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1. November 2021

#diwodo – Digitale Woche Dortmund

Bringing digitization professionals together with people and companies: That is the role of #diwodo!

The Digitale Woche Dortmund is a platform for everyone to get to know each other and exchange ideas! On November 8-12,2021, companies and institutions from Dortmund invite you to their events, workshops, conferences, etc. And you are spoilt for choice. If you want to raise your digital competence to a new level, you will get the information you need.

Our experts from Dortmund-based Karakun GmbH will also be presenting exciting lectures online on the following topics:

Open Source verstehen

Content Management Systeme, Web-Browser oder Betriebssystem: Viele der Produkte und Services die wir täglich nutzen werden mittlerweile als Open Source Projekte realisiert.

Das im Vortrag vermittelte Wissen soll helfen, Open Source Software besser verstehen und einschätzen zu können. Mit diesem Fachwissen können die verschiedenen Gefahren und Vorteile, die durch die Nutzung von Open Source Komponenten entstehen, in Zukunft besser beurteilt werden.

Die Slides des Vortrags sind verfügbar unter:
https://speakerdeck.com/hendrikebbers/open-source-verstehen

Intelligente Textanalyse und Enterprise Search

Auf intelligenter Sprachanalyse und Enterprise Search basierende Technologien durchdringen mehr und mehr alle Unternehmensbereiche. Diese ermöglichen die Umsetzung von Digitalisierungs- und Automatisierungsstrategien.

In diesem Vortrag gehen wir auf die technischen Möglichkeiten von Sprachanalysen und Enterprise Search ein und zeigen, wie Hibu-Plattform zur effizienten Erschliessung von Inhalten eingesetzt werden kann.

Die Slides des Vortrags sind verfügbar unter:
https://speakerdeck.com/karakun/intelligente-textanalyse-and-enterprise-search

Management und Analyse von Test- und Simulationsdaten

Die Menge der Daten, die bei Tests und Simulationen in der Automobilbranche gesammelt wird, ist in den letzten Jahren massiv gewachsen und es ist kein Ende dieser Entwicklung in Sicht. Bisherige Techniken zur Analyse stossen an ihre Grenzen.

In diesem Vortrag sollen die verschiedenen Möglichkeiten der Verwaltung von Test- und Simulationsdaten und der Analyse mit Big Data Technologien beleuchtet werden.

Die Slides des Vortrags sind verfügbar unter:
https://speakerdeck.com/karakun/management-und-analyse-von-test-und-simulationsdaten

Are you still hungry?

In the unique atmosphere of Germany’s largest soccer stadium, Bits & Currywurst offers a week full of impulses from top-class keynote speakers and industry experts on the topic of digitization. These include, for example, Sascha Lobo and our expert Hendrik Ebbers.

On November 12, 2021, starting at 10:25 a.m., you’ll have another chance to satisfy your hunger for knowledge with the lecture “Understanding Open Source.”

We supply Digitization Food!

Dr. Iryna Dohndorf

AI Expert

Simon Skoczylas

Big Data Expert

Christopher Keibel

AI Expert

Free delivery!

Our online lectures deliver expert knowledge without hidden costs. All you have to do is register for the delivery service at https://karakun.com/diwodo/. This excludes the lecture as part of the Bits and Currywurst.

Registrierung für #diwodo Vorträge

23. August 2021

Lyzium at the IAA MOBILITY

An essential part of modern vehicle development is the analysis and evaluation of test and simulation results. Unfortunately, current tools do not adequately support these processes.

There are highly specialized and sophisticated applications, that deal with test data of specified components or aspects of a car. But modern car development requires connecting test data stemming from different areas. Today, this is only possible without several manual intermediate steps.

That is why we are developing Lyzium. Lyzium integrates the entire process in a web application, starting with import including quality assurance, visualization, and analysis of the data, and ending with export and archiving. For additional requirements, Lyzium can easily be extended.

