Marco Foellmer is President and Co-Founder of ebf GmbH in Cologne, Germany (
http://www.ebf.de). He is an IBM Certified Professional for Lotus and Tivoli. He has more than 20 years of experience in solution design and architecture, as well as in system consulting and integration. He has in-depth knowledge of the banking and insurance industries and in operation of data processing centers. Marco has successfully managed various projects in which he was involved in the design and architecture of a large-scale Lotus Messaging infrastructure and tight integration with Lotus products and LDAP, SAP, and DB2. Since the beginning of iNotes (now Domino Web Access), he has worked very closely with Lotus Development.
ebf is a software and technology consulting firm that serves its customers from its main office and centre of expertise in the heart of Cologne. ebf’s customers are located all over Germany and they include small to mediums sized enterprises (SMEs) as well as major multinational corporations.
ebf’s expertise is in the following three main areas:
1. System Integration & Consulting
ebf is one of the leading service providers for the implementation of the most innovative, cutting-edge technologies, e.g.:
• IBM Lotus Software in complex Domino environments (for up to 125,000 users)
• BlackBerry Infrastructure, Database Integartion and Hosting Services
• VoIP
By implementing these and other state-of-the art technologies, EBF has enabled many of its clients to better leverage existing resources and capabilities and hence, to gain a competitive advantage.
ebf also provides strategic IT consulting as well as mainstream services such as administration of company IT networks for up to 125,000 users on WIN32/Intel, Linux, AIX and Solaris, OS/2, HP-UX and other platforms.
2. Independent Software Vending
ebf develops software applications for Domino environments, complementing and combining Lotus and IBM standard software. It does this by designing customer-specific, “one-off” solutions and by customising existing ones. Its most successful application, the “ebf.revisor” for instance, helps its clients to watch modifications on Lotus Notes Databases directly on the Domino server. It watches on API Level and stores the information about access and modification in a secured and encrypted database in accordance with audit requirements.
3. IBM solutions reselling
ebf helps its clients to optimise their IT resources, typically saving them 10-50% of their annual software budgets. This is done through a structured process that reviews a client’s existing portfolio of software applications and uncovering areas where cost savings can be realised through the bundling of software licences and the use of ASP hosting services.
Typical client engagements draw from all three areas of expertise but often, ebf also provides services that are tailored to its customers’ specific needs within one of these three areas.
ebf’s clients come from all sorts of sectors and industries and since its foundation in 1994 the company has experienced dramatic growth and enormous success. EBF now employs 30 full-time consultants. It has developed a unique expertise in the service sector, in particular in financial services (banking and insurance), Telecommunications and Advertising.
Solutions and Services
• System Integration & Consulting
• ebf.migration toolkit
• ebf.integration service für BlackBerry
• ebf.revisor
• Independent Software Vending
• ebf.connector for BlackBerry (SAP. Lotus, Microsoft Exchange Public Folders
ebf fact and figures
Founded in 1994 by Marco Föllmer and Markus Adolph
Run by owners
Continuous growth
30 staff members
26 certified professionals
Know how
7 OBMG certified consultants
20 BlackBerry certified consultants
50 man years Microsoft Exchange Migration to Lotus Notes
80 man years BlackBerry experience
95 man years OBMG experience
300 man years Lotus Notes experience
8 IBM Redbooks at IBM Software Lab, Boston, USA
Ongoing success
500 active customers
50.000 BlackBerry devices in more than 80 organisations activated
750.000 end users in more than 200 organisations supported
Jens Uwe Fimmen
Marco leads ebf, which is amongst the Top IT consulting and implementation companies around collaboration in Germany. Especially in the areas of Lotus and Blackberry know how and performance, Marco - and ebf - is outstanding. March 30, 2008
allison cote
I have had the pleasure to work with Marco and his team at ebf. They are attentive to customers, honest and trustworthy. We recommend their services to our customers in Germany. March 29, 2008
Markus Berlin
Marco is a trustful and reliable person. He is focused and interested in new business opportunities. March 13, 2008
Ulrich Schnatz
It is a distinct pleasure to recommend to you my esteemed business associate and long time friend Marco Foellmer. His work has been a major factor in our company's continued success in the delivering collaboration components for our collegues. Marco has a zest for life and has a variety of interests. He can relate to people in many ways and on many levels, and is a great sales executive. In fact, Marcos people skills have saved the day for on more than one occasion. Marco is reliable and still lives loyalty to his collegues and friends the good old-fashioned way. I would without any reservation recommend Marco to you. He would be a tremendous asset in any company. March 04, 2008
Michael Alexander
Marco and I first worked together on a Redbook in 2003. In that project and others since, Marco has proven to be a highly professional and capable partner in every effort. Beyond bringing skill and knowledge though, Marco is great person to be around and brings positive energy to any team. I always look forward to working with him and fully endorse him for any effort around design and deployment of Lotus & Domino based solutions. January 21, 2008
Frederic Westerberg
Marco is an dependable and trustworthy partner I could always rely on. January 15, 2008
Matthias Schynk
Expert in TK&IT January 14, 2008
Stephan Schnitzler
Marco is a nice and competent colleague! January 14, 2008
John Carini
Honest, trustworthy and extremely competent. Marco and his team are a pleasure to work with. January 14, 2008
Alexander Kluge
Marco is a great guy to work with. I have worked with him on a couple of projects in the mobile IT solutions market. Marco is extremly well connected in this particular IT market. His technical expertise is excellent. I can recommend him on a profession 2000 al as well as on a personal basis. January 14, 2008
Tobias Kressner
Fantastic work, great job. January 14, 2008
Karl-Heinz Wonsak
EBF were able to add the necessary and needed value to our bids. Herein they showed their capabilities to make the difference in partnership and collaboration. January 14, 2008
Jens-B. Augustiny
Not only speaking at the same conferences, but often we are exchanging information, experiences, know-how with each other to enhance the experience our customers get from our work. Marco is internationally known as an expert in the IBM-Lotus market having years of experience in the Lotus-Domino area and a multitude of its companion products and markets. Working with Marco is exciting, exchanging experiences with him makes you work more on target and gives you the certainty of an important second opinion. January 14, 2008
Thomas Lang
Marco is a perfect networker with high technical skill and knowledge. You need something to know about BlackBerry or IBM products? Ask him.He know's what he's talking about. January 13, 2008 [
