EBCONT recently made its mark on a groundbreaking project that is making waves in the industry: the <a href="https://kinderportal.stmk.gv.at/ords/r/app/kinderportal/home">children&#39;s portal</a> for the state of Styria. From now on, children in the green federal state will be registered for daycare and kindergarten places exclusively through an online system, with the EBCONT team responsible for the design.

The project focused on designing the front-end using modern UI/UX principles for both the children&#39;s and maintainer portals. This portal allows kindergartens to register, maintain their profiles, and efficiently manage their availability. The project was further enhanced by the creation of a new logo and matching icons.

What&rsquo;s particularly remarkable is that the EBCONT team was able to realize this user-friendly design in an impressively short time. With a small but highly specialized team of just three UI/UX design experts, the project was executed with exceptional efficiency and success.

The newly developed portal is considered a beacon in the design landscape, as it is the first to showcase the comprehensive integration of <a href="https://apex.oracle.com/en/" style="text-decoration:none">Oracle APEX</a> low-code solutions in this form. Oracle APEX enables the development of powerful and flexible applications with minimal coding effort.

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EBCONT Sets New Standards: Innovative Design Solution for the Styria Children's Portal

Currently, the timing for kindergarten and nursery registrations varies from one municipality to another, and there is no general overview of available places or waiting lists. This has often been a source of criticism, but that is set to change. Starting from the 2025/26 childcare year, registrations for childcare places will be handled for the first time through a single platform: the <a href="https://kinderportal.stmk.gv.at/ords/r/app/kinderportal/home" style="text-decoration:none">Kinderportal</a> of the state. This innovation was anchored in the new <a href="https://www.kleinezeitung.at/steiermark/landespolitik/6286796/Steirischer-Landtag_Kindergaerten-Krippen_Reform-ist-beschlossen" style="text-decoration:none">Children&#39;s Education Act </a>passed last year and is now ready to be implemented.

Through the new Children&#39;s Portal of Styria, parents and guardians can access all information about the 1,130 child education and care facilities in Styria&mdash;including kindergartens, nurseries, after-school care centers, and children&#39;s houses. The portal includes all facilities for children from zero to 14 years old, as well as the contact details of all providers and sponsors of day care services.

With the help of a comprehensive filter function&mdash;such as by location, sponsoring organization, care hours, accessibility, and available places&mdash;parents can search for a suitable facility for their child. The facilities that meet their criteria can be added to a shopping cart. The facilities, in turn, manage these reservations online. In the future, parents will also be able to see at a glance which facilities still have available places.

Starting in January 2025, pre-registration for places for the 2025/26 kindergarten year will be possible through the system, making the use of the portal mandatory in Styria.

Booking.com &ndash; that&rsquo;s the first association that might come to mind when accessing the new Styrian children&rsquo;s portal. And indeed, the platform works similarly to an online shopping format for parents. &ldquo;That was the intention behind it,&rdquo; says Vesna Krnjic, Chief IT Project Manager for the State of Styria, with a smile during the portal&#39;s presentation. &ldquo;We are proud to have achieved the goal of modernizing childcare in Styria together with EBCONT, accomplishing groundbreaking results with our IT partner in the shortest time possible. The portal will eventually provide an overview of where there are shortages of spaces and where action is needed.&rdquo;

Martina Edelhofer, UX/UI Designer at EBCONT, adds: &ldquo;We are proud to have significantly improved the registration process for kindergartens and the management of available spaces in collaboration with the State of Styria. The trusting partnership, marked by communication at eye level, enabled us to create an efficient and sustainable solution that ensures seamless management and oversight for all parties involved.&rdquo;

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New Children's Portal Styria: Find and Reserve Childcare Places Online

Pr&auml;sentierten das neue Kinderportal des Landes: SP-Klubobmann Hannes Schwarz, die technische Projektverantwortliche Vesna Krnjic, Bildungslandesrat Werner Amon (&Ouml;VP), Gesch&auml;ftsf&uuml;hrerin Brigitte Schafarik (Volkshilfe Steiermark) und WIKI-Obmann G&uuml;nther Ruprecht (v.l.) 
Foto: Land Steiermark/Fischer

Starting in 2025, registration for nursery and kindergarten places in the state of Styria will only be possible online through a newly developed portal—essentially the "Booking.com" for childcare—a milestone in childcare services. The platform aims to streamline the allocation of places, providing parents—regardless of their place of residence or social background—with equal access to childcare slots while significantly simplifying the search and coordination process. EBCONT has delivered a groundbreaking design project in record time, complementing the new modern online registration system with an innovative operator portal featuring fresh UI/UX design, a new logo, and matching icons.

