~13 Min. Lesezeit Since Databricks acquired Neon in May 2025 and revised its usage-based pricing in August 2025-offering compute at 15 to 25 percent lower cost and storage at 80 percent reduced rates-platform teams across DACH are reevaluating which Postgres architecture can effectively support AI agent workloads. What advisory teams observed in mid-sized DACH organizations throughout 2026 reveals… » Article
~10 Min. Lesezeit 8 min Reading Time The Synology DS1525+ is no longer just a conventional NAS. With Container Manager, Hybrid Share, and an AMD Ryzen V1500B processor, this 5-bay device bridges the gap between local storage and cloud infrastructure. Starting at €730, Synology delivers a unified platform combining backup server, Docker host, and hybrid cloud gateway in… » Article
~8 Min. Lesezeit 4 min Reading Time IBM acquired HashiCorp for $6.4 billion. Terraform now operates under the Business Source License (BSL). And OpenTofu – the open-source fork – has seen 300% annual growth, reaching 9.8 million downloads to date. For cloud architects and DevOps teams at DACH-region enterprises, the question is no longer whether to reassess their… » Article
~10 Min. Lesezeit 7 min Reading Time As of March 2026, Ingress-NGINX is officially end-of-life. No patches, no security updates, no bug fixes. The Kubernetes project has retired the world’s most widely used Ingress controller. Roughly half of all cloud-native environments are affected. Anyone who doesn’t migrate now is running internet-exposed workloads with an abandoned component. TL;DR 🚨… » Article
~10 Min. Lesezeit 7 min Reading Time The database server has been down for 40 minutes, management is asking for the third time when operations will resume, and Friday night’s backup is the only lifeline left. Anyone who’s experienced this scenario knows: it’s not a question of if an outage will happen, but how quickly the business can… » Article
~7 Min. Lesezeit 7 min Reading Time Starting March 15, 2026, TLS certificates will be limited to a maximum validity of 200 days. In 2027, that drops to 100 days – and by 2029, the final limit will be just 47 days. Organizations manually managing 1,000 certificates today face an operational crisis: up to 48,000 hours of certificate… » Article
~8 Min. Lesezeit 5 min Reading Time AI initiatives in manufacturing companies typically don’t fail due to a lack of technology, but because of a structural weakness rarely discussed openly: fragmented information processes. Strategy documents are written, roadmaps defined, pilot projects launched – and yet, initiatives stall at the proof-of-concept stage. TL;DR 🔍 Many AI and digitalization initiatives… » Article
~10 Min. Lesezeit 7 min Reading Time By 30 March 2026, financial institutions in Germany must submit their complete ICT third-party register to the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) for the first time. The EU’s Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) has been in force since January 2025 – and the first major reporting deadline is fast approaching…. » Article
~10 Min. Lesezeit ⏱ 6 min Reading Time Cloud costs are exploding uncontrollably. FinOps establishes transparency, accountability, and optimization as an ongoing process – and has become a mandatory discipline for every organization with a multi-cloud strategy. Siemens reduced its cloud spending by over 30 percent in just six months using FinOps. TL;DR 📊 Companies waste, on average,… » Article
~9 Min. Lesezeit 6 min Reading Time Platform Engineering has evolved from buzzword to operational model. According to the latest State of Platform Engineering Report, 55.9% of surveyed companies already operate more than one internal developer platform. Gartner forecasts that by end-2026, roughly 80% of large engineering organizations will have established platform teams. At the same time, a… » Article
~8 Min. Lesezeit 5 min Reading Time TL;DR Cloud migration accelerates: By 2027, over 70 percent of all enterprise workloads will run in the cloud (Gartner). Multi-cloud demands governance: Unplanned, organically grown cloud setups require centralized control planes and unified monitoring in 2026. FinOps delivers cost savings: Disciplined cloud spend management yields 30 percent cost reduction through cross-functional… » Article
~3 Min. Lesezeit 3 min Reading Time Key Takeaway (KT): Many companies run multiple systems in parallel for meetings, chat, telephony, and collaboration. This creates context switching, complicates governance, and hampers AI scalability. Cloud-based UCaaS platforms like Zoom Workplace demonstrate how communication can be consolidated – without unnecessarily overcomplicating operations. Many companies run multiple systems in parallel for… » Article
~10 Min. Lesezeit 10 min Reading Time This article was comprehensively updated on March 28, 2026. First published: December 15, 2025. 37 percent of searchers now begin their queries with AI tools – not Google. Google AI Overviews appear in up to 60 percent of all searches. When they do, click-through rates plummet by 61 percent. For companies… » Article
~5 Min. Lesezeit 4 min Reading Time TL;DR: Small businesses and freelancers face the dual challenge of organizing payment and invoice data efficiently – and securely – in the cloud. This article shows IT decision-makers how cloud solutions can strengthen data protection, access control, and operational workflows. Small businesses and freelancers face the dual challenge of organizing payment… » Article
~5 Min. Lesezeit 3 min Reading Time Advertisement Rising energy demand, regulatory pressure, and the AI boom – data center operators face mounting challenges that demand intelligent cooling system optimization. NEXAIRA.Systems by ebm-papst delivers the answer: minimized risk, maximum efficiency, and energy savings of up to 50%. Data centers form the backbone of our digital infrastructure. As data… » Article
~4 Min. Lesezeit 3 min Reading Time Gartner analysts forecast worldwide AI spending will reach nearly $1.5 trillion in 2025 – and surpass the $2 trillion mark in 2026. This is no passing fad, they say; AI has now joined the internet and cloud computing as a foundational, transformative technology. According to Gartner and Computerwoche, key drivers behind… » Article
