The digital world is fundamentally changing the way we communicate. This world is fascinating and limitless. We’re able to access our files on the road, use WiFi connections in cabs, or find a vacant charging station online while in an e-car. Before we get home, we can choose to turn up the heating a few degrees. We can lower the blinds at night while we’re away on vacation. Patients can transmit their heart rate and blood pressure readings online to their physicians. Deutsche Telekom works with leading technology companies to develop new, cross-industry solutions. Whether energy, security, health, or other aspects of our daily lives, the aim is always the same: greater convenience through connected applications.

The honeypots are out, and the hackers are swarming in from the World Wide Web to attack our specially prepared traps. Deutsche Telekom registers up to 400,000 attempted attacks every single day. We analyze the hackers’ activities to minimize the vulnerability of our systems and keep them – and our customers – as safe as possible. The honeypots are just one of many measures we’ve put in place so we can keep a permanent and watchful eye on the increasing dangers lurking online. However, Internet safety can’t be maintained by one company alone – it’s a joint effort. That’s why we organized the first cyber security summit for the German private sector in 2012.

There’s practically no other market where innovation progresses as rapidly as it does in IT and telecommunications. Companies that want to be at the cutting edge need a lively, creative community of thinkers. We’re engaged in a rising number of cooperation arrangements and a variety of partner models involving major global corporations as well as young entrepreneurs and new start-ups. This gives Deutsche Telekom and its customers access to our partners’ hottest new developments – an approach that allows all parties to benefit from the technical progress that’s taking place in the digital world.

People’s lifestyles are becoming more and more diverse. We have responded by adapting and updating our conventional working patterns. Today, Deutsche Telekom’s employees can choose from a wide range of possibilities to maintain a work-life balance: part-time schemes for managers, childcare, reduced hours for employees caring for old or sick relatives, job sharing, mobile offices, professional health management schemes, and training initiatives. We want to create a diverse, flexible, and open corporate culture. This includes maintaining a well-balanced mix of women and men of all ages.