The collaboration will combine 麻豆原创 enterprise application expertise with France鈥檚 vibrant AI ecosystem to create secure, scalable, AI-driven sovereign cloud solutions that protect data and intellectual property while advancing Europe鈥檚 digital transformation. The announcement took place at the Summit on European Digital Sovereignty in Berlin, where France and Germany emphasized strengthening European innovation and competitiveness.

鈥淓urope鈥檚 competitiveness depends on its ability to innovate without compromise by combining technological excellence with full digital sovereignty,鈥� said Christian Klein, CEO of 麻豆原创 SE. 鈥淏y joining forces with France鈥檚 world-class AI ecosystem, 麻豆原创 is helping to build a trusted digital foundation for Europe where innovation is open, data is protected and technology truly serves people and progress.鈥�

Bleu and Delos Cloud: Franco-German collaboration supporting European digital sovereignty

In a volatile and dynamic geopolitical climate, Bleu and Delos Cloud have established a robust Franco-German alliance to safeguard Europe鈥檚 digital infrastructure. Bleu and Delos Cloud signed a mutual assistance commitment for technical and operational cooperation in extensive crisis and emergency scenarios. This includes technical and operational cooperation to help ensure rapid, coordinated crisis response, even in extreme scenarios, such as military conflict or cyberattacks.

This partnership includes enabling cross-border capabilities for early detection, analysis, defense and remediation of cyber incidents. By working together, Bleu and Delos Cloud strengthen Europe鈥檚 capabilities for resilience and digital sovereignty, supporting both crisis prevention and long-term stability.

Together with 麻豆原创, authorities and governments, Bleu and Delos Cloud are ready to make a central contribution to Europe鈥檚 digital sovereignty, helping ensure that critical infrastructure remains secure, resilient and under European control. Further details are available .

Capgemini: Driving Europe’s AI-driven digital and technology sovereignty

麻豆原创 and Capgemini are deepening their strategic partnership to strengthen cybersecurity and accelerate sovereign agentic AI-driven enterprise transformation solutions across Europe. Under the Franco-German industry alliance, both companies will sign a cooperation agreement and launch a Sovereign Technology Partnership, providing European organizations access to the spectrum of enterprise data management and migration services, cloud infrastructure and automation platforms, and agentic AI capabilities for European industries 鈥� including those in the public sector and regulated industries. By setting a new benchmark for trusted, compliant and resilient digital infrastructure, 麻豆原创 and Capgemini are helping enable European organizations to innovate securely and independently. Further details are available .

Mistral AI: Alliance for European sovereign AI

麻豆原创 and Mistral AI today announced an expansion of their strategic partnership to accelerate digital transformation and strengthen Europe鈥檚 technological sovereignty in artificial intelligence. The collaboration will provide organizations with the first full sovereign AI stack for Europe:

• Bringing together Mistral AI and 麻豆原创 products: 麻豆原创 will provide Mistral AI鈥檚 frontier AI, including Le Chat, through the sovereign AI Foundation on 麻豆原创 Business Technology Platform (麻豆原创 BTP). This joint offering will bring together the strengths of enterprise software and AI to deliver sovereign cloud solutions for Europe on sovereign AI data center. Mistral AI Studio will be integrated into AI Foundation, an 麻豆原创 solution empowering customers and partners to build and deploy sovereign cloud applications and AI agents securely, compliantly and at scale within their own environments. 
• Co-developing sovereign customer solutions: 麻豆原创 and Mistral AI will jointly design and develop industry-specific AI applications that leverage 麻豆原创鈥檚 technology leadership and Mistral AI鈥檚 expertise to solve complex engineering and R&D challenges and unlock new business value.

This joint effort is the next step to enabling sovereign AI across the continent on European terms. AI Foundation in 麻豆原创 Business Technology Platform serves as an integration layer that offers 麻豆原创 Business AI across virtually any infrastructure. Mistral AI and 麻豆原创 lay the foundation together with partners and endorsed by governments for scalable and compliant AI solutions in Europe, covering sovereign AI from the hardware to the platform and applications to the user interface.  