The use of Lyzium brings engineers decisive advantages, for example:

Faster access and analysis because data is stored in a Big Data infrastructure and is immediately available for analysis
Lower costs through centralized management
More efficient collaboration between teams and departments through centralized management and analysis of data from different sources and components.

We will be presenting our Big Data platform Lyzium at booth B1.B414 from September 7 to 12 at the IAA MOBILITY in Munich.

Want to learn more about Lyzium or visit us at the IAA? Contact us!

You can find more details about Lyzium on the website https://lyzium.com as well as in our technical article published by the trade magazine Hanser Automotive (issue 1/2021).

Write us!

21. July 2021

Successful HERMES certification

We are pleased to announce that several Karakun AG employees passed the HERMES 5.1 Foundation certification exam with flying colors in July 2021.

HERMES is a project management method developed by the Swiss Federal Administration. HERMES supports the control, management, and execution of projects of the most varied nature and complexity in information technology, the development of services and products, or the adaptation of business organizations. HERMES has a clear, easy-to-understand method structure and is easily expandable due to its modularity. With the latest extensions, agile projects are now also supported.

HERMES has already been used successfully in a large number of projects at a cantonal and communal level. But also at educational institutions and companies from the private sector, HERMES is well-suited. Knowledge of the HERMES project management method is now a mandatory requirement for federal and cantonal projects.

Our employees completed a two-day course at the University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland (FHNW) in Basel. The participants learned the base elements of the HERMES methodology (scenarios, modules, roles, tasks, results) and their interrelationships in small groups. In various exercises and with the help of sample documents, the knowledge just acquired could then be continuously consolidated. The participants also welcomed the wide range of dynamically generated test questions. For self-studies, the FHNW provided sample exams from previous years via their online portal.

At the end of the second day, the exam was taken on-site by a representative of TÜV Süd AG.

With our new HERMES experts, we are happy to be best prepared for future projects at a cantonal and federal level.

29. June 2021

Karakun @ kmuRUNDSCHAU 2/2021

The kmuRUNDSCHAU magazine sees itself as a direct communication platform between providers from the future industries and decision-makers from Swiss SMEs.

In the current issue 2 / 2021, we introduce ourselves to the magazine readers under the title “More than just bits and bytes” (to the eMag).

Using three practical examples (Carbonfuture, Covalo and Helvetia), we offer a quick overview of our services. If you also want to know what is behind Lyzium, HIBU, OpenWebStart and VOLTA and what distinguishes us from other software companies, then read the full article (German, PDF).

28. June 2021

SwissText 2021

For the 6th time, the three-day online conference Swisstext took place from 14-16 June 2021. The conference is the meeting place for text analysis experts from Swiss business and research. It is organized by the association SwissNLP (in cooperation with the two universities FHNW and ZHAW). As regular participants, we were also involved this year with a contribution. The poster “Understanding structural information in scanned documents” shows our approach for analyzing and processing tabular information in scanned documents.

Information extraction from tables

With our HIBU-Plattform, we develop custom solutions in the areas of enterprise search and text analytics. In these projects, we often deal with scanned documents that are digitized using OCR software. Standard extraction methods work well for continuous text but generally deliver insufficient results for tables because they ignore the table layout and thus hide important information / relationships. Typical problem areas are table cells whose content breaks across multiple rows, especially cells whose content can only be interpreted using the associated column heading.

Understanding structural information in scanned documents

Do you have any questions about the poster or the procedure?. Dr. Holger Keibel will be happy to answer them.

Networking at an online conference? Check!

How can participants at an online conference effectively link up with interesting contacts? That was one of the questions we asked ourselves when offering the organizers of SwissText 2021 our help.

The result was a networking format in which each participant in a session was randomly sent into a virtual room together with three other people. Once there, each person had a limited amount of time for a personal introduction. Before the session automatically ended, participants could exchange contact details if interested.

