From the US cloud back to Europe – our path to a sovereign workplace stack

Insight & Challenge Accepted

Our workplace stack was heavily influenced by US services: Google Workspace for email, Drive and meetings, supplemented by tools such as Notion, Harvest, Reclaim.ai and Slack. Practical, efficient, scalable – but also very one-sided.

For us, it was less of an acute danger and more of a learning curve that affects many other companies in the same way:

• How do we deal with dependencies on individual cloud providers?
• What alternatives are there in Europe?
• And how suitable are these solutions really for everyday use?

These were exactly the questions I wanted to answer for us. Instead of sitting back and doing nothing, I said: Challenge Accepted. The use of local hosts and cloud providers such as IONOS, StackIT, etc. is a growth area.

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Enterprise IT Training Curriculum

REWE International IT Architecture Modernization and Employee Training

Challenge at Hand

As part of the IT architecture modernization, the client faced the challenge of upskilling both current and future employees in new technology stacks, including cloud technologies and specialized solutions like GCP and Kafka. A structured, centralized approach to manage and deliver IT trainings was required.

Multistep Solution Approach

Training Needs Assessment

Identifying relevant IT roles and cataloging existing training offerings within the organization.

Role-Specific Workshops

Conducting workshops with role managers to develop specific knowledge requirements for each role.

Curriculum Development

Creating tailored training curriculums for each role, covering the basic to specialized knowledge needs of new technologies.

Learning Management System Integration

Implementing these curriculums into a learning management system to streamline the training booking process and ensure quality control.

Comprehensive Results

This led to the creation of an organized training curriculum, perfectly aligned with the organization’s IT and business strategy. It efficiently removed the administrative burden and streamlined the training process.

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