Prof. Dr. h.c. mult. Hasso Plattner's research group Enterprise Platform and Integration Concepts (EPIC) focuses on the technical aspects of business software. Besides the integration of different software systems into an overall platform, the group also researches efficient data management, scalable software engineering, and new kinds of business analytics. Project work is carried out in close collaboration with companies and their end users in order to identify difficult challenges and to jointly develop well-thought-out solutions.