Digital Economy
When Every Order Email Has to be Manually Entered into the ERP System
Every morning, orders land in the inbox: as a plain-text email, a PDF, or a scanned form. In customer ... »
Investment backlog: How AI uncovers hidden budgets
Only 27 percent of SMEs now consider taking out a bank loan for investments-down from 66 percent in 2017. ... »
AI-Evaluation Before Succession: Preparing the Sales Value
According to the KfW Mittelstandspanel, around 109,000 mid-sized companies in Germany seek a successor ... »
Without App Intents, your app will be invisible to Siri
At WWDC 2026, Apple made App Intents the central gateway to the new Gemini-powered Siri. This affects ... »
Why the IT Channel Again Needs Real Community
AI is reshaping business models, cybersecurity is becoming a management-level responsibility, and many ... »
Artificial Intelligence in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: The Bottleneck Lies in Legacy Systems
The models are ready, the licenses are purchased, the excitement is there. Yet most AI initiatives in ... »
AI Competence in SMEs: First the Minds, Then the Tools
The next AI license is bought in a flash, but building expertise takes time. That’s precisely why many ... »
German AI Becomes a Documentation Trap for Mid-Sized Enterprises
On 2 August 2026 the EU AI Act will fully apply to general-purpose AI models. Only 70 days remain before ... »
When AI tools start eating the margin
Microsoft has removed the Claude Code licences for its Experiences and Devices division. The cutoff date ... »
Process Optimization Without Permanent Project
When a process in the mid-market gets stuck, the same sentence often follows almost reflexively: Let's ... »
