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Retrospective on the Thin[gk]athon “Manufacturing-X – Dataspace Adoption”
How can artificial intelligence (AI) models be trained across organizational boundaries without disclosing sensitive data or intellectual property? This question was at the core of one of the challenges addressed at the Thin[gk]athon “Manufacturing-X – Dataspace Adoption”, which took place from 27 to 29 January 2026 at the SAP Innovation Hub in Munich. The co-innovation format initiated by the Smart Systems
ZEISS Strengthens Open Source Impact – Funding key projects and communities across the Open Source ecosystem
Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) plays a vital role in modern innovation, enabling collaboration, transparency, and technological progress across industries and boundaries. In 2025, we continue our commitment to supporting Open Source projects and communities that deliver meaningful impact, both within our organization and across the broader ecosystem. This year’s funding focuses on three
Recap Thin[gk]athon – Taking Virtual Shopfloor to the Next Level
The Thin[gk]athon demonstrates how interdisciplinary collaboration and innovative technologies drive the digitalization of production. Interdisciplinary teams have transformed real production data into an interactive 3D world and developed new solutions for industrial challenges.
FOSS in Focus: ZEISS Honors Outstanding Open Source Projects
ZEISS champions Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) by supporting OpenSSH, OpenCV, and Silk.NET with EUR 15,000. These projects enhance secure communication, image processing, and multimedia application development. Our initiative highlights the importance of FOSS in driving innovation and productivity, expressing gratitude to developers for their significant contributions to our success.
Software with responsibility: How we make digital transformation more sustainable!
In an interview with Hendrik Loesch, software architect at ZEISS Digital Innovation, the role of resource efficiency in software development is highlighted. Find out how companies can use targeted measures to make the digital transformation sustainable and what challenges have to be overcome in doing so.
Our contribution to digital education: Insights into the proGTA Calliope Mini Project
Find out how the proGTA Calliope Mini project teaches primary school children programming in a fun way and what experience our coaches gain in the process.
ZEISS Digital Innovation Goes Green: Our Strategic Initiative on Sustainability
This blog article delves into ZEISS’s strategic initiative on sustainability, highlighting their efforts in business operations and sustainable software development. It discusses their goals, progress made so far, and future steps to promote environmental consciousness and resource efficiency.
ZEISS Group’s Salute to Open Source Excellence: The winners of our 3rd FOSS Awards
ZEISS Group celebrates the winners of the FOSS Award 2024 and donates €3,000 per FOSS project. Find out which Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) projects won the award and why they were chosen.
ZEISS further strengthens its engagement within the global FOSS community
ZEISS is committed to Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) and is implementing a company-wide policy on FOSS engagement. The second round of funding engineers’ favourite FOSS projects was just concluded whilst the ZEISS group is happy to announce that it joined the Linux Foundation and Zephyr Project to strengthen its ties in collaborative software development.
Security and compliance in software projects – getting dependencies under control
This blog post addresses the high standards of security and compliance that we have to meet in every software project. Trained security engineers are responsible for ensuring that we achieve this within any given project. An especially persistent challenge they face is dealing with the countless dependencies present in software projects, and getting them – and their variety of versions – under control.