Of course, such a format cannot replace face-to-face exchange on site. But within the possibilities of an online conference, it worked very well. As the feedback from the participants shows, it was worth taking part:

Participant feedback Whirlwind Networking @ SwissText 2021

SwissText 2021 has just ended – and we are already looking forward to next year. Hopefully on-site – but certainly once again with active support from Karakun.

14. June 2021

Secure and retrieve sensitive data

More and more data is being digitised or produced directly in digital form. And more and more data and applications are moving to the cloud. Companies have to ask themselves how they can efficiently handle these volumes of data, evaluate them and find information in them. And how they deal with data that needs to be protected, in particular. How do you manage to offer automatic processing (AI) and other beneficial functions around data and reconcile these functions with data protection at the same time?

As part of the bridge2digital Security & Compliance event, we illustrated these challenges together with our partner DSwiss AG using current joint projects in the intersection of both companies. We took a closer look at search solutions and automatic document processing in the context of “zero-knowledge” data encryption.

Would you like to learn more about SecureSafe, the integrated intelligent search or the HIBU platform?

Case Story SecureSafe

HIBU Platform Website

SecureSafe Website

18. May 2021

VOLTA @ ELECTRO-TEC digital 2021

ELECTRO-TEC is supposed to be the national meeting point for the Swiss electrical industry. This year’s edition takes place virtually on May 19 & 20. In addition to an extensive seminar program, companies present their products and services in digital showrooms. We will showcase

the full power of VOLTA, our ERP solution tailored to the needs of Swiss electrical companies
the corresponding tablet app VOLTA mobile for iOS and Android
the possibility of connecting existing solutions e.g. for time tracking or accounting.

With this, companies can ensure a custom-tailored working environment for maximum support regarding their administrative tasks.

We have prepared the following video to demonstrate the connectivity to an accounting solution like bexio:

Our ELECTRO-TEC showroom is available for one year. For more information, please visit https://myvolta.ch at any time.

Still on the wave of success

On our third birthday, we look back on an extremely successful business year. All parameters – customers, employees, developments, projects, partners, and memberships – are pointing upwards.

In the various business areas, companies and organizations from the industry and the public sector were acquired as customers, such as Swisslex AG, the German startup Carbonfuture, the University of Basel, and LVM Versicherung. The number of employees was further expanded and now totals around 60. Almost 20% of our workforce is female, a high percentage in ICT companies. Additionally, the German branch, Karakun GmbH, was founded in Dortmund.

We are particularly proud of the launch of two new platforms: the HIBU platform and Lyzium.

The HIBU platform is a flexible platform for the efficient development of customer solutions in the areas of intelligent search and text analysis. It positions us as an innovative player in the growing Swiss AI landscape. Plus, we are now a member of SwissNLP, the Swiss Association for Natural Language Processing.

Lyzium is a Big Data platform for the analysis of measurement and simulation data in the automotive industry. Together with the acquisition of the German EXOKNOX GmbH announced a few days ago, the the way was paved for successful business in the automotive environment.

We can also report delightful developments in the products area: For example, the user base as well as the number of support customers of OpenWebStart, an open-source reimplementation of the Java Web Start technology removed by Oracle in Java 11, could be increased. OpenWebStart has been downloaded over 100,000 times since its release in 2019 and is running on an estimated 750,000 clients.

Likewise, a large number of new customers have been attracted to VOLTA. The cloud-based industry solution for the Swiss electrical installation industry was successfully expanded in terms of third-party system integration options, e.g. for time tracking.

As one of the founding members in the Eclipse Adoptium Working Group, we have successfully positioned ourselves as a Strategic Member. In addition to Karakun, members of the Working Group are industry giants such as Alibaba Cloud, Huawei, IBM, Microsoft, and Red Hat.