New standards and innovative design for the Children's Portal Styria

The employer review platform <a href="https://www.kununu.com/de/continum1" style="text-decoration:none">kununu.com</a> has once again recognized EBCONT as a Top Company for 2025. This employer seal rewards companies with high employee satisfaction and is awarded exclusively based on independent reviews on kununu.com. We are very proud that EBCONT ranks among the companies with the best working environments in Austria!

Since 2015, <a href="https://www.kununu.com/de/continum1" style="text-decoration:none">kununu.com</a> has awarded the &ldquo;Top Company&rdquo; seal to highly rated companies. However, only about the top five percent of employers on the platform have been eligible for this award since last year&mdash;based solely on reviews from employees and applicants. This high rating also sends a strong signal to talents searching for their ideal workplace.

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kununu Top Company 2025

Sky's the limit

&quot;We congratulate EBCONT on once again receiving the Top Company seal,&quot; says Nina Zimmermann, CEO of kununu. &quot;This award is given only to the top five percent of companies that have received particularly positive reviews on kununu. It stands for recognition and appreciation and sends a strong signal to potential applicants. Moreover, the seal has an impact not only externally but also strengthens the company culture.&quot;

Johannes Litschauer, Managing Director of EBCONT, is also pleased with the repeated recognition: &quot;It fills us with great pride to once again receive the &#39;Top Company 2025&#39; award from kununu. This honor confirms our path as a company that promotes diversity and inclusion and creates an environment where respect and collaboration on equal footing are lived. Especially in times when the working world is changing rapidly, and hybrid work models are becoming the new normal, we are committed to a corporate culture that focuses on the needs and satisfaction of our employees. Because only together, in a trusting atmosphere, can we tackle the challenges of the future, operate sustainably as a company, and continue to grow.&quot;

For 2025, we were once again honored with the kununu Top Company Award for an outstanding company culture—placing us among the top 5% of the most employee-friendly companies in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland!


We did it again! EBCONT is again kununu Top Employer in 2025.

The total revenue of the largest domestic IT companies, featured in the annual Top 1000 ranking by ITWelt.at, has now increased for the twelfth consecutive year. This reinforces the IT sector&rsquo;s reputation as a driving force of the Austrian economy, especially in the face of multiple crises, and is a result of the ongoing rapid digitalization in the country.

Across the various categories of the Top 1000 ranking, all sectors, including IT trade, saw clear growth. Leading the pack is the &quot;IT Services&quot; sector, with an 8.7% increase, reaching a revenue volume of approximately 10 billion euros. This marks the first time the sector has taken the top spot in the industry comparison and has tripled its growth over the past two years.

This is a strong indicator of the current transformations within the IT industry: whether it&rsquo;s cloud or as-a-service models, these services are in higher demand than ever.

IT Industry Booming: Record Growth in IT Services

IT service expert EBCONT has not only joined the ranks of growth drivers but has exceeded all expectations, securing a top position at 56th place in the latest ITWelt.at Top 1000 ranking. As one of the last Austrian family-owned IT companies, EBCONT demonstrates that it can not only compete with, but surpass large global providers in the Austrian market&mdash;all while preserving its family roots. In the IT services category, EBCONT ranks even higher at 21st place, placing it among the few privately-owned companies to be counted among the best.

