Atruvia AG, the digitalization partner for Germany’s cooperative banks, and IBM have inked a multi-year agreement aimed at modernizing and future-proofing Atruvia’s IT infrastructure to deliver autonomous, secure, and sustainable banking services. Under the deal, Atruvia will deploy IBM’s new z17 mainframe in its own data centers, leveraging IBM’s software suite to advance automation, data management, and operational efficiency. The collaboration emphasizes operational autonomy, with Atruvia retaining full control over its data using HashiCorp Vault and IBM storage to securely manage sensitive customer information and reducing vendor lock-in via hybrid cloud built on Red Hat OpenShift. To optimize cost and flexibility, Atruvia will utilize IBM Turbonomic and Apptio for intelligent workload distribution and transparency.
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The partnership also gives Atruvia direct access to IBM’s R&D sites in Germany and Switzerland, enabling early adoption of innovations within a compliant regulatory framework. On the sustainability front, IBM Z’s energy-efficient design and the resource optimization driven by Turbonomic, Apptio, and Terraform have already enabled Atruvia to decommission around 1,000 physical servers cutting energy consumption and carbon footprint by about 20 percent. “We are the digitalization partner of the Cooperative Financial Group … The collaboration with IBM enables us to be future-proof in all dimensions of sovereignty: from data and infrastructure to cloud, manufacturer, and innovation sovereignty. All parties involved benefit from the long contract term,” said Daniela Bücker, Executive Board Member, Atruvia. “We’re excited to collaborate with Atruvia as a forward-thinking and trusted partner in banking and digital transformation,” added Wolfgang Wendt, Chairman of IBM Germany; he lauded how the deal will drive stability, agility, and innovation across Germany’s banking sector.