Alliance Combines Industry-Leading Data Sovereignty Platform with Advanced AI Optimization, Targeting $121 Billion Enterprise Collaboration Market
AUSTIN TEXAS and ZUG – January 12, 2026 – Iternal Technologies, the pioneer in AI data optimization and Agentic AI solutions, and VNClagoon, the leading open-source enterprise collaboration and communication platform, today announced a strategic technology partnership to deliver the industry’s first fully integrated secure AI collaboration solution for enterprises in every industry.
The partnership unites VNClagoon’s comprehensive data sovereignty platform, spanning communication and collaboration products that manage files, documents, emails, chat, conferencing and groupware, with Iternal’s Blockify technology, which transforms unstructured enterprise data into optimized “IdeaBlocks” that dramatically enhance large language model (LLM) performance. This combined platform tackles three critical enterprise AI challenges:
- Eliminating siloed documents and fragmented collaboration data
- Reducing AI hallucination rates from over 20% to less than ≈0.1%
- Meeting strict regulatory compliance standards in defense, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, and financial services
“Enterprises are struggling to bring AI into production because the risk of AI hallucinations on messy data is too high,” said John Byron Hanby IV, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Iternal Technologies. “This partnership delivers what the market has been demanding: the ability to unlock all of the golden nugget knowledge across an enterprise without compromising accuracy. By combining VNClagoon’s secure data infrastructure with Blockify’s proven optimization capabilities, we’re enabling organizations to increase AI accuracy by ≈7,800%, reduce AI errors to ≈0.1%, while achieving 3x token efficiency — translating directly to lower costs and faster decisions.”
Andrea Wörrlein, Board Member of VNC, added: “Data sovereignty is no longer optional, it’s a strategic imperative. Our customers in government, healthcare, and critical infrastructure require absolute control over their data while gaining the productivity benefits of modern AI. Iternal’s Blockify technology integrates seamlessly with our open-source architecture, delivering RAG accuracy improvements of up to 78x without ever compromising our customers’ data sovereignty principles.”
Transformative Business Impact
The integrated VNClagoon-Blockify solution delivers measurable enterprise value:
- 78x Improvement in RAG Accuracy – Validated through deployments with the Global and Fortune 500 organizations
- 90-99% Time Savings – On AI powered document analysis, knowledge retrieval, and compliance workflows
- 3x Token Efficiency – Reducing AI infrastructure and operational costs by up to 10x
- End-to-End Encryption – Maintaining complete data sovereignty and GDPR, HIPAA, and EU AI Act compliance
Addressing a Rapidly Expanding Market
The partnership positions both companies at the intersection of two high-growth markets. The enterprise collaboration software market is projected to reach $121.47 billion by 2030, growing at 13.36% CAGR, while the RAG optimization market is forecast to expand from $1.92 billion in 2025 to $10.2 billion by 2030—a 39.5% CAGR. Organizations across regulated industries increasingly require solutions that deliver AI capabilities without sacrificing data control or introducing compliance risk.
Initial bundled offerings will be available through direct sales and channel partners for the integrated platform.
Industry Leadership in Secure AI Collaboration
The partnership establishes a new category in enterprise software: Trusted AI Collaboration. Unlike ecosystems from competitors that require organizations to cede data control, the VNClagoon + Blockify technology integration maintains complete data control while delivering enterprise-grade AI performance.
“A responsible AI future isn’t about whether enterprises will adopt AI, but how they will do so without sacrificing security, compliance, or control,” said Ethan Wood, Chief Marketing Officer of Iternal Technologies. “By combining VNClagoon’s data sovereignty platform with Iternal’s AI optimization engine, we give CIOs and CISOs in regulated industries a practical way to deploy powerful AI for mission-critical collaboration, without forcing a tradeoff between security and intelligence.
About Iternal Technologies
Iternal Technologies is the leader in AI data optimization, enabling enterprises to transform unstructured data into high-performance knowledge assets for large language models. The company’s flagship Blockify platform delivers industry-leading RAG and Agentic AI Data accuracy improvements, proven through deployments with the U.S. Military, Big Four consulting firms, and Fortune 500 enterprises. Iternal’s technology reduces AI hallucinations, improves token efficiency, and accelerates time-to-insight across mission-critical workflows. Learn more at iternal.ai.
About VNC – Virtual Network Consult AG
VNC is a global software company that develops open source-based applications for communication and collaboration in large companies. With its global developer community, VNC has created the integrated product suite VNClagoon, which is characterized by state-of-the-art technology, universal usability, low TCO and the strictest protection and security measures, thus helping to preserve the right to digital sovereignty. VNC is thus positioning itself as an open and secure alternative to the established US software giants. VNC’s customers, with headquarters in Switzerland, Germany and India, include system integrators, financial and healthcare service providers, public administrations and authorities, telcos and non-profit organizations.
Further information at https://vnclagoon.com, on X at @VNCbiz and on LinkedIn.
Forward-Looking Statements: This press release contains forward-looking statements regarding the anticipated benefits of the partnership, market projections, and product roadmap. Actual results may differ based on market conditions, integration outcomes, and regulatory developments.
Contact:
Iternal Technologies
Media Relations
press@iternal.ai
VNClagoon
Andrea Wörrlein
VNC – Virtual Network Consult AG
Poststrasse 24
CH-6302 Zug
Phone: +41 (41) 727 52 00
aw@vnc.biz
