Only a few days remain until the EU-wide GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) comes into force 25^th May 2018. GDPR concerns all companies processing personal data of EU residents. From the end of May this year, companies that have so far successfully ignored this topic, risk being threatened by a letter from a lawyer or worse: The new regulation provides for fines in the millions. What can those responsible now do to prevent this?

Innovation, quality, enthusiasm and customer orientation – these keywords were the focus of this year's Trivadis TechEvent, held on the 15th of September. Many contributions from customers and staff told about the implementation of the digital transformation, which demands exactly these virtues. Only with enthusiasm can new ideas be developed and only when quality is good can these result in real projects. And only when the customer receives advantages and added value is the project worthwhile.

"Passion meets Innovation" - Our 44th Trivadis TechEvent TechEvent will take place in Regensdorf near Zurich, Switzerland, on September 15. One of the largest IT events in the German-speaking countries, it will bring together high-profile guest speakers and an expected 500 IT experts. The renowned British innovation researcher and author Nigel Barlow agreed to give the keynote. We asked him about his thoughts on innovation and digital transformation, and why it pays off to give technology a "human face":

The IT industry is currently being marked out by changes that probably better deserve the name "upheaval" and are often more or less a revolution. The migration of swathes of solutions into the Cloud is one of them. Strategic and solution-oriented consulting is a central success factor in this journey. Focusing on best practices and a tool-supported methodology is the best solution to convince all stakeholders of the added value provided by the changeover right from the start.