Schwarz Group and Softwarehelden Announce Partnership – and Commit to European Autonomy in the Cloud
These days, it’s easy to sign up for cloud services. The only question is: Under what terms?
As the importance of data, AI, and digital business processes grows, the infrastructure behind them becomes increasingly relevant. After all, anyone who builds, processes, or operates digital solutions will sooner or later face a very practical question:
Where is my data stored? And who has control over it?
That is precisely why we are pleased to announce our partnership with STACKIT.
More than just infrastructure
STACKIT is the Schwarz Group’s cloud provider and pursues a clear goal: strengthening digital sovereignty in Europe. With its own data centers in Germany and Austria and a focus on independent cloud solutions, STACKIT is emerging as one of Europe’s leading cloud providers.
For us at Softwarehelden, this partnership is therefore more than just an infrastructure issue.
Because every day, we see how heavily companies can become dependent on individual platforms, systems, or proprietary structures—often without even realizing it.
Especially in complex IT landscapes, solutions are needed that not only work but also enable long-term control, flexibility, and transparency.
STACKIT provides the infrastructure. We provide the applications.
With our Cluu platform, we develop custom applications, digital processes, and data solutions for companies across a wide range of industries—from automotive and manufacturing to internal business processes.
Our strength lies not only in individual applications, but above all in intelligently connecting existing systems, data sources, and processes.
The partnership with STACKIT perfectly complements this approach:
- secure cloud infrastructure from Europe
- modern operational and scaling capabilities
- greater control over sensitive corporate data
- a technological foundation for sustainable digitalization
Or to put it another way:
STACKIT provides the infrastructure.
We provide the applications.
And together, we ensure that data is transformed into real solutions—not just pretty dashboards.
Why digital sovereignty is no longer just a buzzword
Digital sovereignty often sounds like politics or corporate strategy. In practice, however, the topic has long affected companies of all sizes.
Because as soon as processes, data, or AI applications become central to a company’s business, new dependencies arise:
- technological
- organizational
- economic
That’s why more and more companies are paying attention to where their systems are operated, which standards apply, and how flexible their infrastructure will remain in the future.
The demand for European cloud solutions is rising—not out of principle, but out of business necessity.
Thinking ahead together
The partnership between STACKIT and Softwarehelden is another step for us toward combining modern software solutions with a future-proof infrastructure.
Less dependency. More control. Better systems.
We look forward to everything we will build together.
