Softwarehelden GmbH, provider of the Cluu digitalization platform, announces its partnership with STACKIT, the cloud provider from Schwarz Digits. Together, the companies aim to deliver modern software solutions on a secure European cloud infrastructure and give customers greater control over sensitive business data.
With the growing importance of data, artificial intelligence, and digital business processes, the underlying IT infrastructure is also coming into sharper focus. It is becoming increasingly important for companies to know where their data is stored and processed, what regulatory conditions apply, and to what extent they are dependent on individual providers.
This is precisely where the partnership comes in: STACKIT provides the cloud infrastructure, while Softwarehelden uses Cluu to develop custom applications, digital processes, and connected data solutions.
STACKIT aims to strengthen Europe’s digital sovereignty. The cloud provider operates its own data centers in Germany and Austria and provides an independent infrastructure for the operation and scaling of digital solutions.
For Softwarehelden, the collaboration is more than just an infrastructure decision. The company supports customers from the automotive industry, the manufacturing sector, and other industries in digitizing complex business processes, connecting various systems, data sources, and applications in the process.
Uli Held, CEO of Softwarehelden GmbH, explains:
“Companies need digital solutions that enable long-term control, flexibility, and transparency. With STACKIT, we connect our applications and data solutions to a high-performance European cloud infrastructure. This allows us to offer our customers another operational option that combines technological performance with digital sovereignty.”
The Cluu digitalization platform enables companies—similar to Palantir—to link existing IT systems, data sources, and business processes without having to completely replace their existing system landscape. On this basis, Softwarehelden develops customized applications for areas including assisted testing, project management, contract management, asset management, analytics, and internal business processes.
Through the partnership with STACKIT, customers gain access to a sovereign European cloud infrastructure with operational capabilities in Germany and Austria. At the same time, they benefit from flexible scaling, greater control over sensitive data, and the intelligent integration of existing systems. This creates a robust foundation for digital applications, data-driven processes, and the use of artificial intelligence.
Digital sovereignty is increasingly becoming a strategic and economic issue for companies. As soon as data, digital processes, or AI applications play a central role in a business model, technological, organizational, and economic dependencies can arise.
Companies are therefore paying closer attention to where their systems are operated, which data protection and security standards apply, and how flexible their infrastructure remains. Against this backdrop, European cloud offerings are continuing to gain importance.
The collaboration between STACKIT and Softwarehelden aims to support companies in operating digital solutions in a high-performance, scalable, and controllable manner.
“STACKIT provides the sovereign infrastructure; we provide the applications,” says Uli Held, summarizing the partnership. “Together, we’re laying the foundation so that companies can develop concrete, productive solutions from their data.”
Softwarehelden GmbH, headquartered in Stuttgart, has been developing the Cluu digitalization platform since 2014. Originally developed for vehicle development and testing in the automotive industry, Cluu now connects existing IT systems via a virtual graph database and supports companies in the digitalization of complex processes. More than 20,000 users rely on the Germany-developed, TISAX-certified, and GDPR-compliant platform. Customers include Audi, Porsche, Volkswagen, Würth, and Bentley, among others.
STACKIT is the cloud and colocation provider of Schwarz Digits and part of the Schwarz Group. The company offers cloud infrastructure and digital services for businesses and public institutions. With its own data centers in Germany and Austria, STACKIT aims to provide an independent and sovereign European cloud alternative.
