Bechtle and Nextcloud: Navigating Digital Transitions in the Public Sector

About this episode

Manuel Liesenfeld discusses the importance of digital sovereignty and resilient IT systems in the European public sector.

With the recent accelerating pace of innovation, public sector institutions throughout Europe have come to prioritize digital sovereignty as a primary driver in designing resilient IT systems. Manuel Liesenfeld, Head of Head of Public Sector Division at Bechtle AG, discusses the current innovations in the European public sector and the obligation of public buyers to deliver resilient and sovereign digital solutions that put citizens first. We explore how Bechtle - Germany’s largest IT system house - and Nextcloud's recent partnership in offering digitally sovereign collaboration services for the European public sector is an important step in building resilient IT systems that prioritize security and data protection.

People in this episode

Guest: Manuel Liesenfeld

Topics covered

• digital sovereignty
• public sector
• IT systems
• collaboration services
• data protection

Keywords

• digital transitions
• public sector innovation
• resilient IT
• sovereign solutions
• collaboration services

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Bechtle AG, Nextcloud

Places: Europe, Germany

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