EBCONT Surpasses Expectations and Secures Top Position in IT Ranking

However, where there&rsquo;s growth, there are also challenges: the rapidly expanding IT sector faces a shortage of nearly 30,000 skilled professionals. Alfred Harl, Chairman of UBIT (Management Consulting, Accounting, and Information Services) at the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber (WK&Ouml;), outlines the issue across three key areas: &quot;We need to retain employees within companies and offer attractive working conditions and fair compensation to IT professionals nearing retirement to keep them in the workforce. Schools should provide meaningful foundational IT education for young people, and the dropout rate in IT programs at universities, currently at 50%, must be reduced.&quot;

For years, EBCONT has been addressing these challenges both internally and externally by focusing on key areas. The company&rsquo;s initiatives include personalized talent development, flat hierarchies, a hybrid working model even before the pandemic, numerous team events and benefits, as well as a strong emphasis on diversity. These efforts have resulted in a low turnover rate, top-tier candidates, and a highly satisfied team. EBCONT is also proud of its progress in increasing the proportion of women in the workforce&mdash;while the industry average is just 18%, EBCONT boasts a 20% female representation.

Carina Skladal, Division Manager for UX/UI and one of EBCONT&#39;s diversity leads, shares: &quot;From day one, new female colleagues are empowered. Through initiatives like Women@EBCONT, founded almost three years ago, joint internal and external events, and collaboration within one of the six diversity dimensions, we&rsquo;ve made significant strides. In 2023, we unified six teams under the EBCONT Diversity Charter across all dimensions, earning us Austria&rsquo;s top diversity award, the MERITUS from Pride Biz Austria.&quot;

The IT Sector Faces a Shortage of 28,000 Skilled Workers

The total revenue of the largest domestic IT companies increased to 30.86 billion euros in 2023, marking a rise of almost 6% compared to the previous year. EBCONT has achieved an outstanding position in the current Top 1000 ranking by ITWelt.at, securing the 56th spot overall. In the IT services sector, the owner-managed company ranks even higher at 21st place. This demonstrates that the Austrian family business is capable of competing successfully with large global providers in the domestic market while maintaining its family roots.

EBCONT surpasses all expectations in Top 1000 ranking

Innovation and Expertise Under One Roof

Our strengths lie in areas such as strategy and consulting, enterprise software development, UX/UI design, data integration, quality assurance, DevOps, and IT operations. EBCONT stands for creative and customized solutions precisely tailored to our clients&#39; needs, from planning to successful implementation.

New Home in Salzburg

With our locations in Vienna, Graz, Linz, St. P&ouml;lten, Vorarlberg, Germany, Pinkafeld, and New York, EBCONT is now also represented in Salzburg. This expansion brings us closer to our clients and talents on-site. Salzburg, Austria&#39;s cultural capital, becomes another hotspot in our network.

Top Service On-Site

Close to the customer and regionally rooted: The team led by Salzburg site manager and IT expert Benjamin Beer serves clients in and around Mozart&#39;s birthplace, offering the advantage of close, local collaboration.

We are, of course, also looking forward to applications from the region! Learn more at <a href="http://www.ebcont.com/karriere" rel="noreferrer" target="_new">www.ebcont.com/karriere</a>.

Salzburg, June 19, 2024 - EBCONT, a major player in the Austrian IT services industry, continues its success story by opening a brand-new location in Salzburg. With over 700 employees and more than 120 satisfied customers from various sectors – including the public sector – EBCONT offers tailored IT solutions and covers the entire lifecycle of IT projects. Our AI and data science professionals bring the latest technologies directly into our customers' projects.

EBCONT conquers Salzburg: IT power now also in Austria´s cultural capital.

Search and Semantics

Use EBCONT's big data services for scalable data storage and pattern recognition to drive the digitalization of your business through advanced analytics methods such as machine learning and geospatial analytics.

Boost your decision making with EBCONT's big data solutions. We offer customized data architectures specifically designed to scale and secure your enterprise data.

Big Data

Enhance your business processes with EBCONT's AI products. From anomaly detection and semantic search to cloud-based AI solutions - we offer advanced technologies for precise data analysis and efficient automation.

AI Products

Optimize your data management strategy with EBCONT's customized database solutions, which include both relational and NoSQL systems to ensure maximum performance and scalability.

