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October 30, 2020

Otto Group IT's Cloud Circle

What is the article about?

Back in 2019, the Otto Group IT launched the so-called Cloud Circle – a community that provides an open exchange on cloud technologies and projects within the Otto Group. Due to the pandemic and other challenges, we all experienced stormy times. We needed to change the concept and are now hosting an open Cloud Café every 4 weeks.

In this post I would like to give you an overview of what the Cloud Circle and Cloud Café are all about, where we are right now – and where we want to go.

Cloud Circle? Cloud Café? Let us start at the beginning.

Why are cloud technologies important to the Otto Group in the first place?

The cloud transformation is a key enabler of innovative digital business processes in our industry. Innovations play a major role here, especially in the rapidly growing e-commerce sector. This ‘cloudy’ graphic shows the benefits of cloud technologies:

Grafik Benefits
Grafik Benefits

At OTTO, the E-Commerce and Business Intelligence Divisions were the early adopters, and now almost all Group subsidiaries use cloud technologies. An example at Otto Group IT is the migration of the SAP environment to the Google Cloud.

Cloud technologies continue to evolve at a fierce pace, meaning a flexible, agile working environment is needed, as well as interdisciplinary teams composed of employees from different Divisions and disciplines.
That's why the Cloud Circle was launched in May 2019, initially with 33 members from different areas of the Otto Group. 

What is the Cloud Circle..?

The Cloud Circle is a community that provides an open exchange on cloud technologies and projects within the Otto Group. Today, the Cloud Circle has round about 400 members and comprises colleagues from OTTO, Bonprix, Hermes and further Group companies. This allows colleagues from different teams to pool and combine their know-how to reach their goals faster. 

Meetups took place roughly every four weeks at the office. At each meetup, a member presents a current project or tool, which is then discussed. Since the pandemic kicked in, we met remotely for obvious reasons. The Cloud Circle clearly added value – that’s why we have also launched two further communities: The Machine Learning Community and the Security Circle.

Nina macht berufsbegleitend ihren Master
Nina macht berufsbegleitend ihren Master

What are we planning next?

We always want to take the cloud even higher. Due to the pandemic and other external effects, we had to change the concept. We are now starting a Cloud Café. We meet there every four weeks for an open exchange of ideas. Everyone brings their own current challenges, which we then solve together.


Cloud Café
Cloud Café

Do you have any questions or suggestions for the Cloud Circle or Cloud Café? Feel free to contact us!


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Natalie Pommering
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