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Co-creating Digital Sovereignty

Digital sovereignty means having the power to act

Our state is highly dependent on a few large tech companies, resulting in a serious loss of control over state IT. With a comprehensive sovereignty package consisting of a platform, products and consulting, the Center for Digital Sovereignty in Public Administration (ZenDiS) supports federal, state and local authorities in freeing themselves from critical dependencies and securing their ability to act.

Our offerings

Platform

Confidently shaping digitalisation

With our openCode platform and the services based on it, we promote cross-departmental and cross-level collaboration, strengthen the reuse of open source solutions, and provide public administrations with the basis for a secure and sovereign software supply chain.

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Products

Breaking critical dependencies

Digital sovereignty requires interchangeability. Only those who can choose can decide freely. And only those who are in control are truly sovereign. ZenDiS offers public administrations easy access to professional, needs-based and sovereign software solutions.

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Sovereignty check & advice

Taking a strategic approach to digital sovereignty

How can we become sovereign? There is a great need for advice in public administration. ZenDiS provides support for questions relating to digital sovereignty and open source and, with its sovereignty check, offers an important analysis tool for identifying critical dependencies and deriving suitable exit and migration strategies.

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From the newsroom

Currently only available in German.

3. November 2025 Meldung

ZenDiS is now back on the road with a dual leadership team

In future, Pamela Krosta-Hartl will manage the business together with Alexander Pockrandt.

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30. October 2025 Meldung

EU Digital Commons Consortium (DC-EDIC) officially founded

The establishment of an EDIC ("European Digital Infrastructure Consortium") for digital commons has been officially confirmed by the EU Commission. For Germany, the Federal Ministry for Digital and State Modernization (BMDS) is part of the EDIC, while ZenDiS and the Sovereign Tech Agency will implement the first projects.

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30. September 2025 Meldung

ZenDiS creates additional subscription options for openDesk

ZenDiS is opening up sales of the openDesk office and collaboration suite to public and private IT service providers. This is the company's response to the strong demand for its superior digital workplace solution from the public and private sectors.

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25. September 2025 Meldung

Foreign IT of the Federal Foreign Office and ZenDiS cooperate on secure software for the administration

The foreign IT department of the Federal Foreign Office and ZenDiS are building a new ecosystem. The aim is to create hardened software containers for public administration and make them available for subsequent use. Further players are being sought for the ecosystem.

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22. September 2025 Meldung

Baden-Württemberg: 60,000 teachers' workstations migrated to openDesk

The state of Baden-Württemberg has been relying on openDesk for its Digital Workplace for Teachers (DAP) since the start of the new school year. To date, almost 60,000 workstations have been migrated to the ZenDiS Office & Collaboration Suite.

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2. September 2025 Meldung

ZenDiS auf 1. Europäischem Gipfel zur Digitalen Souveränität

Am 18.11.2025 findet in Berlin der erste europäische Gipfel zur Digitalen Souveränität statt. Im Fokus: Konkrete Maßnahmen, in denen EU-Mitgliedstaaten ihre Kräfte bündeln, um die Digitale Souveränität Europas zu stärken. Darunter: ZenDiS & DINUM mit openDesk & La Suite.

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1. September 2025 Meldung

ZenDiS cooperates with the Sovereign Digital Switzerland network

ZenDiS and the Sovereign Digital Switzerland (SDS) network seal their cooperation in the field of digital sovereignty with a letter of intent. The cooperation fits seamlessly into other strategic international initiatives of ZenDiS.

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21. August 2025 Meldung

ZenDiS brings digital sovereignty to SCCON

"We make sovereign" - this is the motto under which ZenDiS is presenting itself at this year's Smart Country Convention. Visitors to the trade fair can expect a mix of "hands-on" digital sovereignty and technical deep-dives into a digitally sovereign state. Also present: openDesk and openCode including successful use cases.

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15. August 2025 Paper

Recognizing sovereignty washing in cloud services

The demand for sovereign cloud solutions has risen sharply - and with it the supply. At the same time, a debate has arisen as to when a cloud service is truly sovereign. In the white paper, ZenDiS explains what constitutes sovereign offerings and how sovereignty washing can be recognized.

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3. November 2025 Meldung

ZenDiS is now back on the road with a dual leadership team

In future, Pamela Krosta-Hartl will manage the business together with Alexander Pockrandt.

Read Article
30. October 2025 Meldung

EU Digital Commons Consortium (DC-EDIC) officially founded

The establishment of an EDIC ("European Digital Infrastructure Consortium") for digital commons has been officially confirmed by the EU Commission. For Germany, the Federal Ministry for Digital and State Modernization (BMDS) is part of the EDIC, while ZenDiS and the Sovereign Tech Agency will implement the first projects.

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30. September 2025 Meldung

ZenDiS creates additional subscription options for openDesk

ZenDiS is opening up sales of the openDesk office and collaboration suite to public and private IT service providers. This is the company's response to the strong demand for its superior digital workplace solution from the public and private sectors.

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To the Newsroom

Technological self-determination is the foundation of a digitally sovereign state. Against the backdrop of the current geopolitical situation, promoting open-source software and strengthening digital sovereignty is more important than ever. ZenDiS ensures that the public sector remains capable of acting in this area.

Dr. Markus Richter State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Digital and Public Administration

It is crucial that digital tools and solutions are available quickly and from the outset in high quality and maturity. One thing is clear: for secure digitalization, we need digital sovereignty, and this requires many hands to work together. ZenDiS is a strong partner in this endeavor and delivers ready-to-use, productive solutions that can strengthen our sovereignty!

Claudia Plattner President of the BSI

Digital sovereignty is an essential prerequisite for the work of public IT service providers. With ZenDiS, we have a partner at our side who helps us to translate digital sovereignty into concrete projects and put it into practice.

Martin Schallbruch CEO govdigital eG

Open source is the working model for sustainable, trustworthy, and efficient public administration. Implementing this model requires exchange, expertise, cooperation, and concrete offerings. ZenDiS now offers all of this in one place.

Adriana Groh Co-CEO Sovereign Tech Agency

A modern community needs a digitally sovereign administration. Open source software gives the public sector the necessary design and control capabilities, greater flexibility, and speed. To this end, the Center for Digital Sovereignty, as coordinator and trusted advisor, initiates concrete development projects and connects stakeholders at all levels.

Peter Ganten Chairman of the Board, Open Source Business Alliance

With its clear commitment to open source, ZenDiS is making an important contribution to reducing critical dependencies in administration. Low-threshold, standardized offerings make it easy for actors at all federal levels to become more technologically independent and resilient in the long term.

Christina Lang CEO DigitalService GmbH des Bundes