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Co-creating Digital Sovereignty
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.
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.
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.
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.
Currently only available in German.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
2. July 2025 Gastbeitrag
Podcast: Alexander Smolianitski as a guest on the 9vor9 podcast
How is the openDesk office and collaboration suite structured? Alexander Smolianitski, Head of Open Source Products at ZenDiS, explains in the 9vor9 podcast. Other topics include: How far is Germany in the area of digital sovereignty? And: AI and open source - do they go together?
11. June 2025 Meldung
ZenDiS and RKI conclude contract on the use of openDesk for the ÖGD platform Agora
The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) is establishing openDesk as the new technical basis for Agora, the communication platform for the Public Health Service (ÖGD). ZenDiS and RKI have now signed a corresponding contract for use and support.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
