Digital Business & Future
Investment backlog: How AI uncovers hidden budgets
7 min read Only 27 percent of SMEs now consider taking out a bank loan for investments-down from 66 percent ... »
The AI oversight in Germany now has an address
6 min read On 11 June 2026, the Bundestag passed the AI-MIG. This resolves one question that had been ... »
Succession without a successor: Making the handover work
6 min read Around 243,000 owners could exit the market without a succession plan by the end of 2026. ... »
Three Countries, One Cloud Platform for Europe
6 Min. read timesynaforce makes two strategic moves in just a few days: ServerBase AG becomes synaforce ... »
Ninety-five percent of AI pilots yield nothing, five percent do
6 min read 95 percent. That’s how many AI pilots in companies, according to the much-cited MIT study ... »
Shadow AI in the Mittelstand: What the Secret Use Reveals
6 Min. Read Time Four in ten companies expect their employees to enter company content into private ... »
Increasing the value of a company before succession with AI
7 min. reading time Of the roughly 186,000 companies in Germany slated for succession by 2030, many ... »
Taking Over Instead of Starting: The Underestimated Entrepreneurship
8 min. reading time Every year, around 109,000 mid-sized companies look for a successor, and a growing ... »
Societal License for AI: When Adoption Outpaces Trust
5 min. reading time More than half of all companies are now using AI, but trust isn't keeping pace. ... »
EU AI Act from August 2026: What labelling obligations really affect SMEs
8 min. read On 2 August 2026, AI labelling moves from optional to mandatory. Any mid-sized business ... »