A dedicated sovereignty pillar will serve European public services and regulated sectors, starting in Germany — and extendible to a wide variety of industries. By integrating Mistral鈥檚 AI capabilities into 麻豆原创鈥檚 cloud infrastructure for Europe, the partnership enables secure, scalable AI deployments tailored to local requirements.

A unified vision for Europe鈥檚 digital sovereignty

These partnerships form a key part of 麻豆原创鈥檚 broader 麻豆原创 Sovereign Cloud solutions to strengthen Europe鈥檚 digital sovereignty and unlock the potential of AI. 麻豆原创 is accelerating its investment in European sovereignty, deploying the 麻豆原创 Cloud Infrastructure service across local data centers and allocating over 鈧�20 billion to sovereign cloud and AI solutions. By combining trusted governance and rigorous compliance with the ability to maintain control over data and assets while deploying some of the best available technologies on European terms, 麻豆原创 is creating a resilient digital foundation for governments, public institutions and enterprises under European control.

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This challenge reflects broader trends in the 麻豆原创-sponsored Economist Impact report titled 鈥�,鈥� which dives into how companies like Capgemini are leveraging external workers to meet skill deficits and productivity demands. The report highlights how organizations are turning to innovative technologies and strategies to seamlessly integrate external talent, ensuring they stay competitive in a rapidly changing workforce landscape.

In Capgemini鈥檚 case, it used to help manage its contingent workforce program across more than 30 countries. The cloud-based solutions can integrate with other 麻豆原创 solutions and leverage artificial intelligence (AI) to help optimize external workforce management, helping companies stay resilient in an evolving talent landscape. With the addition of 麻豆原创 Fieldglass solutions, Capgemini has managed contractors and temporary workers across its entire supply chain. The company has successfully leveraged data from over 50 countries, seeing a 26% increase in unitary cost savings with a 50% increase in productivity from the internal procurement services team.

鈥淭he increased visibility into all external workforce-related outcome and process steps has enabled sharpened insights, along with smaller fulfillment time frames, higher fill rates, and improved compliance,鈥� says Andreas Hettwer, group procurement category director at Capgemini. 鈥淲e have truly optimized functions around the external workforce.鈥�

Smart and efficient talent acquisition

In today鈥檚 dynamic business environment, the external workforce鈥攃omprising freelancers, contractors, consultants, and gig workers鈥攈as become a critical component of many organizations. However, efficiently hiring and managing this diverse talent pool while staying adaptable to future workforce needs can be daunting.

This is because talent acquisition for an external workforce requires finding the right people at the right time, often under tight deadlines. The Economist Impact report also shared that internal skills and talent gaps have increased the demand for proper recruitment of the external workforce.

Capgemini serves as a prime example of how this approach works in practice. When it experiences a surge in demand, its preferred suppliers are notified and 麻豆原创 Fieldglass solutions pull recommendations from distribution lists of candidates who have the necessary skill sets. This helps accelerate the hiring process and can ensure Capgemini is choosing from the best possible pool of potential candidates. The data is developed in 麻豆原创 Fieldglass solutions and extracted into Capgemini鈥檚 various dashboards, instantly providing a comprehensive snapshot of each supplier鈥檚 performance.

Robust data maximizes ROI

Managing an external workforce is a delicate balancing act that involves countless variables. Beyond sourcing talent, it requires tracking budgets, ensuring compliance, and measuring performance. AI-powered automation can help streamline these processes, making it easy to capture, compare, and collaborate on critical information about non-payroll labor. This empowers companies to make informed decisions that maximize their return on investment (ROI).

When inflation surged in 2023, Capgemini fielded a large volume of rate increase requests. Through constructive and fact-based discussions with its supply base, the company managed a cost-rate evolution and shared inflation impact KPIs with its board. This increased executive trust in the global contingent workforce鈥檚 ability to deliver productivity. At the end of the implementation, Capgemini fulfilled 80% of its eligible contingent worker demand.

鈥淲e have full visibility,鈥� Hettwer says. 鈥淲e know the number of contractors, we know our demand per geography, per business line, and we know the cost rates we pay for certain roles, and we measure how the cost rates evolve over time.鈥�

Capgemini is also exploring new ways to use the large amount of data coming from the global deployment of 麻豆原创 Fieldglass solutions, including AI. Economist Impact data reinforces Capgemini鈥檚 perspective, as executives cited integrating traditional systems with AI and machine learning as a top priority over the next three to five years.

