(pressebox) (Hannover, 12.01.2026) Scalefree International GmbH, a leading IT consulting firm for AI-ready data platforms, announces its award as “DACH Upcoming Partner of the Year” by dbt Labs. With this title, dbt Labs recognizes Scalefree's outstanding performance in modernizing data landscapes in German-speaking countries (Germany, Austria, Switzerland).

Methodological excellence meets technological innovation

The award marks an important milestone in Scalefree's strategy to industrialize complex data integration. As companies worldwide are confronted with exponentially growing amounts of data, Scalefree offers a solution that combines two worlds:

Structure & scalability: By using the Data Vault 2 methodology, Scalefree ensures that data is organized in an audit-proof and flexible manner.
Speed & automation: These processes are automated through the implementation of dbt (data build tool) and the use of specialized open-source packages, such as DataVault4dbt and TurboVault4dbt from Scalefree. What used to be manual programming work is now efficiently solved by automatically generated software engineering standards.

This approach enables companies to make the transition from rigid data silos to agile, cloud-based information platforms.

“We are thrilled to receive this award from dbt Labs,” says Christof Wenzeritt, CEO of Scalefree. “It confirms that our approach works: we combine proven quality standards with state-of-the-art technology. For our customers, this simply means that they can access reliable information more quickly and build increasingly important AI applications on a sound data basis."

With this award, dbt Labs particularly highlights Scalefree's expertise in supporting companies in their migration to modern cloud platforms (such as Snowflake or Databricks) by leveraging state-of-the-art methodologies that accelerate production-ready implementations.

Über Scalefree International GmbH: Founded in Hanover in 2016 by Michael Olschimke and Dan Linstedt, Scalefree International GmbH is a specialist partner for modern data platforms and AI. The company helps organizations make complex data landscapes fit for the future through automation and intelligent transformation. With a holistic approach combining advisory, solutions, implementation, and training, Scalefree supports its customers from strategic planning and proof of concept to the operational implementation of powerful data structures.

Data Vault 2.1 is at the heart of its expertise. As leading experts in this system developed by Dan Linstedt, Scalefree enables the creation of highly flexible architectures that adapt seamlessly to growing requirements and guarantee maximum scalability in the enterprise environment.