The institute's R&D results are licenced to commercial partners that intend to bring them to market. Several groups of researchers from FIT have started their own companies to commercialize their research work. Using the concepts and prototypes licenced from FIT as a basis, they have built strong positions in their respective markets.

bureau42 GmbH

bureau42 GmbH, Cologne, a subsidiary of Humance AG, offers software and services for personalized E-Learning, E-Diagnostics and personalized information brokering.

Entec GmbH

Entec GmbH, Sankt Augustin, is a full service publicity agency for pharmaceutical companies and medical equipment manufacturers; they create E-Learning systems for professional medical training.

humanIT Software GmbH

humanIT Software GmbH, subsidiary of proALPHA AG, developed FIT's inFocus, a tool for interactive visualization and analysis of large data bases, into their core product InfoZoom. Ongoing development of InfoZoom is based on a strategic partnership with FIT.

LOCALITE GmbH

LOCALITE GmbH, Sankt Augustin, focuses on visualization of biomedical data and develops medical navigation systems.

OrbiTeam Software GmbH

OrbiTeam Software GmbH, Bonn, markets the BSCW Server software, offering consulting, customization and training services for the BSCW groupware system.