11.05.2009

Keyfacts

With its brand “IT-Speicher”, the IT Inkubator Ostbayern GmbH - a municipal enterprise belonging to the City of Regensburg - supports the IT sector in the Upper Palatinate region. Overview of the business fields.

1. Technology and founders’ centre
2. Support for founders of IT enterprises
3. Technology and branch-related networks
4. Bavarian IT Security and Safety Cluster

1. Technology and founders’ centre

The IT-Speicher is interested in young companies and founders from the information technology sector. Subsidized by the City of Regensburg, the IT-Speicher supports young companies for up to 5 years by providing office space.

Provision of room-related infrastructure
- affordable office space at a price of 8 Euros per square metre plus 5% communal facilities contribution and 2.30 Euros ancillary costs.
- As a rule, space available for expansion
- Short-term rental agreements for tenants (3 months’ notice)
- 2 conference rooms with presentation technology (special price for IT-Speicher tenants)
- air-conditioned server room with server cabinets
- kitchens, social rooms and shower
- visitors’ parking places free of charge

Provision of technical infrastructure
- structured cabling
- flat-rate, fast Internet access
- configuration of VLAN and Firewall
- telephone system and telephones
- affordable telephoning (flat-rate)
- copier, colour laser printer
- Wireless LAN

2. Support for foundation of IT enterprises

The brand "IT-Speicher" stands for the promotion of the IT sector in the entire Upper Palatinate region. It aims to mobilize the foundation of new IT enterprises in the upper Palatinate region and to offer support to young IT companies as they grow. The consultancy and other services offered are targeted towards all founders of IT companies from the Upper Palatinate region.

Service for founders of new businesses

A. Basic consultancy service
- Info start-up package with overview of benefit programmes and possible financing options
- Help with creation of a business plan
- Information about events for founders
- Elaboration of a professional training concept

B. Public Relations
- Support with press relations
- Tips and feedback for corporate presentation

C. Procurement of contacts
- Access to regional and European networks
- Procurement of partners for cooperation and development

D. Contact to experts, investors, promoters of economic activity and potential clients

Service for young IT-entrepreneurs
A. Integration in technology and sector-oriented networks
- Support in forming development cooperations with the local universities and polytechnics
B. Building up customer and supplier relations
C. Staging of free events on IT-related themes

3. Technology and sector-oriented networks

“IT-Speicher”also stands for the initiation and organisation of sector-related and technology-oriented networks. These serve as a platform to create distribution and development cooperations, customer and supplier relations and practice-related programmes for initial and on-the-job professional training.

The following networks are organised:
- Network for innovative logistics
- Automotive forum
- IT compliance and privacy
- Network security
- .NET USER Group
- IT-Safety
- Security engineering

The IT-Speicher continuously works on the building of new company networks.

Bavarian IT Security and Safety Cluster

The Bavarian IT Security and Safety Cluster is an established technology network consisting of 41 enterprises and three institutes of higher learning and is organised by the IT-Speicher.

Goals:
- to foster the cooperations between the companies and universities which are members of the Strategic Partnership
- promotion and further development of research and qualification offers in the field “IT security”
- presentation of the regional IT security competence
- heightening of awareness for the significance of IT security and quick
technology transfer

Relocation Service

If what we have to offer meets your requirements and you decide to locate your company in the IT-Speicher, we and our network partners are also at your disposal to provide support for your move.

Our range of services comprises:
- home search
- organisation and coordination of your move
- dealing with documentation and other formalities
- registration with utilities providers
- integration service including banking, insurances, doctors etc.
- moving out service

We would be delighted to offer you an individual service package.
Please contact our network partner:

Welcome2Regensburg
Hazel Davidson-Haser
Sandgasse 88
93057 Regensburg
Telefon: +49 (9 41) 65 89 4
Telefax: +49 (9 41) 65 81 2
E-Mail: info@welcome2regensburg.de
Internet: www.welcome2regensburg.de

Contact:
IT Inkubator Ostbayern GmbH
Bruderwöhrdstr. 15 b
93055 Regensburg

Managing Director:
Dr. Herbert Vogler
herbert.vogler@it-speicher.de

Centre Management:
Malgorzata Scholz
malgorzata.scholz@it-speicher.de

Project leader for networks and strategic partnership
Sandra Wiesbeck
Sandra.wiesbeck@it-speicher.de

Project leader IT start-up consulting
Christoph Michl
christoph.michl@it-speicher.de

Press and Public Relations Officer
Stephanie Burger
Stephanie.burger@it-speicher.de

Phone: +49-941-604-889-0
Fax: +49-941-604-889-11
Switchboard: +49-941-604-889-15


IT-Speicher Projects are co-financed by the European Union from the European Fund for Regional Development.


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