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Make or Buy - Why just another software isn't the future of IAM at Schwarz

Make or Buy - Why just another software isn't the future of IAM at Schwarz

Combined Session
Wednesday, May 20, 2026 11:20—11:40
Location: A 05-06
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At Schwarz, we are used to large numbers. More than 150 billion revenue, more than 650.000 employees, 32 countries, different divisions, our own hyperscaler cloud and so on and so forth. For our workforce IAM, this means a lot of work. 850.000 identities to manage and govern, 25.000 off- and on-boardings every month, 5 million authentications per day and approximately 150 Million identity related events per day. For years we have been struggling with vendor software, adapting heavy customizing, huge investments into infrastructure and increasing complexity of simple tasks to unmanageable systems. So we asked ourselves - is the way forward just another software, or is a more radical approach needed. At Schwarz, our identities belong to us!

Patrick Messerschmidt
Domain Engineering Lead Identity & Authentication Platforms
Schwarz Digits IT KG
Patrick Messerschmidt is the Domain Engineering Lead for Identity & Access Management at Schwarz IT, the digital provider for the Schwarz Group (Europe’s largest retailer). With over 20...
Dorian Röck
Domain Product Owner Identity & Authentication Platforms
Schwarz Digits IT KG
Dorian serves as Director and Domain Product Owner Identity & Authentication Platforms at Schwarz Digits IT KG. He is responsible for the IAM strategy, architecture, and operations for the...
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