 | Issue: | Global-ICT 2004 |
| Article no.: | 12 | |
| Topic: | Universal communications on a global scale | |
| Author: | Thomas Ganswindt | |
| Title: | Member of the Managing Board; Group President | |
| Organisation: | Siemens AG; Siemens Information and Communication Networks | |
| PDF size: | 132KB |
About author
Thomas Ganswindt is a member of the Siemens AG Managing Board and the Group President of Siemens Information and Communication Networks (ICN). Previously, Ganswindt served as Executive Vice-President and a Member of the Group Executive Management of the Siemens Transportation Systems Group. He began his career with Siemens in 1989, when he joined the Numerical Controllers Division within the Automation Group. Prior to joining Siemens, Ganswindt spent two years at the renowned Fraunhofer Institute for Production Systems and Design Technology in Berlin, where he headed various R&D projects in the development of numeric control systems. In 2000, Ganswindt was selected to be one of the Global Leaders for Tomorrow (GLT), a subgroup of the World Economic Forum in Geneva, and has since become a GLT alumnus. In the United Nations Information and Communications Task Force and in the German Initiative D21, where he is a member of the board, his focus is on private partnership programs for developing the information society on global and national levels.Ganswindt earned a Masters degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Ruhr University of Bochum (Germany).
Article abstract
The barriers between home networks, enterprise networks, wireline and wireless carrier networks are disappearing. Until recently, the challenge was to integrate voice and data networks and handle more traffic. Existing networks were optimised, made more powerful, flexible, and economical using Internet Protocol – IP. Today, local operating companies increasingly offer sophisticated systems, once again IP based, that seamlessly and intelligently deliver a full range of communications services, content and applications for personal, entertainment or business needs wherever and whenever required.
Full Article
The communications industry is entering a new and stimulating phase in its very dynamic evolution. We are seeing the emergence of new communication models for enterprises, carriers and, most importantly, individual users. The barriers between home networks, enterprise networks, wireline and wireless carrier networks are being surpassed. Networks can now provide seamless, intuitive, and accessible communications through highly flexible applications and services that run independently of devices and locations. They offer presence-aware, real-time, communications, as well as new entertainment services that are easy to use.
