine translated

Challenge:
Costs and productivity

Solution:
Specialist information: Digital infrastructure

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ObservedPre-structured · 70
Study

Veeam (S)

Identity Under Attack

Challenge:
Costs and productivity

Solution:
Specialist information: Digital infrastructure

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ObservedPre-structured · 70
E-book

Veeam (S)

8 Benefits of a Backup Service for IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS

Challenge:
Safety and resilience

Solution:
Specialist information: Digital infrastructure

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ObservedPre-structured · 70
E-book

Veeam (S)

6 Reasons to Protect Your SaaS Data

Challenge:
Costs and productivity

Solution:
Specialist information: Digital infrastructure

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ObservedPre-structured · 70
E-book

Veeam (S)

Under Attack: Simulating, Surviving and Restoring from an Identity Threat

Challenge:
Safety and resilience

Solution:
Specialist information: Digital infrastructure

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ObservedPre-structured · 70
E-book

Veeam (S)

7 Reasons for Microsoft 365 Backup

Challenge:
Safety and resilience

Solution:
Specialist information: Digital infrastructure

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ObservedPre-structured · 70
E-book

Veeam (S)

Microsoft 365 Backup For Dummies

Challenge:
Safety and resilience

Solution:
Specialist information: Digital infrastructure

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ObservedPre-structured · 70
Information resource

Veeam (S)

Delivering Agile Data Protection for Microsoft 365

Challenge:
Costs and productivity

Solution:
Specialist information: Digital infrastructure

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ObservedPre-structured · 70
Webcast

Veeam (S)

Navigating Data Sovereignty in the Cloud Era

Challenge:
Costs and productivity

Solution:
Specialist information: Digital infrastructure

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ObservedPre-structured · 70
E-book

Veeam (S)

Navigating Data Sovereignty in the Cloud Era with a Resilience-Centric Approach

Challenge:
Safety and resilience

Solution:
Specialist information: Digital infrastructure

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ObservedPre-structured · 70
E-book

Veeam (S)

Key Scenarios for Safeguarding Salesforce Data

Challenge:
Costs and productivity

Solution:
Specialist information: Digital infrastructure

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ObservedPre-structured · 70
E-book

Veeam (S)

Salesforce Resilience Best Practices Guide

Challenge:
Safety and resilience

Solution:
Specialist information: Digital infrastructure

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Prepared

Curated

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

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Community

Traceable contributions with a disclosed role and verifiable provenance.

Market monitoring 2026

Original publications

3,737 results

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SmartTech · Open orientation in the B2B technology market

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