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toralf.kahlert@pumacy.de
Dr.
Katrin Sell
Communication
& Project Manager
Pumacy Technologies AG
Waldstr.
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10551
Berlin
www.pumacy.de
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katrin.sell@pumacy.de
Pumacy
Technologies AG
provides state-of-the-art consulting, research and development services in the
realm of knowledge management. Our team combines long-standing experience with
innovative know-how from diverse backgrounds, offering comprehensive solutions to structure, network and operate knowledge.
In
today’s global economy, the production, assessment and classification of
knowledge is one of the decisive competitive advantages for companies to persist
in the market. At the same time, structuring knowledge is one of the most
complex subjects of information technology. Not only are there technical
problems to be solved, but also, numerous organisational and psychological
questions have to be answered. We develop holistic concepts, evaluate possible
solutions and define adequate implementation strategies for the selected tools
in our department for Knowledge Management Solutions.
Structured
knowledge is only as valuable for a company’s success as it is easily
accessible. Today’s
diversification of work processes requires that relevant data be available from
different sites for authorised personnel whenever needed. Flexible, efficient
and powerful networks that support both user identification and authentication
are therefore indispensable for effortless and secure data communication. We
develop, implement and maintain company-wide knowledge infrastructures and
provide for secure mobile access in our department for Network
& Mobile Computing.
Increasing
product complexity and quality standards as well as the need to lower costs and
the time to market require data from diverse sources during all phases of
industrial production. In this process, knowledge can only be applied
purposefully when the entire life cycle of a product is taken into account, from
the first idea through development and production, the integration of suppliers
and customers to the recycling of the product. We offer a holistic approach by
analysing needs, selecting systems and implementing comprehensive solutions and
strategies in our department for Product
Lifecycle Management.
Project
MobilAbility -
Researching
and developing a mobile content infrastructure to boost navigation ability of
citizens with special needs.
Increasingly, mobile
information technology devices assist people in their daily life. Among other
things, they help citizens to manage their addresses and appointments, support
their navigation through foreign cities and to unknown destinations, and provide
them with public, cultural and other event information, as more and more cities
implement mobile information and navigation systems within their boundaries.
However, the targeted user group of such offers is in the majority of the cases
limited to the non-handicapped. Citizens with special needs, such as the elderly
or people with disabilities cannot participate in these aspects of the
information technology society even though they might necessitate such support
the most. This exclusion is often merely due to a lack of appropriate platforms
and / or mobile devices that do not take into account their particular
requirements. This is where the envisaged project steps in. mobilAbility will
research, develop, implement and demonstrate a content-based infrastructure for
citizens with special needs that provides them with up-to-date location-based
information and navigation aid whenever and wherever they need it. This
infrastructure will be based on new developments in Ambient Intelligence. AI
will be the means to overcome boundaries to the use of information technology by
this particular user group. With the help of Ambient Intelligence applications,
hardware, software and platforms will be enabled to know their users’
particularities and resulting requirements. Thus, mobilAbility will increase
their ability to move around self-determinedly, by ameliorating the
dissemination of appropriate data that will be personalised regarding interests,
language and disability supported. Distribution of the multilingual and
multicultural content functions via especially enabled Personal Digital
Assistants (PDAs). These handhelds will be fitted to the needs of disabled
people by introducing voice steering, Braille keyboard and other suitable user
platform adaptations. Also, the content will be adjusted and supplemented
according to the requirements of people with disabilities so that the
infrastructure will be able to support the sight-, hearing and mobility impaired
both content- and platform-wise, thus better integrating them into the
information society. The project idea can also be integrated into an even more
comprehensive Integrated Project.
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