EMERGENT

Basis of emergent software

The environments within which companies work are changing at an ever increasing pace nowadays, and open marketplaces are developing on the Internet, which are dealing with customer requirements that are becoming increasingly more individualized. Innovations in the area of information and communication technology (ICT) are being established at an ever-increasing speed, and entirely new value-creation chains and business models are being created that span corporate boundaries. In view of these changes, companies will only be able to maintain and strengthen their economic performance if they make the move towards becoming digital companies, i.e. companies in which ICT represents the decisive driver for product and process innovation.

The objective of EMERGENT is to establish the requirements that are needed for this change. To achieve this, fundamental methods, techniques, algorithms and data structures for emergent software will be researched and developed. The term emergent software stands for a new category of innovative information systems, which are derived in a cross-organizational manner from the interaction between individual components and services in the Internet of Things.

Benefits for developers and users

The utilization of emergent software enables dynamic adjustments in line with market requirements and the support of complex and dynamic business processes, which, in turn, enable innovative services to be provided in the Internet of the future. By developing emergent software, manufacturers of corporate software can gain a significant competitive edge over companies that produce conventionally organized, static software solutions. What's more, this also creates additional value for users of emergent software, especially in relation to small and medium sized enterprises.

EMERGENT

Basis of emergent software

Benefits for developers and users

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