SAP and Deutsche Telekom, along with other partners have collaborated to launch the Corona Warn app that has been available to download from both the Apple App Store and the Google Play Store since the evening of June 15.
The Corona Warn app is the largest open-source project ever carried out on behalf of the German government. The two companies developed the app under an open-source approach. The development of the program coding could be followed continuously on the GitHub developer platform.
With this app, Deutsche Telekom, with the new “Digital Solutions” division of T-Systems, and SAP have digitalized a process for the successful interruption of infection chains with regard to the COVID-19 pandemic: from possible infection to the warning of potentially exposed contact persons and from smartphone to testing lab. The user experience – operation, data privacy, and hotline integration – was always the focus of development. The Corona Warn app, which was ordered by the German government, is one of the first European apps to be based on the current specifications of the Exposure Notification Framework provided by Apple and Google. This enables users of Android-based smartphones and iPhones to run the app on their devices in the background, while continuing to use their favorite apps at the same time.
Adel Al-Saleh, CEO of T-System
With the Corona Warn app, we have shown that we can create digital solutions ‘Made in Germany’ as partners, even under challenging conditions – and do it quickly, yet securely for millions of private users.
Jurgen Muller, CTO and SAP SE Executive Board Member
The project team worked closely together to develop an app in record time that will help us interrupt the infection chains of the coronavirus. The engagement on the GitHub open-source platform was outstanding and a clear sign of the lively software engineering culture in Germany.
