MicroStrategy and STACKIT Form Strategic Partnership to Deliver a Sovereign Data Cloud for AI-Powered Business Intelligence
09 January 2025 - 1:03AM
Business Wire
Created in partnership with STACKIT,
MicroStrategy Sovereign European Cloud enables the most highly
regulated European businesses to leverage MicroStrategy’s
cloud-native platform
MicroStrategy® Incorporated (Nasdaq: MSTR), a pioneer in
AI-powered business intelligence, today announced the MicroStrategy
Sovereign European Cloud, created in partnership with STACKIT,
Schwarz Digits' cloud and co-location provider. Now the most highly
regulated European businesses can leverage the full power of
MicroStrategy’s cloud-native AI/BI solution, MicroStrategy ONE®, to
facilitate data-driven decision-making throughout their
organizations, while ensuring compliance with local data
sovereignty requirements.
STACKIT provides the highest level of EU security standards,
while also complying with EU legal and GDPR requirements. The
operations, technical and data processing infrastructure for
MicroStrategy ONE on STACKIT are located in the EU, and customer
data is hosted exclusively in Germany and Austria. STACKIT holds a
wide array of international security certifications including ISO
27001, C5, ISAE 3000 (SOC 2) and ISAE 3402.
MicroStrategy ONE on STACKIT enables customers to take full
advantage of MicroStrategy AI, a first-to-market solution for
rapidly building AI applications on trusted data. The Auto™ AI bot
enables end-users to access BI insights from within any application
using natural language. Additionally, STACKIT customers can take
advantage of a wide array of MicroStrategy ONE analytics tools
integrated with AI-driven workflows to rapidly create and launch
secure AI applications on a large scale.
“MicroStrategy ONE on STACKIT secures data sovereignty by
providing a protected framework for customer data, which also
enables our joint European customers to future-proof their
investment in MicroStrategy,” said Bernie Wagner, CEO at STACKIT.
“When it comes to analyzing data, the companies of Schwarz Group
have been using MicroStrategy for years. The partnership between
STACKIT and MicroStrategy is exactly the kind of innovation we were
looking for as a next step.”
With MicroStrategy ONE and STACKIT, customers’ investments are
future proofed with economic stability backed up by the companies
of the Schwarz Group, one of the world’s largest retailers.
MicroStrategy’s customers in Europe, which include government,
healthcare and financial services organizations, can take full
advantage of their data with insights from MicroStrategy ONE.
“Both STACKIT and MicroStrategy share a vision for independence
and economic stability, reflected both in this partnership and in
our corporate strategy,” said Phong Le, CEO of MicroStrategy.
“European MicroStrategy customers can use the MicroStrategy
Sovereign European Cloud confident that their data is secure,
compliant and providing value to the business through the insights
we provide.
For more information on MicroStrategy European Sovereign Cloud,
visit
https://www.microstrategy.com/partners/technology-partners.
About MicroStrategy Incorporated
MicroStrategy (Nasdaq: MSTR) is the world's first and largest
Bitcoin Treasury Company, and the largest independent, publicly
traded business intelligence company. We provide cloud-native,
AI-powered enterprise analytics software to thousands of global
customers, and leverage 35 years of software expertise to explore
innovation in Bitcoin applications. We believe the combination of
our operating structure, Bitcoin strategy, and focus on technology
innovation provides a unique opportunity for value creation.
MicroStrategy, MicroStrategy AI, MicroStrategy Auto, and
MicroStrategy ONE are either trademarks or registered trademarks of
MicroStrategy Incorporated in the United States and certain other
countries. Other product and company names mentioned herein may be
the trademarks of their respective owners.
About STACKIT
The cloud and co-location provider STACKIT is part of Schwarz
Group. External partners and customers in the DACH region can also
rely on the cloud services that Schwarz Group companies have been
benefiting from for years when it comes to digital transformation.
With data sovereignty that goes far beyond the market standard and
individual approaches to the implementation and operation of cloud
solutions, STACKIT provides holistic support for digitalization
projects. Headquartered in Neckarsulm, the team is paving the way
for an independent Europe – digital, leading. STACKIT belongs to
the IT and digital division of Schwarz Group, Schwarz Digits.
www.stackit.de
About Schwarz Digits
Schwarz Digits is the IT and digital division of Schwarz Group.
It offers compelling digital products and services that meet
Germany's high data protection standards. Schwarz Digits thus
guarantees the greatest possible digital sovereignty. With this
claim, Schwarz Digits provides the IT infrastructure and solutions
for the extensive ecosystem of the companies of the Schwarz Group
and develops it further for the future. Schwarz Digits creates
optimal conditions for the development of trend-setting innovations
for end customers, companies and public sector organizations.
Schwarz Digits includes 7,500 employees of the brands Schwarz IT,
Schwarz Digital, STACKIT, XM Cyber, Lidl e-commerce, Kaufland
e-commerce, Schwarz Media and mmmake.
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