Overview
DIHOST provides non-profit support for the digital transformation of SMEs in the Eastern part of Austria.
It offers access to digital know-how and test infrastructure of 5 knowledge providers and involves business & innovation support organisations (Chamber of Commerce, clusters, etc.) to reach out to SMEs in four regions in Austria (Lower Austria, Burgenland, Vienna, Upper Austria). The consortium is coordinated by the Lower Austrian business agency ecoplus.
Aiming to counteract identified deficits of regional SMEs in digital transformation, the approach of DIHOST is based on the dissemination of good practice and exchange of experience and a multifaceted and demand-oriented upskilling programme which empowers regional SMEs to start their first digitalisation pilot projects in cooperation with digitalisation experts from RTD and innovation support institutions.
DIHOST focuses on the following key technological areas:
Internet of Things (IoT), sensors & connectivity
Blockchain technologies & IT security
Additive Manufacturing / 3D printing
These three key technology fields are complemented by selected topics referring to data processing & visualisation, virtual & augmented reality as a cross-cutting fields of digital innovation.
Within the above mentioned key technology fields, DIHOST target groups, i.e. mainly regional SMEs, can choose individual service packages starting from from a low-threshold entry level up to support in developing individual digital innovation projects and/or strategic support for mastering digital transformation of the whole enterprise. Digital technologies.
Sectors
Agriculture, forestry and fishing -
Crop and animal production, hunting and related service activities -
Silviculture and other forestry activities -
Fishing and aquaculture -
Construction -
Construction of buildings -
Civil engineering -
Specialised construction activities -
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply -
Water supply; sewerage; waste managment and remediation activities -
Water collection, treatment and supply -
Sewerage -
Waste collection, treatment and disposal activities; materials recovery -
Remediation activities and other waste management services -
Financial and insurance activities -
Financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding -
Insurance, reinsurance and pension funding, except compulsory social security -
Activities auxiliary to financial services and insurance activities -
Human health and social work activities -
Human health activities -
Residential care activities -
Social work activities without accommodation -
Accommodation and food service activities -
Accommodation -
Food and beverage service activities -
Manufacture of basic metals -
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment -
Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products -
Manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products -
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products -
Manufacture of electrical equipment -
Manufacture of food products -
Manufacture of beverages -
Manufacture of tobacco products -
Manufacture of leather and related products -
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. -
Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products -
Manufacture of paper and paper products -
Printing and reproduction of recorded media -
Manufacture of rubber and plastic products -
Manufacture of other transport equipment -
Manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except furniture; manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials -
Mining and quarrying -
Mining of coal and lignite -
Extraction of crude petroleum and natural gas -
Mining of metal ores -
Other mining and quarrying -
Mining support service activities -
Other services activities -
Activities of membership organisations -
Repair of computers and personal and household goods -
Other personal service activities -
Other manufacturing -
Public administration and defence; compulsory social security -
Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles -
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles -
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles -
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
Technology
Additive manufacturing -
Cyber security -
Internet of things -
Sensory systems -
Virtual, augmented and extended reality