Press Releases

Behind every digital success story there are bold people – people with the audacity to shape trends and change the world. These people and their stories are set to take centre stage at this year’s adesso digital day on 21 June at Areal Böhler in Düsseldorf. Respected business leaders such as Dr Michael Müller-Wünsch (Chief Information Officer at the Otto Group), Kian Mossanen (CIO of Siemens Energy Global), Christian Niederhagemann (CIO at the GEA Group) and Stefanie Kemp (CTO of Sana Kliniken AG) will offer exclusive insights into their IT and business strategies for success.

adesso ventures, the venture capital arm of the adesso Group, is investing in passkeys start-up Hanko. A new way to sign in that works completely without passwords, passkeys enable easy and secure access to apps, accounts and websites.

Digital, productive working environments are no longer a nice-to-have, they’re an absolute must. At this year's European Collaboration Summit, adesso will be showing business how they can implement such solutions in the best possible way and letting them know what they need to look out for. The IT service provider is one of Microsoft’s leading partners in Europe and will be attending the event in Düsseldorf from 22 to 24 May 2023.

adesso subsidiary Afida, which began operating on the market in June 2022, has been awarded another project by its contract partner Frankfurter Leben Holding (FLH). The FLH insurance group only recently announced the acquisition of the runoff portfolio of Generali Deutschland Pensionskasse. Frankfurter Leben will also be giving this segment to its runoff partner Afida for migration on the basis of the two companies’ successful working relationship so far. This is a promising growth area in the life insurance segment for IT and SaaS service provider adesso, which has secured a major future market with its spin-off Afida.

Reachbird, one of the foremost influencer marketing agencies in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, is making it easier to launch and manage influencer campaigns on LinkedIn. The adesso subsidiary’s RTECH influencer marketing platform is now connected to the business network LinkedIn through an application programming interface (API), allowing companies to access the latest data to plan and evaluate their campaigns.

The Supervisory Board of adesso SE has appointed Kristina Gerwert (46) as a new member of the company’s Executive Board with effect from

1 July 2023. The long-serving Head of Human Resources will assume responsibility for HR, “Corporate Buildings” and a subsidiary in the insurance segment. Gerwert’s Executive Board contract will run until 2027.

New toy or game-changer? Millions of people are using ChatGPT as an entirely normal part of their daily routine. The success of the large language model has surprised many. IT service provider adesso asked decision-makers at German companies about their expectations and experiences with AI, their plans for the future and how they see the technology developing. The verdict? AI is coming, and there isn’t much standing in its way.

IT service provider adesso is continuing its expansion to the UK by establishing a branch in London. Including the latest national subsidiary, adesso UK Limited, adesso is now represented in 14 countries around Europe, taking it one step closer to the goal of establishing itself as a leading IT service provider Europe-wide. The UK subsidiary will initially focus on supplying companies in the UK with attractive near-shore and offshore offerings from the adesso Group’s global supply network.

In its consolidated financial statements, adesso SE has confirmed the preliminary figures for 2022 that were published in mid-February. Group sales grew strongly again year on year, lifting the total figure by 33 % to a new record of EUR 900.3 million. Of that growth, 29 percentage points were organic. Accordingly, EBITDA stood at EUR 92.9 million (previous year: EUR 102.0 million). Excluding the non-recurring effect of EUR 17.9 million from a company sale in 2021, operating earnings (EBITDA) rose by 10 %. In addition to the capacity utilisation delays caused by the high pace of growth, as well as investments in corporate culture and infrastructure, significantly higher rates of sick leave in 2022 following the wide-scale lifting of COVID-19 protection measures prevented a greater increase in EBITDA. At 10.3 %, the EBITDA margin fell slightly short of the target corridor of 11 % to 12 %, whereas EBITDA and sales forecasts were achieved or exceeded.

IT service provider adesso is expanding its lottery business into the North American market for the first time: The consulting and software development company – headquartered in Germany and with around 60 other locations in Europe – becomes a member of the North American lottery association NASPL (North American Association of State and Provincial Lotteries). NASPL membership marks the starting point for the rollout of the technology and consulting portfolio to the U.S. and Canadian markets.