“We are extremely pleased with the developments and growth and look back with pride at the achieved milestones,” says Dr. Elisabeth Maier, CEO of Karakun AG. “When we founded our company April 1, 2018, we would not have dared to predict such rapid development. In particular, I would like to say thank you to all our employee. Without them, we would not be where we are today.”

30. March 2021

Karakun takes over EXOKNOX GmbH

On April 1, 2021, Karakun AG will take over EXOKNOX GmbH based in Stuttgart (Germany). The German software company is one of the first start-ups to emerge from the Daimler AG innovation laboratory. All employees will be taken on, and the parties have agreed not to disclose the terms and conditions.

EXOKNOX’s offer is aimed at developers of technical systems such as simulation and test engineers or designers for whom functional component properties play an essential role. The software is considered a reference implementation of the FDX standard of the German Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA). FDX stands for “Functional Data Exchange” and enables a smooth exchange of development and simulation data between manufacturer and supplier.

“After a successful start in the corporate environment of a vehicle manufacturer, it was now important to find a partner with whom our product can be made accessible to the entire automotive environment”, says the old and new managing director of EXOKNOX GmbH Michael Baumann. “We are very proud to now belong to the Basel-based software company. Under the umbrella of Karakun, with his vast experience and know-how in software engineering, we will be able to make an important contribution to the digitization of development processes in the automotive industry.”

Hans-Dirk Walter, a member of the management and responsible for the automotive division at Karakun, explains: “We have been working very actively for some time on the challenges of digitization in the automotive industry. There is huge potential in this environment. Together with Lyzium, our Big Data platform for measurement and simulation data which was launched last year, we can offer an even wider range of solutions to simplify vehicle development. ”

23. March 2021

Hello Adoptium!

We love Java, we love open source and we believe in the power of the community. This conviction drives us every day.

For quite some time, we are actively supporting AdoptOpenJDK, a community-based project providing Java binaries for a large number of platforms. What has already been announced at our Developer Hub in June 2020 has now become a reality: as of today, AdoptOpenJDK is officially Eclipse Adoptium.

Karakun is founding partner alongside major companies and organisations like Alibaba Cloud, Huawei, IBM, iJUG, Microsoft, New Relic and Red Hat as well as Strategic Member of this new Eclipse Working Group.

For more information about the Eclipse Adoptium Working Group please read the official press release. We will also post some news at the Karakun Developer Hub.

12. March 2021

Karakun @ JavaLand 2021

On March 16 and 17, JavaLand will once again open its doors for the Java Community. Due to the current pandemic situation, JavaLand 2021 will take place exclusively as a two-day online conference.

Karakun supports this outstanding Java community conference not only as a gold sponsor but by actively contributing to this year’s program:

Breakfast TV

Live from the new JavaLand studio, Sandra Parsick and Karakun expert Hendrik Ebbers will welcome the developer community to the first ever JavaLand Breakfast TV. Sandra and Hendrik will take a look behind the scenes of the JavaLand and the latest open source activities and products.

Between the conference talks, this amusing format will also provide lots of interviews, interesting panel discussions and much more.

CyberLand Late Night JavaLand Edition

Sandra and Hendrik invited Melanie Andrisek and Alexander Naumann to celebrate the 7th birthday of JavaLand, the (quasi) 16th birthday of Java and the 4th name day of Cyberland Late Night. The event will be streamed free on YouTube. If you prefer a more interactive celebration, please register yourself. Be aware that available seats are limited.

Talks

Scrum im Homeoffice

Während des Lockdowns durch Covid-19 und die neuen Hygieneregelungen mussten viele Entwicklungsteams auf komplette Fernarbeit und HomeOffice umstellen. Die Scrum-Meetings, die ja sonst durch den persönlichen Austausch und die direkte Interaktion zwischen den Teammitgliedern geprägt war, mussten somit ebenfalls sehr plötzlich virtualisiert werden. Als Scrum Master habe ich mich in dieser Zeit sehr stark mit nützlichen Tools und Abläufen, die den Zweck der Scrum-Zeremonien auch im remote Setup bestens unterstützen, auseinander gesetzt und würde gerne meine Erkenntnisse mit den Teilnehmern der Javaland Konferenz teilen.