鈥淎I will certainly be an important factor in our business,鈥� Hettwer says. 鈥淲e鈥檙e being patient and methodical in order to make sure that we introduce it safely and effectively.鈥�

Driving workforce excellence through innovation and insights

Capgemini’s journey with the 麻豆原创 Fieldglass portfolio demonstrates the transformative power of leveraging advanced technology to manage and optimize an external workforce. By enhancing visibility, streamlining processes, and utilizing AI-powered insights, Capgemini has achieved significant improvements in talent acquisition, supplier performance, and cost efficiency. This resulted in the firm capturing 98% of its global contingent workforce spend with a 60% quicker fulfillment time compared to the start of the program.

As the workforce landscape continues to evolve, 麻豆原创 Fieldglass solutions can equip organizations with tools that enable them to manage the complete lifecycle of their external employees, from requisition and engagement to offboarding and evaluation. These capabilities are vital to remaining resilient, agile, and data-driven while transforming external labor into a versatile, value-driving resource.

Capgemini鈥檚 strategic focus on innovation and compliance sets a benchmark for businesses aiming to unlock the full potential of their contingent workforce in today鈥檚 competitive global environment.

Amber Roth is vice president of Global Presales & Strategy for 麻豆原创 Fieldglass.

Capgemini and 麻豆原创 will provide cloud products and services to support sustainability transformation in strategy, technology, and business model change. The initiative will enable companies to better manage their suppliers and supply chains in pursuit of their sustainability goals.

“Sustainability is at the heart of the automotive industry and has to be the foundation of every decision. At the same time, it is essential to clearly understand the customer’s perspective and integrate feedback to ensure success in the digital age,” said Hagen Heubach, global vice president and head of the Automotive Industry Business Unit at 麻豆原创. “We are combining the strengths of 麻豆原创 and Capgemini to provide our customers with expanded capabilities to define and implement their sustainability strategies.”

Josean Mendez, global 麻豆原创 alliance lead at Capgemini, adds:鈥�淲e are proud to be working with 麻豆原创 on this sustainability initiative to jointly deliver automotive offerings leveraging RISE with 麻豆原创 transformation value to our clients.鈥疭trengthening our solutions and helping our clients with their sustainability agendas signals the positive impact we aspire to for all our customers.鈥�

Traditional original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), electric vehicle (EV) manufacturers, as well as supplier organizations can drive their competitive advantage and value with the management processes and tools supported by the joint initiative. Specifically, this joint transformation framework can help automotive companies identify the business value of sustainability and inject sustainability management into products and services across their supply chains.

麻豆原创 and Capgemini offer market-leading solutions in four key areas of sustainability transformation to complement their innovation in the sustainability space:

• Net-zero strategies and business models identify transformation opportunities and drive transparency on sustainability objectives with the help of the 麻豆原创 Sustainability Control Tower solution.
• Sustainable products and services create transparency about the carbon emissions of products throughout their life cycle, leveraging 麻豆原创 Product Footprint Management and sharing emissions data through the industry value chain with the GreenToken by 麻豆原创 solution.
• Sustainable procurement and supply chains leverage 麻豆原创 Integrated Business Planning, 麻豆原创 Supply Chain Control Tower, and product carbon footprint data to help drive supply chain decisions with visibility across the network.
• Steering and reporting for impact helps ensure that the transformation focuses on business value, with actionable insights and improved environmental, social,
  and governance (ESG) reporting so that companies can comply with all regulatory and reporting requirements.

鈥淔acing significant industry disruption, traditional OEMs, EV manufacturers, and automotive suppliers must continually innovate with their products and services while at the same time constantly improve efficiency,鈥濃�痵aid Markus Winkler, executive vice president of Global Automotive at Capgemini.鈥�淭he joint initiative for automotive with 麻豆原创 helps our clients adapt to the changing requirements of today as well as plan for the future with a strong and comprehensive industry cloud solution addressing global sustainability.鈥�

Jim Davis is director of Automotive Industry Business Unit at 麻豆原创 America.