Data Highway for Oversize and Heavy Transport to Be Unveiled at German National IT Summit 2011

• At the 6th German National IT Summit, state secretary of the Bavarian Finance Ministry and IT commissioner for the Bavarian government Franz Josef Pschierer will unveil the x-trans.eu-cross-border transport project, a central portal for applying for and approving inner European transport. This is a key innovation project with a European dimension for the German state of Bavaria and the Austrian state of Upper Austria.
• The solution will be implemented based on the Process Data Accelerator research project, which was conducted by 13 partners from science and industry under the auspices of the German Ministry of the Interior.
• Member companies of the National IT Summit’s working group 3, Software AG and ]init[ AG, are collaborating on the technological implementation of the solution using the national VEMAGS and SOTRA industry processes for oversize and heavy transport.
• Experiences gleaned from the joint project between Bavaria and Upper Austria will be applied to the development of future innovative e-government solutions.

Darmstadt / Munich, Germany, 12/6/2011

The interconnectivity of approval processes based on national e-government applications for cross-border oversize and heavy transport in Germany and Austria—known as x-trans.eu—will be unveiled today at the German National IT Summit 2011 in Munich. The project was initiated by the Bavarian state IT commissioner. As members of the summit’s working group 3, Software AG and ]init[ AG are involved in the project’s technological implementation. Experiences from x-trans.eu will be applied to the development of future e-government innovations.

National approval processes for cross-border business transactions are inefficient and expensive. A cutting-edge process offers promising benefits for the approval of shipments of oversize and heavy loads between Germany and Austria.

Under the auspices of German Federal Ministry of the Interior, 13 partners from science and industry collaborated on the Process Data Accelerator research project (P23R) between July 2010 and November 2011. With the goal of speeding up process chains and cutting bureaucratic expenses, they developed the foundation for simple, secure and transparent electronic data exchange between companies and government offices. The P23R concept can be employed for all 10,000 types of obligatory registration with Germany’s government offices and will be a major factor in decreasing the country’s €50 billion in annual bureaucratic spending.

Spearheaded by the states of Bavaria and Upper Austria with scientific support from the Technical University of Munich, the findings of the research project will be put to practical use for x-trans.eu.  The groundbreaking concept will include an Internet portal for the approval of oversized and heavy load shipments between Bavaria and Upper Austria.

Franz Josef Pschierer, state secretary of the Bavarian Finance Ministry and IT commissioner for the Bavarian government, emphasizes, “European interoperability is a critical goal of the European e-government action plan. Bavaria and Upper Austria have worked on this collaboratively and non-bureaucratically. The x-trans.eu project will relieve industry. It is based on future-proof technology that is adaptable to other European countries and serves as a model for all of Europe."

Karl-Heinz Streibich, Software AG CEO and co-chairman of working group 3 at this year’s IT Summit, “Innovative Government  IT Offerings,” elaborates on the significance of the x-trans.eu project, “We need landmark projects in Germany if we want to maintain value creation here. The public sector is a key consumer. P23R and cross-border oversize and heavy traffic are key innovation topics for the National IT Summit, and the German government and the state of Bavaria have assumed pioneer roles.”

According to Dirk Stocksmeier, CEO of ]init[ AG, “We are sounding the bell to a new era in European oversize and heavy traffic with the x-trans project. Thanks to efficient administrative processes based on the Process Data Accelerator, public offices are now able to approve shipments faster. Furthermore, it helps logistics companies plan routes that are ecologically and environmentally sound. And, to individuals like us, it means fewer long and stressful traffic jams during our daily commutes.”

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About ]init[ AG for Digital Communication

Based on the theme “services for the eSociety,” ]init[ AG designs and creates customized solutions based on cutting-edge information and communication technologies for national and international governments and agencies, NGOs and other organizations. ]init[ has many years of experience and comprehensive expertise in e-government and e business, including the development of innovative ideas, consulting, software development and the operation of high-performance, secure IT infrastructures. The company has five locations in Berlin, Munich, Mainz, Brussels and Abu Dhabi with a total staff of over 200 employees. ]init[ was started in 1995 by its current CEO, Dirk Stocksmeier. For more information about the company, please visit www.init.de.
Within working group 3 of the German National IT Summit, ]init[ is chairing the taskforce on industry and science for the implementation of a national e-government strategy (UAG NEGS). 

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