Provision of services, in particular the distribution of IT solutions and complementary products for companies and institutions in the service, finance, trade, commerce and industry sectors; consulting and sales of standard software and hardware; installation of IT systems; training and further education of IT users; operation of a hotline for processing support requests; provision of support services to users; acquisition, development, management and exploitation of patents, licenses and manufacturing processes; assumption of representations; participations; acquisition, encumbrance, sale and management of real estate; financing; entering into guarantees and sureties for subsidiaries and third parties.