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Following the acquisition of EasyPay Group, Partena Professional Group needed to bring two different enterprise architecture practices together. xplus, part of Yuma, helped establish one shared approach, with clear roles, governance and decision-making processes to support the group’s Landscape 2030 program.

Join our exclusive roundtable on Cyber Resilience on 26 November 2026. Cyberattacks are increasingly affecting the entire digital chain. Attackers target not only data and backups, but also identities, access rights, applications, and network connections. The central question is therefore no longer simply: how do we prevent an attack? Just as important is: how do we limit the impact and restore business operations quickly, securely, and demonstrably?

AI is becoming more powerful, but the real question isn’t whether we should fear it. It’s whether we’re focusing on the right risks and opportunities, and how we can turn AI into real value for people, organizations and Europe.

A practical approach to digital sovereignty: assess dependencies in context, understand where control matters and make deliberate decisions at workload level.

Start by mapping where the workload relies on specific vendors, regions, platforms, data flows, operational teams, contracts and key management controls. Once these dependencies are visible, the conversation becomes practical: which risks are acceptable, which need mitigation, and which trade-offs the organization is willing to make.

Le Pain Quotidien needed a shared data direction across around 230 company-owned and franchise locations. We assessed the existing landscape and translated its business priorities into three architecture scenarios and phased data and AI roadmap, giving leadership clear options for its next investment decision.