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The Supervisory Board of adesso SE has extended its Executive Board contract with long-serving CEO Michael Kenfenheuer (62). Kenfenheuer’s contract was originally set to expire at the end of 2021. As a result, the experienced manager will continue to help oversee adesso’s further business development until the end of 2023 in his position as CEO and a member of the successful Executive Board. In his over 20 years of service to the Executive Board since 2000, Kenfenheuer has played an instrumental role in adesso’s development to become a leading consulting and technology firm for industry-specific business processes in central Europe.

Artificial intelligence is becoming increasingly important for the automotive industry. While the public is primarily interested in its use for autonomous driving, AI is already being utilised in other areas such as engineering, production, the supply chain or mobility services. AI is capable of optimising automotive production throughout the entire value chain, with plenty of room for improvement remaining for manufacturers and suppliers alike.

The IT service provider adesso will act as an official Google Cloud Partner in the future. As a Google Cloud partner, adesso can respond to the increased demand for cloud services in the market and use Google Cloud’s platform to develop and provide high-quality solutions for its enterprise customers.

material.one is the name of the latest innovation in the automotive and manufacturing industry to advance digitalisation in the sector. Within the scope of a joint project between adesso and logsolut, a platform is currently being created that will digitalise the sampling of components along the entire supply chain. The first pilot projects with lead-ing German automobile manufacturers and suppliers are already underway or in preparation.

There is a sense of euphoria at the start, and it is usually huge. Expectations reach unimaginable heights before an AI project begins, then disillusionment sets in as the weeks and months pass by. The end result is not the hoped-for revolutionary improvement to your own processes or brilliant new service idea, but a proof of concept (PoC). This evaluation shows what is possible and quickly reaches a state in which many AI initiatives remain forever: stuck in the PoC nightmare. The project fails as it moves from “this is possible” to “this is productive and earns money” – not because the developed AI solution does not work, but because those responsible have paid too little attention to some peculiarities and challenges typical of AI. In order to avoid the PoC nightmare, the IT service provider adesso believes companies should pay attention to these ten points:

QUANTO AG, which is majority owned by adesso, was joined in the past few weeks by about 100 SAP experts from the mother company and is now doing business under the name adesso orange AG as of 1 April 2021. The newest adesso subsidiary was formed to assist corporate customers with projects in the SAP segment.

IT service provider adesso continued its strong growth in 2020 in spite of the global pandemic, increasing its sales by 16 % to EUR 523.4 million. Operating earnings (EBITDA) improved more significantly, by 26 % to EUR 60.4 million. All in all, the business model and sector diversification have proven to be resilient.

The Supervisory Board of adesso SE has appointed Torsten Wegener to the Executive Board as of 1 April 2021, bringing the total number of members to six. This new addition to the management is one way the IT service provider is responding to its rapid growth, the diversification of business fields and target industries, and advances in internationalisation.

A study published today by adesso insurance solutions and the Leipzig insurance forums provides a clear picture of the German healthcare system in the years to come, as well as the role of private health insurance (PHI) in this sector.

Online and blended lessons have unfortunately now become the norm for many pupils in these coronavirus times. To get home schooling to work, a basic prerequisite is good IT equipment, of course. The IT company adesso would like to provide support locally and has committed to helping Heisenberg-Gymnasium in Dortmund quickly and unbureaucratically. It is a small Easter present, so to say.