Net2DG (Leveraging Networked Data for the Digital Electricity Grid) is a joint effort by eight European partners to develop a proof-of-concept solution for leveraging measurement data from smart meters and smart inverters in low-voltage (LV) grids. The Net2DG solution correlates these data with information from existing DSO subsystems, in order to enable and develop novel LV grid observability applications for voltage quality, grid operation efficiency, and LV grid outage diagnosis.

The aim of the HIDENETS project (Highly Dependable IP Based Networks and Services, click here for a summary) was to develop and analyze end-to-end resilience solutions for distributed applications and mobility-aware services in ubiquitous communication scenarios. Technical solutions have been developed for applications with critical dependability requirements in the context of selected use-cases of ad-hoc car-to-car communication with infrastructure service support.

ISAS, the International Service Availability Symposium, was a sequence of 5 events bringing together researchers and practitioners to discuss the availability aspects in services. The term services is kept relatively vague on purpose. This helped the ISAS conference to address a wide set of service areas including maintenance, Web services, xaaS (software, applications, infrastructure As A Service) and other  service aspects around information (and communication) technologies.

The European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA) is an EU agency created to advance the functioning of the internal market. ENISA is a centre of excellence for the European Member States and European institutions in network and information security, giving advice and recommendations and acting as a switchboard of information for good practices. Moreover, the agency facilitates contacts between the European institutions, the Member States and private business and industry actors.

Sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society's Technical Committee on Dependable Computing and Fault-Tolerance and IFIP Working Group 10.4 on Dependable Computing and Fault Tolerance, Dependability.org has been created as a central source on the Web for information on dependable systems technology. 

The Security - Protection and Reliability division (Fachbereich Sicherheit - Schutz und Zuverlässigkeit) of the German Computer Society (Gesellschaft für Informatik GI) acts as a forum for all specialists active on topics of security, safety, dependability (reliability, availability). Special interest groups (SIGs) support scientific work as well as the exchange of ideas between science and industry. The cross-over characteristic of security topics is reflected in the divisional organization providing the basis for cross-functional work-groups, conferences and other joint activities between the SIGs, but also with other divisions, industrial partners and society in general.

Manfred was founding member of the division, which started in 2001, and was its elected speaker 2001 - 2006.

The Service Availability Forum™ is a consortium of industry-leading communications and computing companies working together to develop and publish high availability and management software interface specifications.  The SA Forum then promotes and facilitates specification adoption by the industry.

Manfred was elected president in 2004 and supported the Forum work in a number of roles (business model, use model, board member etc) over the years.

The AMBER Project aimed to coordinate the study of resilience measuring and benchmarking in computer systems and components, fostering European research in order to address the big challenges on resilience assessment posed by current and forthcoming computer systems and computer-based infrastructures.

Manfred was a member of the AMBER advisory board.

Manfred joined Fujitsu (then Fujitsu Siemens Computers) in 2000. Till 2014, when he founded in4com, he held a number of positions, mostly working on international level with global customer companies and peer units. His focus activities were
- development, promotion and sales of high-availability middle-ware,
- representing Fujitsu in standards gremia and EU research projects,
- business development for international major accounts,
- business development and sales of cloud based mobility solutions with a close eye on telematics applications.

The Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) is the central IT security service provider for the German government. By its basic research within the area of IT security it takes responsibility for the security of our society, and is thus indispensable to the internal security of Germany.