After two years of “abstention” due to the pandemic, our m3 rockers were finally able to enjoy Germany’s biggest traditional festival again. A total of 40 m3 employees were among the 75,000 visitors and enjoyed an unforgettable festival experience. Headliners at the festival included Green Day, Muse and Volbeat. Other acts included Placebo, Måneskin, Marteria, Beatsteaks, Jan Delay, Scooter and other well-known top acts.
Those who stayed at home may hardly believe it at first, but the corporate success of m3 also benefits from the shared experience of such an event: In a great mood and cheerful celebratory mood, our colleagues proudly presented the company and symbolized team strength by hanging up the m3 flag and wearing our m3 hoodies, T-shirts and jackets uniformly. After all, this is not the case everywhere – a 2016 study by the AOK found that one in four respondents complained of a negative working atmosphere, and that this had a negative impact on productivity and motivation. We asked our colleague Daniel Stevens, who works at m3connect as Head of Account Management and describes himself as the “biggest fan of the campaign”, for what reasons the shared festival experience is important, and to what extent he believes it has a positive effect on the team and the company. We would like to present his conviction – as the initiator of the campaign – to you here verbatim:
“The annual festival visit to Rock Am Ring is a very special highlight, as the participating colleagues experience great and, above all, unforgettable moments together in an incomparable atmosphere. Weeks, even months in advance, the anticipation is shared à la “It’s finally coming soon!” and “Which bands do we want to see?”. On site, the camp is then set up together and lived in together for days. Great concerts are visited and it is laughed together extensively, sung, danced and celebrated. The festival visit welds together in a very special way and even creates one or the other friendship among the participants. Team building in a class of its own.”
It’s great to see that our colleagues enjoy spending time together even away from the workplace. The strong team culture and the lived values of m3 are a valuable basis for the company’s success

This year’s IHA Hotel Congress will take place on June 29 and 30, 2022 at the Lindner Congress Hotel Düsseldorf. As a partner of the IHA Hotel Association, we will of course be there again this time. Our Sales Managers Rosaria Weiland, Avdo Iljazovic and Constantin Cremerius will be at our exhibitor stand to talk about our field-tested, forward-looking solutions. They will present our unique networking concept with SD-WAN as well as our solutions for WLAN portals, room TVs and digital signage that are based on it. The three are looking forward to two eventful days with many interesting discussions.

We can finally share the next date for Rock in Rott with you. Unfortunately  our charity festival had to be cancelled in the last two years. Therefore we are now even more pleased to announce that Rock in Rott will finally go into the third round from August 12 to 14, 2022!

On the first weekend after the summer vacations we will celebrate, dance, sing, laugh and have fun together at the Sportpark in Rott.  As usual, the proceeds from ticket sales will be donated to charitable organizations. That’s why the slogan for our festival is called: Rocking for a good cause!

In order for all proceeds from ticket sales to be donated, the event must be financed through sponsorship. Information about sponsorship opportunities is available here. We are grateful for every company that participates and helps making this event possible.

All updates and further information about Rock in Rott 2022 can be found on our Facebook channel , on Instagram and on the Rock in Rott website.

 

Since September 2021, we are pleased to announce a new office in the United Arab Emirates.

The Middle East is undergoing major economic growth and we look forward to supporting our customers there with our solutions and all-round service. As usual, we offer the complete package from project management to installation and on-site support.

We are excited about the developments in this market and look forward to accompanying them in the future with our international customers in the hospitality and retail sectors.

 

When it comes to setting up a first-class network infrastructure in the hospitality sector, the leading budget and economy hotel chain B&B HOTELS trusts us as a reliable and strong partner in our joint project “Future Network”.
We are very pleased that the trade magazine “hotelbau” reports about the successful implementation of our “Future Network” in its January issue. An insight into the article can be found here.

All information about the “Future Network” project, such as the exact network requirements, the uncomplicated implementation at new locations, the advantages for the hotel chain as well as the individual hotels and the enabling of a digital guest journey through additional features, can be found in our Case Study.

 

At the Hotel-Restaurant Schwanen in Metzingen we were able to implement a very special project together with ASSA ABLOY Sicherheitstechnik GmbH. The hotel of the Wetzel family, which features 71 guest rooms, a restaurant, a bar and a conference area, is currently renewing its network infrastructure with the aim of increasing its own hygiene standards. For this purpose, together with Assa Abloy, the manufacturer and supplier of locking solutions and security systems, we implemented a door locking system that allows guests contactless access to the guest rooms via app.

m3connect of course provided the necessary network infrastructure and the integration of the door locking system. Hardware from the renowned manufacturer Ruckus was used and the entire building was equipped with Ruckus R550 access points. The access points not only feature the latest Wi-Fi 6 technology (802.11 ax), but also an integrated IoT module, which allowed the door locking system to be directly and easily integrated into the network.

The Hotel-Restaurant Schwanen has been relying on m3connect’s services in the field of network infrastructure, WiFi and digital signage for many years. That means they benefit from great cost efficiency, operational stability and, above all, flexibility. We would like to thank the Wetzel family for their trust and look forward to further projects in the future.

After a year off in 2021, we were back at CES in Las Vegas this year to catch up on the latest tech innovations. This year, CES was dedicated to the two technological megatrends of the future: intelligent automation and developments in interactive online and on-demand consumer goods and services in the wake of the pandemic – the new Metaverse.

In addition, breathtaking screens with razor-sharp images using QLED and routers with moving antennas were presented, among other things. By realigning the antennas as soon as the receiving device is moved, the signal is constantly improved.

We had an exciting time with many new impressions and are already looking forward to the next CES.

 

We would like to use the time at the end of the year to thank all our customers, partners and employees for another successful year.

We wish you a merry Christmas and a wonderful holiday season with your loved ones.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

As a nice surprise at the end of the year 2021, we may announce that we have been awarded for the 4th time by FOCUS-Business as a top employer of medium-sized businesses. Over 550,000 employee evaluations of more than 38,000 medium-sized companies based in Germany were analyzed.

The study revealed that m3connect is one of the “Top Employers of Medium-Sized Businesses 2022” in the category “Internet and Multimedia”. The study was composed of the following criteria: Company size, employee ratings from a Germany-wide online survey, and existing online employer reviews.

If you would also like to work for a top employer, take a look at our job offerings and become part of our team.

Last week on Thursday we spent the evening together in front of our screens and held our – very popular with all colleagues – Christmas party. Everyone made themselves comfortable at home with mulled wine, warm soup, home-baked cookies and other goodies. With lots of virtual applause, we toasted to our successes this year and welcomed our newly added 2021 team members. We are very happy to announce that we were able to recruit 23 new colleagues to our team again this year! We also drew lots for our 3 lucky winners this year who will represent our company at the Hornschlittenrennen in Garmisch-Patenkirchen in early 2022. In doing so, we got to hear some funny stories from the past years and reminisced until late in the evening.