Database

EBCONT develops customized mobile apps that optimize your business processes, from marketing apps to business applications, supported by seamless integration services.

Mobile Apps

Benefit from EBCONT's expertise in Java and .net development and microservice architectures to create robust enterprise applications that drive your digital transformation.

Enterprise Applications

EBCONT improves your IT projects through comprehensive test management services ranging from cost reduction to time savings, supported by innovative, scalable solutions.

EBCONT supports your software projects with specialized performance and security tests to identify risks at an early stage and manage them effectively.

Last, Performance, Security

Benefit from EBCONT's software testing services to effectively optimize your projects, from test analysis to the selection of suitable QA tools.

Software Test

Discover advanced test automation at EBCONT, tailored to your specific requirements to increase software quality and accelerate testing processes.

Test Automation

Improve the quality of your IT projects with strategic test management from EBCONT, which includes quality audits and efficient test environments.

Test Management

Quality Assurance

Benefit from EBCONT's comprehensive expertise in usability testing to make your developments target group-oriented and user-friendly.

Usability Testing

Treffen Sie das Team von SiteFusion ProConsult LLC - unserem erfolgreichen US Joint Venture - auf der Londoner Buchmesse 2024 und entdecken Sie unsere intelligenten Lösungen für strukturierten Content und adaptive Workflows.

London Book Fair 

In a world shaped by ChatGPT and artificial intelligence, businesses encounter complex challenges in handling service tasks. This article not only illustrates how companies can address these challenges but also introduces an innovative solution with RAG and SquirroGPT. Explore how Squirro not only masters complex structures in documents but also ensures data privacy and transparency.

How to automate your Service Management with RAG and SquirroGPT

Burning soles and tired, yet content. No, I haven’t run a half-marathon. I spent a day accompanying a mail carrier from my district on their route.

A day as a postwoman

We are excited to announce the inauguration of our 11th branch, this time in St. Pölten. With this step, we enhance our local presence and bring ourselves even closer to our customers in this flourishing region.


EBCONT IT opens its doors in St. Pölten

Since the introduction of Chat GPT at the latest, digitalization and artificial intelligence in particular have arrived in the middle of society and have thus become tangible and applicable for the general public without dedicated AI knowledge.

EBCONT shows the benefits of AI in practical use.


It was a very successful three days for EBCONT and the SiteFusion ProConsult team at the Frankfurt Book Fair 2023 last October. The invitingly designed exhibition stand was besieged by numerous interested guests every day and it was great to see how our company's solutions and services aroused so much interest among the public.


EBCONT rocks at Frankfurt Book Fair 2023

"Customer Experiences in the Spotlight" is the new motto at EBCONT. For many years, companies like Schrack Seconet or KSV1870 have been working in partnership with our teams. The secret to success lies in sustainability and tailor-made solutions.


KSV1870 and Schrack Seconet – Customers in the spotlight

On November 9, 2023, three winners from a record number of 39 submissions were honored at a festive gala. And EBCONT more than deservedly took home the victory in the "large company" category.


EBCONT wins the Austrian Diversity Award Meritus!


September 8th marks a new era in EBCONTs history. Our new location in Pinkafeld, Burgenland, was ceremoniously opened in bright sunshine in the city center of this traditional school town with politicians, representatives of the local HTL and FH, media, partners and lots of guests from the EBCONT family.


EBCONT IT opens in beautiful Pinkafeld!


EBCONT has grown organically and healthily over the last few years. New colleagues from over 40 nations are part of the team.
But new things are also being created regionally and internationally.

Spotlight on our EBCONT locations


"Customer Experiences in the Spotlight" is the new motto at EBCONT. For many years, companies like Schrack Seconet or KSV1870 have been working in partnership with our teams. The secret to success lies in sustainability and tailor-made solutions.

Customers in the spotlight – Successful together for many years

Pride ship ahoy!" was the motto on the Vienna Danube Canal this Thursday. This week, the MS Vindobona became the exclusive venue for the monthly lounge event of the Austrian IT company EBCONT.

EBCONT Pride Team goes on board!

