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Borussia Dortmund is an iconic name in world football, and a successful global brand as a result. Its achievements on the pitch, both in the recent past and further back in the history books, have made the club one of the most popular in the global game. Interest in BVB continues to grow year after year, as reflected in membership numbers of over 180,000. Borussia Dortmund is keen to cater to the interest in the club among its members, sponsors and partners while also offering services that meet the highest technical standards. To achieve these objectives, the club is working with long-term partner adesso to completely revamp its online presence.

From the charging of electric cars to the use of heat pumps and the operation of photovoltaic systems, the number and frequency of processes that require a substantial amount of electricity is constantly on the rise. The result is an increased demand for grid connections and connection changes in private households and at businesses. Operators of energy supply networks are reaching their limits in terms of staffing and are finding it difficult to meet the high demand. Through digital application management for grid connection requests, adesso provides grid operators with a modular solution that makes it possible to keep records of applications and process them quickly while conserving resources.

When it comes to payment, account management and securities settlement services, Deutsche Bundesbank continues to rely on the expertise of the adesso Group. KIWI Consulting GmbH, in which adesso SE holds a 70 % stake, has been awarded both of the two contracts included in the latest tender, extending its partnership with Germany’s central bank by a further four years. The framework agreement includes a variety of IT services worth up to EUR 24 million. The adesso subsidiary won out against strong competition in the open tender process, underlining the adesso Group’s capabilities in banking and public administration. Measured by sales revenues, Deutsche Bundesbank was the adesso Group’s largest customer in financial year 2022.

adesso and Borussia Dortmund have announced plans to continue their successful partnership for a further three years until 2026. adesso will accompany Borussia Dortmund on its digital transformation journey as the Bundesliga team’s official digitalisation partner. The IT service provider has also confirmed a three-year extension to its deal as the main sponsor of the club’s youth teams and as a partner for all of Borussia's activities.

These days, businesses compete worldwide for young talents. Attractive training programmes and content that interest young people allow companies to win over up-and-coming specialists, who are in short supply. Because professionally oriented training plays a crucial role in its efforts to foster new talent, adesso, one of the top IT service providers in the German-speaking world, is welcoming 57 trainees and students from cooperative education programmes as the 2023/24 training year gets under way – a new record.

As of 2023, people have been sucking on Em-eukal herbal drops for 100 years. To celebrate this anniversary, Dr. C. SOLDAN – a traditional family business situated in Adelsdorf, Germany – is enlisting the support of the campaign and influencer marketing experts at adesso. Their aim is to design a campaign to celebrate 100 years of Em-eukal with a particular focus on a younger target audience.

TEAG Thüringer Energie AG has chosen an adesso-led consortium to lead its migration to the SAP S/4HANA Utilities platform. In partnership with fellow consortium members Natuvion and Power Reply, adesso will be transferring the processes for energy accounting, market communication, retail sales and customer service processes to the cloud in the next four years. The IT service provider will be able to play to its strengths as an integration partner in complex transformation projects and draw on its SAP and change management expertise.

adesso ventures, the venture capital arm of the adesso Group, has made an investment in the Berlin-based digital health venture Nia Health. Nia Health develops digital applications that patients can use to improve the documentation and management of chronic inflammatory skin conditions while benefiting from more personalised treatment options.

The German Brand Award makes brand success visible. The latest example of this is adesso’s customer VPV, whose HR project AREA has just helped it win the Award for Excellence in Brand Strategy and Creation 2023 in the “Employer Branding Activities and Campaigns” category. adesso supported VPV in this endeavour as its digitalisation partner and congratulates the company on this special recognition of its brand.

Michael Zorc, former successful footballer, team captain and sporting director of Borussia Dortmund, joined the adesso SE Supervisory Board on 1 June 2023, an appointment that underscores the IT service provider’s industry expertise and steps up its commitment to international sports business.