Munich, July 11, 2025: Nagarro, a global leader in digital engineering, today announced a strategic partnership with STACKIT, the sovereign cloud brand of Schwarz Digits. Schwarz Digits is the IT and digital division of Schwarz Group. This collaboration enables organizations in retail and other regulated industries to accelerate their digital transformation while ensuring full compliance with European data protection standards.
With data sovereignty and operational control becoming critical success factors, STACKIT's GDPR-compliant, German-hosted cloud infrastructure offers a secure and future-ready foundation. Combined with Nagarro’s expertise in complex system integration and cloud-native technologies, the partnership delivers five key benefits:- Secure SAP transformation and managed services – Migration and operation of SAP systems such as S/4HANA on sovereign infrastructure.
- Cloud migration and infrastructure modernization – Seamless transition from legacy systems to modern, scalable cloud environments.
- Reliable managed services – End-to-end operation of critical IT workloads, enabling clients to focus on innovation.
- DevOps and cloud-native enablement – Faster delivery of digital products through containerization and automation.
- Data & analytics platforms – Integration and analysis of business-critical data in a compliant, secure environment.
Bernd Schulze, Director of Business Cloud and API Excellence at Nagarro, said: “With STACKIT, we can offer our clients a powerful combination of cloud sovereignty, compliance, and agility – essential for modernizing core systems without compromising control.”
This partnership expands Nagarro’s sovereign cloud portfolio and supports its mission to help clients become agile, digital-first leaders in an increasingly regulated and data-sensitive world.
"In Nagarro, STACKIT has found a valuable partner in one of the world's leading providers in the field of Digital Engineering," says Bernie Wagner, Executive Vice President Sales and Marketing at Schwarz Digits and CEO of STACKIT. "The digital transformation of companies remains essential. Together with Nagarro, we are enabling additional stakeholders on our cloud to integrate their complex systems."
About STACKIT
STACKIT is the cloud provider of Schwarz Group. External partners and customers in Europe can also rely on the cloud services that Schwarz Group companies have been benefiting from for years for their digital transformation. On the way to becoming the first European hyperscaler, STACKIT offers digital sovereignty that goes far beyond the market standard and individual approaches to the implementation and operation of cloud solutions. STACKIT currently operates four data centers – one of which is in Austria – and is building a fifth in Lübbenau. Based in Neckarsulm, Germany, the team is paving the way for an independent Europe – digital, leading. As part of Schwarz Digits, STACKIT GmbH & Co. KG is part of the IT and digital division of Schwarz Group.
About Schwarz Digits
Schwarz Digits is the IT and digital division of Schwarz Group and offers impressive digital products and services that meet the high German data protection standards. With the aim of achieving the greatest possible digital sovereignty, Schwarz Digits provides the IT infrastructure and solutions for the extensive ecosystem of Schwarz Group's companies and develops it for the future. Schwarz Digits' sovereign core services include Cloud, Cybersecurity, Artificial Intelligence, Communication and Workplace. In addition, Schwarz Digits creates optimal conditions for the development of trend-setting innovations for end customers, companies and public sector organizations. Schwarz Digits includes 8,000 employees of the brands STACKIT, XM Cyber, Schwarz Media, mmmake, Schwarz IT, Schwarz Digital, Lidl e-commerce and Kaufland e-commerce.
About Nagarro
Nagarro helps clients transform into fluid, innovative, digital-first enterprises, enabling them to thrive in a rapidly evolving market. The company stands out for its entrepreneurial spirit, agility, global outlook, CARING mindset, and its Fluidic Enterprise vision. Nagarro employs about 17,500 people across 39 countries.
For more details, please visit www.nagarro.com.
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