There are many external consultants, but what about their reputation and who are the best?


EBCONT named Top IT Consultant 2023

EBCONT group - top 3 IT service provider in Austria - strengthens with immediate effect with Claudia Fischer as CFO and Markus Stangl as COO the management CEO trio around Johannes Litschauer, Alexander Deles and Leopold Machacek.



EBCONT group - a new era of corporate management

Women@EBCONT Day 2023

We were awarded the kununu Top Company seal again- this means that we are among the top 5% of the most employee-friendly companies in Germany, Austria and Switzerland!


We did it again! EBCONT is again top employer of 2023.

Ukraine – It's the people that count


Full EBCONT focus on digital accessibility with experts, training and lectures.


What accessibility has to do with IT

Sustainability with a focus on our people

Let’s talk about Health@EBCONT

Under the EBCONT flag, YOU ARE EPIC is a new advertising platform that is actually much more than that and also makes the world a little better!

YOU ARE EPIC at the Gamescom 22

Women in the IT industry must be encouraged, so we as a company want to send a clear signal and help women to become more empowered.

We support strong Women@EBCONT


EBCONT was voted one of the top IT service providers in Austria and is therefore one of the best employers in Austria.

EBCONT was ranked TOP employer 2022 for the third time in a row and one of the top IT service providers in Austria!

“The Scrum Master is accountable for establishing Scrum as defined in the Scrum Guide. They do this by helping everyone understand Scrum theory and practice, both within the Scrum Team and the organization.”
[Scrum Guide, 2020]

5 Tips for Scrum Masters


June is Happy Pride Month. And this year we are clearly flying the flag again.
Since the end of last week, just in time for the Rainbow Parade in Vienna, part of the EBCONT offices, namely the 34th floor of the Millennium Tower in Vienna, has been illuminated in rainbow colours.

EBCONT celebrates Pride and lets the Millennium Tower shine in rainbow colours

In autumn 2021, the Federal Ministry of Justice (BMJ) will finally implement the overall concept developed together with the Austrian IT specialist EBCONT for the automated processing of legal documents and, in particular, their automated anonymization. This is a milestone towards the efficient processing as well as an improvement of the data protection standards of legal documents. The Austrian IT company EBCONT was able to professionally accompany the process as a long-term competent partner with extensive knowledge of both data science and machine learning.

EBCONT succeeds in LegalTech: how the combination of heuristic and AI methods can enrich legal documents

Our publishing solutions at the 75th Frankfurt Book Fair

Frankfurt Book Fair

IT-Teams in allen Branchen spüren gerade den Druck, künstliche Intelligenz zu nutzen. Die tatsächlichen Vorteile sind jedoch schwer zu erkennen, auch angesichts der schnellen Entwicklungen und des Mangels an Fachwissen in diesem Bereich. 💡 

Auf Basis ihrer eigenen Daten oder eines Beispieldatensets zeigen Ihnen die zertifizierten Consultants von EBCONT sowie das technische Team von Elastic wie Sie entsprechende Anwendungsfälle umsetzen.

GenAI & Fertigung: vom Schlagwort zum echten Produktivitätsgewinn

Join us alongside industry leaders, innovators, and professionals to engage in practical workshops and address real-world challenges in Data Visualization, Knowledge Management, and Generative AI. Don't miss this opportunity to collaborate, learn, and lead in the evolving landscape of data management.

MarkLogic Worldtour

EBCONT is represented as an exhibitor at the Shift Conference for the first time

Shift Conference

Treffen Sie EBCONT gemeinsam mit unserem Partner PoolParty auf der Microsoft TechCon365 in Washington, der führenden Konferenz für Microsoft 365, Power Platform, Azure und KI.

TechCon365

Diese Veranstaltung bietet öffentlichen IT-Entscheidern eine Plattform zum Austausch über die Anwendung von Elastic im öffentlichen Sektor und den neuesten Entwicklungen in der Technologie. Experten und Community-Mitglieder werden informative Vorträge halten, in denen Kollegen ihre Herausforderungen und Lösungsansätze teilen.

Behördentag 2023

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