- Partnership for highly secure technological solutions
- IT security as comprehensive overall strategy
- Result of proven, long-term collaboration
Kirchheim (Germany), October 16, 2025 – genua GmbH (genua), a leading provider of highly secure IT security solutions and part of the Bundesdruckerei Group, and Bechtle, the largest German IT system house, are consolidating their partnership. At the Smart Country Convention 2025, the leading event for Smart City, Smart Region and E-Government, Marc Tesch, Managing Director of genua, presented Steven Handgrätinger, Divisional Manager Public Sector, Bechtle AG, with the document for the expert partnership at the exhibition site in Berlin.
Solid Basis for Sustainable Success
Since their first joint projects in 2017, genua and Bechtle have developed a firm partnership on the basis of which organizations in both the public and the industrial sector today successfully operate.
This partnership is characterized by essential success factors: quality, reliability and consistent focus on customer benefits. These values form the basis for continuous further development of joint projects with IT security solutions.
"The success of our collaboration is based on mutual trust and the common desire to always provide our customers with the best possible solution," explains Marc Tesch, Managing Director at genua.
Through its international market position and a consistently close-to-market multi-channel approach, Bechtle is shaping the digital future of IT – customer-focused, sustainable and with specific competence required for the public sector. This also includes strategies for digital sovereignty.
IT Security Solutions “Made in Germany”
In line with this, genua supplies hardware and software IT security solutions "made in Germany" which meet the very highest security standards. Many genua solutions are therefore certified to international Common Criteria standards and approved by the German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) for the processing of information with the classification level German VS-NfD.
genua – with its strong solution portfolio oriented toward the public sector, industries with an obligation to maintain secrecy, and operators of critical infrastructure – and Bechtle with its extensive expertise in precisely these areas complement each other perfectly as solution partners for the demanding requirements of their customers.
"We look forward to continuing our collaboration with great zeal and a desire to jointly shape tomorrow's IT," emphasizes Steven Handgrätinger, Divisional Manager Public Sector, Bechtle AG. "The last eight years have shown that our partnership is solid and constantly growing. We fully intend to continue this trend into the future."
About the genua Partner Program:
Collaborating with selected partners has been part of genua's DNA for many years now. With the genua partner program, genua has laid the foundations for efficient partner support so that IT security projects are designed and implemented to the satisfaction of joint customers. "Expert" is the highest of four partner levels.
genua Experts regularly obtain qualifications through selected product-specific training sessions. They have detailed knowledge of the genua portfolio and help customers with the selection, purchase and implementation as well as operation and maintenance of genua technologies. In addition to genua technologies, Expert partners also offer customized services that ensure that the customer's IT infrastructure continues to run smoothly. Together with its partners, genua GmbH stands for Excellence in Digital Security.
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Successful collaboration (left to right): Bernd Quiring (Sales Manager Public, genua GmbH), Marc Tesch (Managing Director of genua GmbH), Steven Handgrätinger (Divisional Manager Public Sector, Bechtle AG), Thomas Teitge (Member of Executive Board of Bechtle IT-Systemhaus Bonn)
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About Bechtle
Bechtle is one of Europe's leading IT providers. The company designs future-proof IT architectures – from classic IT infrastructure as well as digitization, multicloud, modern workplace and security through to artificial intelligence and managed services. Bechtle also offers its customers intelligent financing and the implementation of sustainable concepts such as circular IT. With its subsidiaries, Bechtle is one of the leading specialists for business applications, first and foremost PLM and ERP. The consistent multi-channel strategy combines personal support at over 120 locations in 14 European countries with digital services and global cooperation. With more than 15,500 employees, Bechtle is always close to its customers – whether mid-sized companies, corporate groups or the public sector. The IT provider is listed on the MDAX and TecDAX. In 2024, it had a turnover of 6.31 billion EUR.
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