Offenheit in der IT: Herausforderung und Chance zu Veränderungen

Anyone who wants to deploy open solutions faces a number of questions and challenges. Not only technical aspects, but above all interpersonal factors and appropriate regulations must be taken into account. The right “mindset” plays a vital role. It goes hand in hand with a lively implementation of the community idea. It makes it possible to extend the idea of openness beyond open source and open hardware to questions of identity management, the development of innovations or the use of open data. This requires not only technical insights, but also acceptance criteria and risk awareness. This article therefore aims to provide an overview of key issues and to formulate a recommendation for dealing with openness in IT.