diff --git a/services/index.md b/services/index.md
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@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ author: none
 
 
 ## Software
+The service portfolio of HIFIS Software is structured into 4 different
+components that seamlessly interoperate with each other:
+Education & Training, Technology, Consulting and Community Services.
+
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 ## Backbone
 
 ## Guidelines
+The optimal use of online collaboration tools is prerequisite for successful
+research and especially in times of social distancing.
+We provide guidelines and helping information.
 
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diff --git a/services/software/communities.md b/services/software/communities.md
index 5b772647b119137fbc0c43c97ef62d56c82a0acf..126d8b8516967c5d813261afa71a558dc1bf0994 100644
--- a/services/software/communities.md
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@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ author: none
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 excerpt:
-  "HIFIS Software builds and fosters communities to support the necessary
-  cultural change in science when dealing with research software.
-  We will build and run an exchange network between the Helmholtz centers 
-  and will also provide guidance on how to build communities of practice."
+  "We build and foster communities to support the necessary
+  cultural change in science when dealing with research software."
 ---
diff --git a/services/software/consulting.html b/services/software/consulting.html
index 297e7b5bb991b8636bd4f16e4478b8d50f24a7b0..f3f64c108a2d15c86e66585d071b417fbeddff8a 100644
--- a/services/software/consulting.html
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@@ -6,13 +6,8 @@ author: none
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 excerpt: >-
-    HIFIS offers free-of-charge consulting as a service
-    to research groups under the Helmholtz umbrella.
-    We can help you to deal with specific licensing issues,
-    pointing out solutions on how to improve your software or
-    setting up a new projects. We are also very happy to discuss
-    other software engineering topics such as software engineering 
-    process in general.
+    We offer free-of-charge consulting in software engineering
+    as a service to research groups under the Helmholtz umbrella.
 ---
 
 <p>
diff --git a/services/software/helmholtzgitlab.html b/services/software/helmholtzgitlab.html
index 3cd6208cba0c38dac4e9065b0a2f4fa46a10ab67..6b80dbaa9286e4db0b0b7167c9173fc30a4162d5 100644
--- a/services/software/helmholtzgitlab.html
+++ b/services/software/helmholtzgitlab.html
@@ -6,13 +6,8 @@ author: none
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 excerpt: >-
-    HIFIS Software provides a sustainable, well integrated and easy to
-    use technology infrastructure for scientific software development. 
-    You, as a researcher, are accompanied during the complete life cycle
-    (from idea to publication) of your research software through technology
-    services.
-    The central point is a free-of-charge Helmholtz-wide GitLab service
-    that is available to all people within the Helmholtz Association and their partners.
+    We provide a sustainable, well integrated and easy to
+    use technology infrastructure for scientific software.
 ---
 
 <p>
diff --git a/services/software/training.md b/services/software/training.md
index e8079808b0102e01d4493e8db2b038f6eb34a708..241fa1ad7d5f6ab413910a6c72d2d9235671fc41 100644
--- a/services/software/training.md
+++ b/services/software/training.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ author: none
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 excerpt:
-  "In Education & Training we offer courses, materials or workshops to help you
+  "We offer courses, materials or workshops to help you
   in getting started or in boosting your software engineering practice."
 ---