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For IT architectures that protect your data. Today and in the future.

In the digital transformation of public administration, digital sovereignty has become a key priority. It enables organisations to retain full control over their data, systems, and technologies—and make independent decisions at every stage. Covering technological, operational, and strategic dimensions, digital sovereignty is essential for long-term stability, adaptability, and growth. We support our customers in building resilient IT environments with strong system integrity and genuine freedom of choice in technology.
With decades of experience, we’ve guided countless public institutions and businesses on their path to digital sovereignty. As a future-first IT partner, we offer a broad, end-to-end portfolio of technologies and services—from infrastructure to operations—all from a single source. And with around 120 locations in 14 countries, we’re always close to our customers.

Digital sovereignty with Bechtle.

Lay the foundation for a future-ready IT strategy—we’re here to support you.

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Extensive experience in integrating digital infrastructures

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A broad and diverse portfolio of technologies and services

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Deep understanding of individual customer requirements

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Access to established and specialised vendor and partner networks

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Positioning statement: Digital sovereignty with Bechtle. 


Digital sovereignty is a key issue across Europe. As a trusted European IT partner to both the private and public sectors, we design future-ready IT solutions that lay the foundation for lasting digital sovereignty.

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Digital sovereignty – A cornerstone of future-ready IT architectures.

A holistic, architecture-centred approach is essential to achieving digital sovereignty. This applies whether organisations are working to meet NIS2 cybersecurity requirements, comply with the EU’s newly enforced AI Act, or ensure GDPR-compliant data processing and storage. Broader international frameworks, such as the US Cloud Act, further underscore the need to clearly structure data flows and responsibilities. But sovereignty isn’t about technological isolation. It’s about recognising and actively reducing dependencies. This enables organisations to stay in control, maintain continuity, and operate efficiently within a robust end-to-end IT architecture that supports true freedom of choice and long-term resilience.
 

Bechtle Index of Sovereignty (BIoS).

With our software-based, objective sovereignty assessment BIoS, we provide you with targeted support in recording and evaluating the degree of your political, economic, technological or legal self-determination. A lack of transparency and digital dependencies jeopardise your institution's data sovereignty, ability to act and competitiveness. BIoS provides you with an objective and fact-based sovereignty index that is traceable and auditable.

 

Objective, auditable and reliable.

The Bechtle Index of Sovereignty provides you with transparency and guidance on your organisation's level of sovereignty. It considers the areas of technology, data sovereignty and competence in the context of your most important core processes and business architectures in equal measure. The objective index value thus forms a strategic instrument that can be used to make fact-based, self-determined decisions. This helps to balance risks and maintain control over your own data. On the other hand, the reliable situation assessment and the measures derived from it can secure the long-term competitiveness and design sovereignty of organisations and authorities.

Our approach for your self-determination.

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Analysis of assets, processes and your motivation to increase your digital sovereignty.
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Sovereignty score and domain assessment from asset level to business process.
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Identification of weak points and derivation of areas for action.
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Tailored to your needs.

We support you every step of the way to digital sovereignty. From consulting services and your IT strategy to future-proof IT architectures. Based on the BIoS sovereignty assessment, we develop an action plan tailored to your requirements, taking into account legal and regulatory requirements. With cross-vendor architectures and flexible software strategies, we enable secure, sovereign and future-proof IT environments. In doing so, we ensure GDPR compliance, technological freedom of choice, robustness and functioning exit scenarios.

Digital sovereignty is your strategic goal – and the Bechtle Index of Sovereignty makes it measurable. Get started today and request your BIoS assessment.

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