The German software industry is the leader of the European software industry, whether it is the customer base or the manufacturer, the German software industry ranks first in the EU countries. From a worldwide perspective, Germany has also maintained its position as one of the world’s largest software suppliers and solution providers. The software industry is an important part of the information and communication technology (ICT) industry in Germany. There are about 30,000 companies in the basic software industry specializing in software development and sales in Germany, which once accounted for about 46% of the total number of companies in the ICT industry.

IS200SAMBH1ABA The main software companies in Germany are characterized by “youth”, 67% of which were established in the 1990s, most of which are new companies emerging from universities, research institutes, and large enterprises. The relevant information shows that the export of Germany’s main software enterprises is mainly to the EU countries, while the export of auxiliary software enterprises is mainly to North America and Asian countries.

From the way of software development, the main software enterprises and auxiliary software enterprises in Germany have their own obvious characteristics in the way of software development. 73% of major software companies develop their own IS200SAMBH1ABA original software, while 87% of ancillary software companies purchase basic software and improve it for their own use. According to statistics, two-thirds of the software used by auxiliary software enterprises is standard software.

The German government attaches great importance to the encouragement policy of the IT industry and believes that the development of the IT industry has important strategic significance for the national economic and social development. The development of the IT industry determines the external competitiveness of the German economy, determines whether the German economy can develop sustainably, and determines whether there will be sufficient jobs in Germany in the future. In order to encourage the development of the IT industry, the German government has introduced a series of policy measures at different levels, including: Ict 2020 – Research for Innovation Programme, Action programme on Innovation and Jobs in the Information Society of the 21st Century, Action programme on Information Society Germany 2006, Action programme on Information Society Germany 2010, 10-point plan on Internet for All, IT for Education: The Internet Initiative, the Multimedia Initiative, and the ICT Innovation Offensive for small and Medium Enterprises (smes) will be encouraged.

Germany’s largest industrial software company is SAP SE (SAP). Although it is only a software company, it is a company that leads Germany’s “Industry 4.0” strategy. SAP is the world’s largest provider of enterprise management and collaborative e-commerce solutions and the world’s third largest independent software provider. SAP is also the world’s largest provider of business applications, enterprise resource planning (ERP) solutions and independent software, with more than 30% of the global enterprise applications market share. It is worth mentioning that more than 80% of the world’s top 500 companies use SAP management solutions. Since 1988, SAP has been listed on several stock exchanges, including the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange.

Although SAP has only been ranked in the 400s of the previous IS200SAMBH1ABA Fortune 500, 80% of the companies in the Fortune 500 have been its customers. “Industry 4.0” is based on CPS(Cyberphysical system) as the core, with three integrations (vertical integration, end-to-end integration, horizontal integration) as the means, is a highly automated, highly digital, highly networked intelligent manufacturing mode, so as to achieve efficient, agile, intelligent production, in efficiency, cost, quality, personalized aspects have been a qualitative leap.

In addition, FAUSER Company in 1994, is the world’s top APS(Advanced scheduling system) software company, its products are positioned in the “industry 4.0” intelligent scheduling. FAUSER’s product frame number is widely used by Lockheed Martin, British Aerospace Systems, Airbus, BMW, DaimlerChrysler, Thyssen Krupp, Kohler sanitary ware and other thousands of enterprises, becoming the command system of these enterprises “intelligent manufacturing”.

Another famous German giant – Siemens, is also one of the world’s largest industrial software giants, the world’s leading automation giant, Siemens has manufactured the world’s first 800kV UHV DC transformer, which has become the core device of UHV transmission. Siemens provides automation systems and PVSS construction solutions for the European Large Hadron Collider, the world’s largest particle accelerator, and is the only industrial developer and sponsor of the European Large Hadron Collider project.