"Users and client firms expect our industry to take on responsibility for introducing new solutions and technologies. We want to take this corporate technical responsibility seriously, to increase confidence in the industry. CeBIT is the platform where we can demonstrate this."

"Managing Trust, the CeBIT 2012 theme, has two aspects in the era of cloud computing: a technical one, and a psychological one. The industry has to set the course in both areas: with data security measures, with high transparency as to data location - and with highly reliable consulting services. If customers can't 'touch' their IT anymore - because it's somewhere out in the cloud - then they need to be able to trust a brand and the people who stand behind it. This is even easier if they know that their data is located in a German data center and doesn't cross national borders, as is the case with Fujitsu."

"Security requires trust - and establishing that trust is more reliant on technology than ever today. Those who conquer the digital world with ever new technologies always need to keep their focus on people, because only those who trust technologies will accept them. This is why Vodafone involves our customers early in the development of many of our innovations. We develop technology together with society and based on the needs of our customers. That's how we can make products and services that people trust."

"Without trust there can be no society, no trade and no peaceful community. But in the digital age it's harder to develop trust, because we lack direct contact with our communication partners. Add to that a disquieting and seemingly endless flood of news about digital theft, breaches of privacy and ever more refined and often completely unpredictable attack techniques. Trust in the digital age therefore requires the right technology: IT security and privacy protection as the foundation for trust, and examples, rules and support in creating and maintaining trust - trust management."

"In focussing on 'Managing Trust', CeBIT is touching on sensitive topics: trust and security. In logistics this includes in particular the IT processes that support operations in the supply chain. Sharing confidential information such as client, project and process data requires a secure digital infrastructure. At the same time, logistics IT is what makes security and planning of operational processes possible - thereby creating trust in the supply chain. Trust and security are inextricably intertwined in logistics IT, and 'Managing Trust' consolidates them well."

"Deutsche Rentenversicherung is responsible for the social security of 70 million people in Germany. It provides its clients with very individualized, reliable and forward-looking support. Deutsche Rentenversicherung uses the latest IT technologies to protect its sensitive social data and comprehensive services. At CeBIT 2012, Deutsche Rentenversicherung will provide wide-ranging information to interested parties about the 'Managing Trust' theme."