Energy group RWE AG and IT service provider adesso SE are expanding their long-standing collaboration. With a new framework agreement, the partners are pooling their activities in the areas of digitalisation, IT services and artificial intelligence (AI). They aim to work even more closely together in future to implement key initiatives for operational excellence, innovation and sustainable growth. The agreement will run for three years and includes the targeted deployment of AI wherever measurable business value has been identified – spanning IT operations and direct business optimisation – as well as data-driven platforms and new international delivery structures.

Generative AI has arrived in German software development. Whether companies benefit from it, however, depends neither on the technology nor on the budget, but on how structured they are in their approach. This is the conclusion of the special report on software development. It is part of the GenAI Impact Report spearheaded by IT service provider adesso, which surveyed 500 executives in Germany.

IT service provider adesso, through its venture capital arm adesso ventures, is investing in ComplyDo, a Berlin-based start-up that automates governance, risk and compliance (GRC) processes using agent-based AI. At the same time, adesso and ComplyDo are entering into an operational partnership, whereby adesso will utilise the technology in joint sales to customers in regulated industries. The investment complements the existing portfolio of adesso ventures, which focuses on start-ups with a high customer fit for the adesso Group. Furthermore, with access to this proven solution, adesso is strengthening its position in the market for AI-supported compliance automation. ComplyDo is already being used by numerous listed companies and market-leading SMEs.

adesso SE has secured one of the most significant contracts in its corporate history. Following a multi-stage tender process lasting more than two years, the Deutsche Bundesbank has selected the IT service provider as its partner. Over the coming years, adesso will support the central bank in modernising its core banking system. The contract, with a total value in the tens of millions, is among the largest that adesso has secured to date, particularly due to its significant proportion of work contracts.