The 40% Question: Where the AI Budget Really Comes From
Eva Mickler
7 Min. Reading Time In our Gartner report from 07.05. the macro picture was clear: 13.5% global IT growth, ...
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ICT Infrastructure
ICT infrastructure analysis for C-level decision makers: data centers, network backbones, cloud foundations.
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Gartner: 13.5% IT Growth by 2026 – CIOs Must Shift Strategies
Angelika Beierlein
5 Min. Read On April 22, 2026, Gartner raised the global IT spending forecast for 2026 to €6.310 billion, ...
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DACH Data Strategy 2026: Why IT Budgets Are Shifting from Front‑End Innovation to Back‑End Reliability
Tobias Massow
7 Min. Reading time DACH IT budgets are shifting in 2026 – not toward new AI tools, but toward data ...
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NVIDIA Agent Toolkit with SAP, Salesforce, and CrowdStrike: What 17 Enterprise Partners Mean for CIOs in AI Vendor Decisions by 2026
Eva Mickler
8 Min. Reading Time NVIDIA announced the Agent Toolkit at GTC 2026 and simultaneously presented 17 enterprise ...
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AI Cost Overruns as a Governance Issue: What the 33% Figure from Bitkom’s 2026 Study Means for DACH C‑Level Executives
Tobias Massow
9 Min. Reading time One third of DACH companies with production‑grade AI projects report cost overruns ...
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Telekom and NVIDIA Launch Industrial AI Cloud: Munich’s 10,000‑GPU Cluster Redefines the Game for DACH CIOs
Eva Mickler
Deutsche Telekom and NVIDIA announced the launch of the Industrial AI Cloud at the end of April 2026. ...
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Sovereign AI after Hannover Messe 2026: How the Board Establishes Architectural Sovereignty as a Multi-Layer Program
Eva Mickler
Hannover Messe Hall 9: Venue for Industrial AI Cloud events. Photo: Arne Müseler / Wikimedia Commons 5 ...
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Meta Muse Spark Closes Open-Source Door: What CIOs Can Learn from the Strategic Shift for Their Own AI Architecture
Benedikt Langer
9 Min. reading time · Updated: 04/23/2026 With the launch of Muse Spark on April 8, 2026, Meta has ...
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Gartner Forecast 2026: IT Spending Soars to $6.15 Trillion—What CIOs Must Know
Angelika Beierlein
5 min read As of: April 2026 (21.04.2026) Gartner has raised its global IT spending forecast for 2026 ...
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Between NVIDIA Dominance and Alternatives: How CIOs Are Sorting Their AI Stack in 2026
Angelika Beierlein
7 min. read NVIDIA's Blackwell generation is the dominant AI infrastructure product in 2026. At the ...
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