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adesso receives AWS Digital Sovereignty Competency Status

adesso SE, a leading international IT service provider from Germany, is one of the first Amazon Web Services (AWS) partners worldwide to receive AWS Digital Sovereignty Competency status. The award was announced at the AWS re:Invent in Las Vegas. This status sets adesso apart as an AWS partner that enables customers to achieve digital sovereignty while fully leveraging the potential of AWS.

adesso has been awarded the AWS Digital Sovereignty Competency for successfully completing customer projects that meet AWS’s stringent criteria. In these projects, adesso showcased its expertise in helping customers maintain sovereignty and control over their data and infrastructures in the digital environment. This includes ensuring control over data residency and access, reliability, resilience, independence and compliance with any regulatory requirements. Drawing on its experience in this critical area, adesso advises customers on identifying sovereignty requirements while leveraging AWS technology and solutions to their fullest potential.

adesso was awarded the Digital Sovereignty Competency Status by Amazon Web Services. (Source: Amazon Web Services)

adesso was awarded the Digital Sovereignty Competency Status by Amazon Web Services. (Source: Amazon Web Services)

“We are thrilled that AWS has acknowledged our unique strengths and expertise in digital sovereignty by awarding us the AWS Digital Sovereignty Competency status,” says Alwin Penner, Global Head of Cloud at adesso SE. “Our teams have repeatedly proven in numerous customer projects that they can effectively meet the requirements for data protection and sovereignty in the cloud using AWS’s innovative and diverse services.”

Alwin Penner is Global Head of Cloud at adesso SE. (Source: adesso)

Alwin Penner is Global Head of Cloud at adesso SE. (Source: adesso)

To deliver the best possible solutions for even the most demanding sovereignty requirements, adesso leverages customised solutions and cross-functional teams with the expertise needed. Industry experts and highly specialised developers are available to advise, implement, and support customers throughout and beyond the successful completion of a project, ensuring the development of a tailored solution and its seamless operation in line with agreed criteria. This approach is reinforced by modular solutions, such as industry-specific landing zones, which are continuously refined based on insights gained from projects with diverse requirements for the digital sovereignty of workloads and data.

Numerous companies, including the statutory health insurance provider BARMER, already trust adesso's expertise – now further validated by AWS Digital Sovereignty Competency status. With the support of the IT service provider, the insurer has established a data lake in the AWS Public Cloud in Frankfurt. This setup meets all regulatory and legal requirements for processing member data in a public cloud using confidential computing, all while ensuring complete digital sovereignty.

AWS offers scalable, flexible and cost-effective solutions for start-ups and global companies. The AWS Competency Program supports customers in the seamless integration, provision and use of these solutions. It helps businesses identify AWS partners with extensive, proven expertise across various industries, use cases, technologies, and workloads, enabling them to drive business growth.


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