~12 Min. Lesezeit 7 min read A JavaScript library built by a Midjourney engineer promises to radically speed up text layout in the browser. 6,800 GitHub stars in a matter of days, Hacker News buzzing, heated debates on X about whether CSS has finally met its match. The demos look like magic. But look closer and you find… » Article
~11 Min. Lesezeit 7 min Reading Time A JavaScript library built by a Midjourney engineer promises to radically accelerate text layout in the browser. 6,800 GitHub stars in just days, Hacker News ablaze, debates on X about whether CSS is obsolete. The demos feel like magic. But look closer – and you’ll find a story about browser legacy… » Article
~15 Min. Lesezeit 10 min Reading Time On 24 March 2026, the iShares Expanded Tech-Software ETF plunged 4.3% in a single trading day. The trigger? A report from The Information revealing that AWS is internally building AI agents for sales and business development. The news struck an industry already down $2 trillion in market capitalization since the start… » Article
~15 Min. Lesezeit 8 min Reading Time $68 billion in quarterly revenue, a chip architecture with 336 billion transistors, and a server rack drawing as much power as 100 single-family homes. Nvidia’s GTC 2026 in San Jose didn’t just unveil new hardware – it reset the coordinates by which IT decision-makers plan data centers, calculate cloud budgets, and… » 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
~7 Min. Lesezeit 8 min Reading Time Since the beginning of the year, Salesforce has lost 25 percent of its stock value (2025). TechCrunch has coined the term „SaaSpocalypse,“ private equity firms are snapping up undervalued software companies, and Agentic AI is threatening the licensing models of entire product categories. For IT decision-makers in the DACH region, the… » Article
~10 Min. Lesezeit 6 min Reading Time On December 1, 2025, AWS and Google Cloud did something unprecedented: they jointly announced a co-developed networking product. Private, MACsec-encrypted connections between the two clouds – provisioned via API in minutes instead of weeks via third-party providers. Frankfurt is one of five launch regions. For multicloud architectures across Germany, Austria, and… » Article
~10 Min. Lesezeit 7 min Reading Time On February 26, 2026, Microsoft launched four new virtual machine (VM) series on Azure built on Intel Trust Domain Extensions (TDX). For the first time, enterprises can run AI workloads in a way that even the cloud provider has no access to data residing in memory. For financial services firms, healthcare… » 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
~6 Min. Lesezeit 4 min Reading Time TL;DR: The Boox Palma 2 Pro is a smartphone-sized e-reader featuring an E Ink color display, Android 15, and up to three days of battery life. It bridges the gap between Kindle and smartphone – ideal for anyone who wants distraction-free reading on the go. Late at night in bed, my… » Article
~8 Min. Lesezeit 5 min Reading Time TL;DR: Remote work, home offices, cloud workspaces, virtual workstations – and more – create the impression that they’re now standard features across nearly every workplace. Reality tells a different story: project-based IT work still frequently involves business travel – and in recent years, travel activity among German companies has even shown… » 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 3 min Reading Time Even Frontier – one of the world’s fastest supercomputers – would have needed over three years to compute an algorithm measuring so-called quantum echoes, while Google’s quantum computer, powered by the Willow chip, completed the same task in just over two hours. TL;DR Google develops “Quantum Echoes” Willow chip with 65/105… » Article
~6 Min. Lesezeit 4 min Reading Time Key Takeaway (KTT): Taiwan’s chipmakers control over 60% of global semiconductor production, even as geopolitical tensions with China escalate. A Bitkom study shows Europe’s continued dependence on Asian supply chains remains a critical risk for digital transformation. Taiwanese manufacturers dominate large segments of the global chip industry – yet most of… » Article
~4 Min. Lesezeit 2 min Reading Time Key Takeaway (WIK): German companies are set to double their IT security budgets – from 9% to 18% of total IT spending – by the end of 2025. At the same time, cyberattacks inflict €202 billion in annual damage – a race between investment and threat. As incidents mount, companies across… » Article
~5 Min. Lesezeit 1 min Reading Time TL;DR Global revenue from cloud infrastructure services rose to $330 billion in 2024, driven by AI. Generative AI has reignited growth since 2023, following a temporary slowdown beginning in 2018. AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud dominate over 65% of the global cloud infrastructure market. European providers such as SAP and… » Article
~5 Min. Lesezeit 2 min Reading Time Data centers increasingly demand more powerful cooling systems. The most cost-effective approach is spraying or immersing components directly in coolant liquid – a massive growth market, as an Airsys study shows. TL;DR The global liquid cooling market for data centers reached $3.2 billion in 2023. Europe’s market grew by 27.6% in… » Article
~3 Min. Lesezeit 1 min Reading Time Public cloud service revenues in Europe are expected to more than double by 2029, reaching $452 billion – a 19% annual increase – driven largely by AI applications, according to IDC. TL;DR Public cloud revenues in Europe are projected to rise from $229 billion (2025) to $452 billion by 2029. This… » Article
~5 Min. Lesezeit 2 min Reading Time Fiber rollout in Germany continues to stall, as many users remain tied to DSL networks dominated by Deutsche Telekom. Competitors are pinning their hopes on the promised gradual shutdown of DSL infrastructure. TL;DR Deutsche Telekom still dominates the copper-based DSL network and benefits from low customer churn. In 2025, only €6.9… » Article
~5 Min. Lesezeit 3 min Reading Time Its end-user business and the pandemic quickly turned Zoom into the epitome of Unified Communications. Now, with an ever-growing suite of AI-powered features and a strong push through channel partners, the UCaaS provider aims to win over the midmarket in the DACH region – a goal emphasized during a recent press… » Article
~5 Min. Lesezeit 3 min Reading Time Due to AI’s enormous energy demands, nuclear power – in the form of small modular reactors – is experiencing a global revival. Nvidia, for instance, is investing in a startup originally founded and backed by Bill Gates, while Google is attempting to bring the dream of nuclear fusion closer to reality…. » Article
~6 Min. Lesezeit 3 min Reading Time Digital sovereignty is currently a hot topic. In Europe, it is primarily associated with the desire for greater independence from U.S. providers. However, the promises made by hyperscalers focus on the sovereignty of European data and protection against U.S. access. TL;DR Max Schrems successfully challenged Safe Harbor and the EU-U.S. Privacy… » Article
~6 Min. Lesezeit 3 min Reading Time Instead of sticking to the plan unveiled at the end of May 2025 to jointly build a KI gigafactory, SAP, Deutsche Telekom, Ionos, and the Schwarz Group are now pursuing separate, competing projects to tap into the multi-billion-euro EU funding pool. TL;DR The German consortium of SAP, Deutsche Telekom, Ionos,… » Article
~6 Min. Lesezeit 2 min Reading Time TL;DR OpenAI plans to build one of the world’s largest AI data centers in Abu Dhabi, with a capacity of five gigawatts. The facility will span 26 square kilometers – larger than Monaco – and require immense amounts of energy. Energy supply in the UAE is secured through both fossil fuels… » Article
~4 Min. Lesezeit 2 min Reading Time On June 24, 2025, smartvillage Bogenhausen in Munich will become a hotspot for technological thought leaders. Future CIO Connections merges two events into one, focused squarely on the most pressing future challenges facing CIOs and CISOs: parallel session tracks will tackle critical topics in digital enterprise leadership – above all, the… » Article
