Data
The drivers of a new digital age
WHY DIGITALIZATION REQUIRES A RETHINK IN A REORGANIZED WORLD.
Whitepaper Digital Sovereignty
Artificial intelligence
A responsible approach
Cybersecurity
When protection is no longer trustworthy
Digitalization
Shaping digitalization in a sovereign and democratic way
How can we become digitally independent?
The use of certain digital services unnoticed restricts one's own independence, security and thus self-determination. This leads to massive disadvantages for companies, the public sector and civil society.
The whitepaper shows ways to enable a sovereign digital Europe.
Digital sovereignty from Germany for Europe
We are on the edge of a technological revolution that will fundamentally change our lives, our working world and the way we interact with each other. It is our task to guarantee our digital sovereignty for the future and to comply with German data protection standards and European values - without compromise.
For us, digital sovereignty also means: control over our data. We decide for ourselves where it is stored, who has access to it and how we use it. This makes us independent of companies or governments that do not share our values.
Strengthen business location
As a society, we must not run after others in key technologies without reflection, but must go our own way. This means building up software, hardware and expertise in Germany and Europe ourselves.
As Schwarz Digits, we combine cloud solutions, cyber security, artificial intelligence and secure communication at the highest level of security and data protection. With this combination, we ensure that knowledge and innovation remain in the right hands. This is how we strengthen Germany and Europe as business locations.
"As the IT and digital division of Schwarz Group, we are our own most critical customer. We continue to develop future-proof solutions for our customers that meet our high standards."
Christian Müller, Co-CEO Schwarz Digits
Do we want to make the same mistake as we did with energy supply?
Like oil in the 21st century, data is the fuel of our digital value creation. It leads to an acceleration of decision-making and adaptation processes in companies and to an increase in value creation in all areas, for example in development, production and sales.
This makes far-reaching strategic changes necessary. Innovations, jobs and our business location depend on our digital sovereignty.
Why are we gambling away our prosperity in the digital world?
The amount of data generated every day today corresponds to the total amount of data generated between 1970 and 2010. Sensors, IoT and self-service by people, for example through the use of apps and social media, have increased the amount of data exponentially. With the introduction of cloud solutions, data access and data collection have become more flexible and omnipresent.
Artificial intelligence is also exponentially increasing the possibilities for making decisions and deriving services from data. Those who can train AI with high-quality information have greater power potential.
Data is the resource for entrepreneurial independence and social freedom.
“It is more urgent than ever to develop a vision and clear strategy for a sovereign digital Europe.”
Rolf Schumann, Co-CEO Schwarz Digits
Strong network for digital sovereignty
For research into the key technologies of cloud, cyber security, communication and, above all, artificial intelligence, we are embedded in an extremely high-performance network of science and research in Heilbronn, including:
- Innovation Park Artificial Intelligence (PAI) in Heilbronn
- Heilbronn University of Applied Sciences
- TUM Campus Heilbronn
- ETH Zurich Campus Heilbronn
- Ecole 42 in with headquarters in Heilbronn
Academia Program
Teaching and research are the foundation for social progress, which is why it is essential that scientific data is stored and processed exclusively in Germany. Research, teaching and production systems have the option of using our cloud services either free of charge or at a heavily discounted rate, thereby ensuring maximum data sovereignty.
Further information
F13 - Administration of the future
We support efficiency and transparency in administration. Together, GovTech Campus Deutschland, STACKIT and Aleph Alpha are creating a platform for AI applications for the German administration. This will enable Baden-Württemberg to make AI tools available to employees of the state administration in its own data center and in the data-sovereign cloud.
Further informationHighest security standards for our customers
We offer our customers solutions that meet the highest security standards and bring technologies together so that no knowledge falls into the wrong hands. Our customers include top soccer clubs such as FC Bayern Munich, VFB Stuttgart and RCD Mallorca. In addition, customers of all sectors and sizes trust us, such as the Hamburg Port Authority, Commerzbank and Stihl.
FC Bayern München
Optimal conditions for digital transformation - this is what we enable FC Bayern Munich to achieve with our individual and scalable solutions. For example, the club can manage its data securely and in compliance with data protection regulations and protect its entire IT landscape.
Hamburg Port Authority
The Hamburg Port Authority (HPA) is a local government authority that manages the entire port-related infrastructure for the city of Hamburg. This includes roads and bridges, railroads and water infrastructure.
We provide continuous, automated protection. We detect security problems that normally require dozens of manual steps in a short time. This is how we support one of Europe's largest seaports in securing its extensive infrastructure.
Cloud Services
Sovereign Cloud is characterized, among other things, by the company's headquarters in Germany and data storage, management and processing exclusively in Germany. Find out what else plays a role in the white paper.
Cyber security
Sovereign cyber security is characterized, among other things, by sufficient investment in sovereign identification and defence measures, both preventive and reactive. Further aspects are described in the whitepaper.
Artificial intelligence
Sovereign AI is characterized, among other things, by control over one's own critical, sensitive information through processing in a sovereign environment. Find out more in the white paper.
Secure communication
Superior communication is characterized, among other things, by a GDPR-compliant basis that meets European data protection standards. Further aspects are described in the whitepaper.
Download Whitepaper
The whitepaper will be available from December 2024.