Jamila Mahler
Tuesday, March 16, 10:40 – 11:40, Silverado

Projekt Fugu (PWAs weitergedacht)

Mit der Definition von Progressive Web Apps (PWA) wurde Web-Applikationen die Möglichkeit gegeben installiert zu werden, offline-fähig zu sein und Push-Nachrichten an den Nutzer zu senden. Projekt Fugu möchte weitere Möglichkeiten hinzufügen und die Lücke zwischen nativen Anwendungen und Web-Applikationen weiter zu schließen.

In diesem Vortrag schauen wir uns die Inhalte von Projekt Fugu an. Welche Funktionen ( sollen hinzukommen, welche sind bereits jetzt, und vor allem wo nutzbar?

Zum Beispiel:

Contact Picker API
Native File System API
User Idle Detection API
Web NFC
usw.

Simon Skoczylas
Tuesday, March 16, 12:00 – 12:40, Wintergarten

USE A LOGGER

Egal ob man eine kleine Library, ein komplexes Framework oder eine Anwendung für Endanwender entwickelt – Irgendwann kommt man an den Punkt dass man Information loggen möchte. Hier bietet die Java Community eine ganze Fülle an Lösungen: Neben dem java.util.Logging gibt es Libraries wie commons-logging, Log4J oder Logback. Wo liegen hier eigentlich die Unterschiede und Alleinstellungsmerkmale? Dazu kommt, dass ja eigentlich alle sagen, dass nur die Nutzung von slf4J “Best Practice” sei. Aber warum soll ich eine Abstraktion bei der Entwicklung einer konkreten Anwendung nutzen? Oder bietet slf4j vielleicht noch ganz andere Vorteile? Und als wenn das nicht schon genug Fragen wären wurde mit Java 9 einfach mal still und heimlich mit dem System.Logger ein neuer Logger ins OpenJDK integriert.

Dieser Talk gibt einen verständlichen Leitpfaden durch den Logging Dschungel und zeigt ein paar Praktiken, die helfen das Logging von Libraries und Anwendungen in den Griff zu bekommen. Wenn du kurz davor bist aus Frust doch wieder System.out zu nutzen ist diese Session genau richtig für dich.

Hendrik Ebbers & Stephan Classen
Tuesday, March 16, 13:00 – 13:40, Silverado

Women In Tech Panel

It’s an understatement how 2020 and even 2021 have changed our lives, and sadly some of our colleagues specially women had to face increase challenges. Java Champions, Ground Breakers Ambassadors and Luminaries of our Industry shared some of their career stories, concerns, ideas, suggestions in how to improve this industry and our approach to Women In Tech.

This is not only a space for Women In Tech but for all of us, because we all contribute to the Industry actively!

There will be videos a panel and a space to network! Don’t miss it.
Tech needs your participation!!

Ixchel Ruiz
Tuesday, March 16, 13:00 – 15:00, Hand-on Arena

Testingenieur in Auto beim Auslesen von Daten

3. March 2021

Big Data and ASAM ODS

The amount of data being collected during tests and simulations has steadily grown in the past years with no end in sight. The automotive industry is not the only sector having the problem to cope with this sheer volume of data.

Techniques to solve this problem have been developed in other areas. Those are known as “Big Data”. ASAM ODS, the de facto standard for the management of test data developed by the automotive industry, originates from the time before Big Data and is being further developed independently. Only recently, there have been efforts to combine ODS and Big Data.

With Lyzium (https://lyzium.com), Karakun pursues a hybrid approach to immediately provide the possibilities of the latest Big Data technologies to existing data. We also examined three other approaches in a tech article published in the magazine Hanser Automotive.

Download PDF (German)

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