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Moving from Standard Solutions to Individual Strategies: adesso Launches New Division to Consolidate Cloud Expertise

For many companies, digital sovereignty is increasingly shifting from a technical issue to a strategic management challenge, caught between the often conflicting demands of innovation, regulation, and competitiveness. At the same time, it is becoming clear that there is no one-size-fits-all route to greater operational freedom in the cloud. Requirements vary wildly depending on the use case, industry, and regulatory environment. Against this backdrop, adesso has consolidated its cloud expertise into the new cloud division (Business Line Cloud) from the beginning of 2026, in order to provide customers with vendor-neutral support for tailored multi-cloud strategies.

Recent findings from the Cloud Focus Report on the “Digital Sovereignty Index", published by adesso in collaboration with the Handelsblatt Research Institute, illustrate this growing complexity: Around three-fifths of organisations surveyed report a significant dependency on a single cloud provider, while around 70 per cent already use several platforms in parallel. An equal number of decision-makers consider switching providers to be a laborious process. The results indicate that digital sovereignty is less a question of individual technologies and depends more on the strategic management of cloud architectures. The ability to design complex cloud landscapes in a considered and deliberate way will therefore be crucial.

As a result, companies cannot take a blanket approach to defining their cloud strategies – instead they must tailor them according to workload, data protection requirements, and regulatory demands. Digital sovereignty is not achieved through isolation, but through the deliberate combination of technologies and the proactive management of dependencies.

While many managers have previously viewed cloud initiatives primarily from the perspective of cost optimisation and technical performance, they are now focussing more closely on architectural decisions. The goal: to enable innovation whilst maintaining control over data and processes. Companies thus face a new balancing act between efficiency, innovation, and digital sovereignty.


Individual Sovereignty Over Standardised Models

This shift demands a fresh perspective, especially at the strategic level. “For companies, digital sovereignty primarily means freedom – the freedom to use technologies in ways that best fit their business models,” says Mark Lohweber, CEO of adesso SE. “We’re observing a clear transition away from sweeping platform decisions towards greater strategic decision-making capability. Companies want to enable innovation, but also keep risks under control. Consolidating our cloud expertise is therefore a logical step to afford our customers exactly this freedom.”

Mark Lohwerber is CEO of adesso SE. (Source: adesso)

From Strategy to Structure

Reflecting this strategic perspective, adesso is also realigning its cloud offering. The company is pooling its expertise in strategic consulting, architecture design, and operations within a single cloud division. The goal is to provide holistic support – from defining bespoke sovereignty requirements, through to the implementation and operation of scalable multi-cloud architectures.


A Workload-Based Approach, Not Platform Dogma

This new division is designed to support companies in designing cloud architectures to match specific business needs, rather than rigidly adhering to prescribed patterns. The key question is: what level of sovereignty is essential for each application – and how can different platforms best be combined?

“There is no set value for digital sovereignty,” explains Alwin Penner, Business Line Lead and Global Head of Cloud at adesso SE. “Every organisation has its own unique requirements. The crucial factor is to define the right balance of control, innovation, and cost for each workload, and then translate this into a sustainable architecture. We are pooling our expertise in the new division to map these requirements optimally. We take the complexity out of our customers’ hands so they can concentrate on what matters most: their core business and the development of innovative solutions.”

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

According to adesso, companies especially benefit from a one-stop-shop approach that significantly accelerates the journey from cloud strategy to live operations. Today, it is about much more than infrastructure: The adesso cloud business line enables the seamless integration of cloud-native architectures and the rapid scaling of modern AI workloads. Standardised best practices, cross-vendor consulting, and the early integration of governance and compliance requirements into the architecture all help to reduce long-term dependencies while preserving room for innovation. For more detailed insights into current market trends and challenges, see the Cloud Focus Report on the “Digital Sovereignty Index” from adesso and the Handelsblatt Research Institute.


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