computer science

Omninet

Omninet is a computer science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Omninet rather than just read about it. In short: Omninet, headquartered in Eckental, Germany in the region of Nuremberg, is a medium-sized software development company known as an international orientation innovator in the area of business process management software. Its subsidiaries and offices are located in Austria, Switzerland, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Russia; it has also a sales office in the United States.

Key takeaways

Omninet belongs to computer science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Omninet to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Omninet from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Omninet, headquartered in Eckental, Germany in the region of Nuremberg, is a medium-sized software development company known as an international orientation innovator in the area of business process management software. Its subsidiaries and offices are located in Austria, Switzerland, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Russia; it has also a sales office in the United States. Omninet is a Microsoft Gold partner.

History The company was founded in 1993 as OMNINET Germany as a partnership in 1995, and converted into a GmbH. In 2005, the setting up of subsidiaries started abroad. In 2010, the Omninet Group had 90 employees and 2014, about 150.

Operation Omninet develops and sells the business process platform called Omnitracker. Omninet 2012 was evaluated by analysts Info-Tech Research Group as one of the world's leading ITSM tool vendor and classified as an 'Innovator' in Enterprise Service Desk. In the market research for 2017, the German analyst "Research in Action" compared the 20 best of about 250 providers of IT and Enterprise Management Software in Germany and placed Omninet in third place. Some notable customers include DB (German Railways), DATEV, Daimler, the German Patent and Trademark Office, SANYO, Siemens, Tesa, NATO.

Products Omninet develops the modular business process platform Omnitracker. Omnitracker provides components and applications that serve the automation of IT-based workflows to B2B customers across industries such as Industrial companies, service organizations, IT service providers and authorities.

External links www.omnitracker.com

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Illustrations

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Omninet

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Omninet claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In computer science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Omninet before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Omninet ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Omninet

In research: Omninet appears in computer science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Omninet in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Omninet is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Companies established in 1993, Information technology management, Software companies of Germany, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Omninet outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Omninet in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Omninet means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Omninet out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Omninet in simple terms?

Why does Omninet matter?

Because it connects several computer science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Omninet?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Omninet.