The financial year 2021 of the Swiss consultancy and IT service provider adesso can be de-scribed as very successful, in a generally volatile, but overall friendlier economic situation. adesso Schweiz achieved record sales again in the previous year. Having already increased sales by an impressive 17 per cent in 2020, growth was a satisfactory 6.5 per cent in the past financial year compared to the previous year.
The site in the Swiss canton of Ticino continues to be successful
Although the Lugano office opened only shortly before the first lockdown in Switzerland, adesso got off to a very successful start in Ticino and recorded strong growth again in 2021. The onshore location within Switzerland’s national border was a massive advantage, particularly during the period of travel restrictions, and it now serves numerous business customers from German-speaking Switzerland. In addition, the canton of Ticino has become an important innovation site in Europe in recent years.
New site in St. Gallen
In the summer of 2021, adesso opened its sixth branch in St. Gallen, joining the existing offices in Zurich, Bern, Basel, Lausanne and Lugano. This move proves that adesso is still on an expansion course and continued to grow its regional footprint in Switzerland last year. Customers can look forward to adesso’s St. Gallen office serving them with an in-depth offering in digital experience. This area is the optimal complement to the existing range of services and offers adesso the opportunity to support its customers even more comprehensively as a one-stop shop in the digitalisation environment. It is also an additional opportunity for adesso Schweiz AG to use the new site to position itself as a future regional hub for talented experts from the tri-state region, especially with the shortage of IT specialists experienced everywhere now.
The adesso Group enjoys a record year
A look across the national border to the Group reveals that the Group has also had a successful year. The era of team workings remotely using a digital infrastructure has seen a boom in digitalisation projects. adesso quickly adapted to the extraordinary situation brought on by the pandemic and achieved a new Group sales record in the financial year 2021. A few days ago, the adesso share was approved to the SDAX by the German stock exchange, which is a huge milestone on the way to becoming one of Europe’s leading consultancy and IT service providers.
The number of employees increased to over 5,800. This means that adesso Schweiz AG can guarantee its customers rapid scalability and draw on an extensive pool of experts from the adesso Group should they need to. This flexibility is an enormous advantage, especially during times when it is difficult to plan anything with certainty.
What does the future hold?
The market will be grappling with the current world events for some time to come. The challenges will also put pressure on companies to adapt to changing conditions with even greater speed. A cloud-based infrastructure is an essential basis for this. For many Swiss customers, it is important to have cloud solutions from their own country, especially in periods of uncertainty. adesso’s close partnerships with leading hyperscalers allow it to support customers both in migrating classic applications to the cloud and in developing and operating new cloud-native applications. There is also a lot of untapped potential in the use of AI technologies with regard to the structured use of data in companies, which could provide a decisive competitive advantage.
adesso sets a new focus on CIO advisory and the healthcare industry
The rise of digitalisation is steadily increasing the internal pressure on CIOs with regard to transformation projects and making their internal agendas more complex. In future, adesso will use its newly created CIO Advisory service to provide companies will high-precision consultancy on the development of suitable strategies while always factoring their level of digital maturity and industry affiliation.
The healthcare industry is another new cornerstone for adesso. Digitalisation is also rapidly transforming the healthcare industry and adesso will therefore focus on offering digital solutions in the healthcare sector with its Line of Business Health.
