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Some context: > The German government has asked SAP and Deutsche Telekom to develop the Corona-Warn-App for Germany as open source software. Deutsche Telekom i

Some context: > The German government has asked SAP and Deutsche Telekom to develop the Corona-Warn-App for Germany as open source software. Deutsche Telekom is providing the network and mobile technology and will operate and run the backend for the app in a safe, scalable and stable manner. SAP is responsible for the app development, its framework and the underlying platform. Therefore, development teams of SAP and Deutsche Telekom are contributing to this project. At the same time our commitment to open source means that we are enabling -in fact encouraging- all interested parties to contribute and become part of its developer community. https://github.com/corona-warn-app/cwa-app-android#contributors https://github.com/corona-warn-app/cwa-app-android#contribut...

tpmx 6y ago
Wow, those are not two companies that come to mind when "moving fast" is a priority. (I've only worked in a supplier role to Deutsche Telekom, but I can't imagine SAP is any less ... specific about rules and processes.) I guess they probably have some "experimental" departments for recruitment purposes, they must have used those.
- cheschire 6y ago
  They probably are funding external "startup" style companies which are outside of the corporate HR and union boundaries.
- zxienin 6y ago
  When serious data privacy and protection concerns are in play, German govt. banking on these is no surprise.
konschubert 6y ago
Ah, the two most expensive, most corporate, software development consultancies Germany has to offer.
- bla3 6y ago
  Don't disagree, but the GitHub project seems to be run well from a quick glance. Maybe the team is small enough.
- zxienin 6y ago
  Corporate - ok. Most expensive? Are there less expensive, yet better ones around? And btw: none are software dev consultancies. SAP sells enterprise software. DT is into telecommunications with some data center presence.

tpmx 6y ago

Wow, those are not two companies that come to mind when "moving fast" is a priority. (I've only worked in a supplier role to Deutsche Telekom, but I can't imagine SAP is any less ... specific about rules and processes.) I guess they probably have some "experimental" departments for recruitment purposes, they must have used those.

cheschire 6y ago
They probably are funding external "startup" style companies which are outside of the corporate HR and union boundaries.
zxienin 6y ago
When serious data privacy and protection concerns are in play, German govt. banking on these is no surprise.

konschubert 6y ago

Ah, the two most expensive, most corporate, software development consultancies Germany has to offer.

bla3 6y ago
Don't disagree, but the GitHub project seems to be run well from a quick glance. Maybe the team is small enough.
zxienin 6y ago
Corporate - ok. Most expensive? Are there less expensive, yet better ones around? And btw: none are software dev consultancies. SAP sells enterprise software. DT is into telecommunications with some data center presence.