Case Study: City of Cologne achieves secure, compliant collaboration with Rocket.Chat

City of Cologne unifies secure communication for 20,000 employees with Rocket.Chat

The City of Cologne, a major German government municipality, faced significant risks from shadow IT as its hybrid workforce increasingly used unauthorized applications for collaboration. This practice threatened data security and regulatory compliance. To support its 20,000 employees and secure communication with citizens, the city needed a compliant collaboration platform and chose to implement Rocket.Chat.

Rocket.Chat provided an on-premise, open-source solution that gave the City of Cologne complete control over its data. The implementation empowered all 20,000 employees with secure, real-time communication, successfully replacing outdated and insecure methods. Rocket.Chat eliminated communication silos by integrating disconnected systems and tools into a unified environment, enabling secure internal and external collaboration.

City of Cologne