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The IT service provider adesso AG has published a free white paper on the subject of the digital transformation. It explains how companies can systematically identify their potential in a targeted manner before exploiting opportunities using cyber-physical systems – and thereby im-plement the abstract concepts of the digital transformation in specific projects.

adesso AG announces a new international lottery-sector customer: The Danish Cancer Society (DCS) has commissioned the IT service provider with the implementation of a new lottery system. The solution will be based on in|FOCUS 360, adesso’s own platform for the direct sale of lottery products.

At ShareConf 2016, adesso will demonstrate how companies can make the workplace of tomorrow more appealing with Microsoft SharePoint and Office 365. The IT software provider is a long-standing key account partner of Microsoft, a gold sponsor of the event and also an exhibitor.

In May 2016, the Supervisory Board of adesso AG resolved to prematurely extend the Executive Board contract with Michael Kenfenheuer (57) which expires at the end of the year. The working paper was signed by both parties last week. The Chairman of the Executive Board will therefore continue to profoundly shape the future development of adesso AG until the end of 2021. With its recent long-term appointment, the Supervisory Board acknowledges Mr Kenfenheuer’s contribution to the successful expansion of the company, of which he has been a member of the Executive Board since 2000. Prior to assuming sole chairmanship as of 1 July 2015, he had already been serving as Co-Chairman from 2011. As part of the three-member Executive Board team, Mr Kenfenheuer is currently responsible for the strongest sales-generating sectors – insurance, banking and healthcare – and is also responsible for some important shareholdings of the Group.

IT service provider adesso AG is acquiring Smarthouse Media GmbH, based in Karlsruhe. The company is a leading and globally operating full-service provider of digital information and marketing platforms for the financial sector. Through this acquisition, adesso is swiftly expanding its solutions portfolio and its customer base in banking, a core industry.

Discussions about the digital transformation often quickly digress into philosophical speculation. However, decision makers must set the digital direction for their companies in the here and now. Digital service provider adesso AG explains how, in three steps, it can identify the key elements – the so-called objects of interest – for a successful digital transformation.

adesso AG is establishing a higher-education council to foster the transfer of knowledge between research and practice. The new committee consists of senior management from the IT service provider and numerous professors from renowned universities.

adesso AG is the best employer in its class in the ITC sector in Germany. The renowned research and consultancy institute Great Place to Work called the IT service provider in its sector specific benchmark the winner in the category of companies with more than 1.000 employees.

The Swiss lottery company Swisslos has completely relaunched its web presence and optimised its websites for the mobile use. The IT service provider adesso AG took over the technical part of the relaunch.

adesso presented the prototype for its digital marketplace for IP-based telecommunications services to an expert audience for the first time at Call Center World in Berlin. The development of the prototype was led by adesso AG’s Java competence centre in Hamburg as part of the “Symphony” research project, which was supported by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs within the scope of its activities to promote small and medium-sized businesses.