Technical Debt: Why the Board Must Act Now
Eva Mickler
Technical debt doesn’t appear on any balance sheet, yet it costs every corporation dearly. According ...
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New Work & Leadership
The shortage of skilled workers costs the German economy 49 billion euros per year. At the same time, AI and remote work are fundamentally changing the requirements for leadership. New Work & Leadership shows how CEOs and board members use people strategy, talent retention and organizational culture as strategic levers.
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Digitalization Without a Big Bang: A Step-by-Step Transformation
Jakob Bach
The big digital leap follows a predictable trajectory: a multi-year program, a double-digit million budget, ...
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Learning on the Job: What the Board of Directors Needs to Demand when 89% of the AI Strategy is
Benedikt Langer
89 percent of companies say their AI strategy follows a “learning on the go” approach. ...
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AI Budgets Before the Summer: What CIOs Must Now Demonstrate
Eva Mickler
Gartner raised its 2026 IT spending forecast to 13,5 percent growth on April 22. For DACH ...
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Cloud sovereignty becomes a boardroom issue: What the EU tech sovereignty package means for DACH
Tobias Massow
The EU unveiled its Tech Sovereignty Package on 27 May. It proposes restricting the use of US cloud providers ...
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Vision is no longer enough: Why boards demand defensibility from the CIO
Benedikt Langer
For years, CIOs sold IT budgets with a vision of transformation. That no longer works. After multiple ...
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BlackRock and Morgan Stanley Evaluate AI Governance
Eva Mickler
Morgan Stanley and BlackRock have baked AI governance openly into their valuation logic as of spring ...
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Microsoft AI ARR 37 Billion Dollars: What the Q1 Figures Mean for DACH CIO Budgets
Bernhard Liebl
Microsoft reported an AI run-rate of 37 billion US dollars in calendar Q1 2026, up 123 percent year-over-year. ...
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SaaS Renewals: Where the Silent Price Increase Lies
Eva Mickler
SaaS renewals won’t be routine in 2026. List-price hikes of seven to twelve percent are on the table, ...
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German DAX Companies Lose Tech Talent to Mid-Sized Enterprises
Bernhard Liebl
By 2026, senior tech talent will have flocked to mid-sized companies rather than the DAX. The question ...
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