The world's population is constantly growing, and the average age continues to rise. As a technology partner and corporate citizen, Siemens plays a role not only in helping people live longer, but also in improving their quality of life. IT solutions from Siemens IT Solutions and Services make healthcare processes more efficient and improve interaction between doctors, hospitals, insurance companies and public healthcare institutions. By improving the safety and reliability of medical care, our solutions help to create and maintain safe and reliable healthcare systems with a stable underlying infrastructure – also for the benefit of patients, who receive excellent service at affordable prices.

Examples:
 - e-Health systems (e-Health Infrastructure and e-Health Applications as health cards, e-medication, e-Health portals)
 - Healthcare solutions (i.e. for hospitals, insurances and ministries)
 - Citizen-friendly administration

More than half of the earth’s population already lives in cities, and the trend towards urbanization is accelerating. Cities are the growth engines of the future. With more than 160 years' experience in the public sector, Siemens knows what cities need and has developed the corresponding portfolio to meet these requirements. IT solutions from Siemens IT Solutions and Services help to improve people's lives in metropolitan areas. They support the public sector in the installation of reliable and safe infrastructures for public transport, traffic, water and energy, and of fast emergency management systems and functioning healthcare systems. The results are more streamlined administrative process and improved services for citizens.

Examples:
 - City management solutions
 - IT solutions for local public transport
 - IT solutions for citizen-friendly administration
 - Transportation solutions
 - Solutions for Utilities (e.g. Smart Metering)
 - Security solutions (e.g. Emergency Management, Smart Video Sentry)

Climate change is a fact, and innovation is the strongest lever for fighting the negative consequences of this man-made threat. Siemens is a leading supplier of climate protection technologies and offers a wide-ranging portfolio of products and services in the areas of power generation, distribution and usage. IT is responsible for roughly two percent of global CO2 emissions (roughly the same amount as the CO2 emitted by airplanes). The solutions provided by Siemens IT Solutions and Services systematically reduce the power requirements of IT equipment – of data centers as well as of desktops. With our "IT for Sustainability" portfolio, we also offer a comprehensive solution concept that uses information technology to minimize the total energy consumption in production and administration.

Examples:
 - Smart Grid/(D)EMS/Grid Asset Management
 - Transformational Data Center/Application and Desktop Virtualization
 - Unified Messaging
 - IT solutions for local public transport (e.g. m-ticketing)

Globalization provides companies with access to larger markets, but it also subjects them to increasingly tough international competition. Siemens provides a wide range of technologies and solutions designed to help companies become more productive. Since information technology is the backbone of virtually all business processes today, IT solutions from Siemens IT Solutions and Services play a significant role in this business. Our solutions help our customers improve their competitiveness in a globalized world. We manage complexity while speeding up business processes and making them more transparent. We help our customers reduce their costs, improve their service quality, respond quickly to changing market conditions and win new customers. As a reliable partner with a global network, we help our customers manage their international activities. For customers in the public sector we offer solutions that simplify information exchange between countries implement cross-country initiatives (e.g. on the EU regulatories). At borders our IT solutions provide maximum safety – for people and goods.

Examples:
 - IT Outsourcing
 - IT Security
 - Supply Chain Management
 - Customer Relationship Management
 - Product Lifecycle Management
 - Airport solutions
 - Security/Biometrics/Identity and Access Management
 - RFID in production and logistic
 - e-pedigree
 - Media solutions (i.e. Broadband Media Platform)