How can local authorities use AI securely, in compliance with data protection regulations and with confidence? This question was the focus of the event ‘For local authorities: GISA AI meets information security, data protection and IT ecosystem’. How can local...
Artifical Intelligence (AI)
Video AI and Smart Cities 2026
How regulation, agentic AI and urban platforms are changing the security landscape By Barry Norton, Fellow, Milestone Systems As cities across Europe push ahead with their digital transformation, 2026 will be a pivotal year for video AI and smart city technologies....
Six Trends Shaping the Next Phase of AI and Observability
By Bernd Greifeneder, CTO and Founder, Dynatrace As artificial intelligence moves beyond experimentation and into the core of digital operations, organisations are entering a new phase defined by autonomy, scale and complexity. Agentic AI systems, distributed cloud...
AI sets the pace: The most important IT trends for 2026
The dynamic nature of the IT world is creating an environment in which opportunities and risks are more closely intertwined than ever before. Against this backdrop, new opportunities are emerging – from significantly increased productivity to completely reimagined...
Four strategic decisions for AI infrastructure in 2026
The global AI landscape is at a turning point. While 2024 and 2025 were characterised by explosive demand for model capacity, a new reality is coming into focus in 2026: Companies, governments and technology providers must rethink their infrastructures – with a view...
Faster to your destination, less driving pleasure: this is how Germans feel about autonomous driving
Less noise is considered the biggest advantage, legal uncertainties the biggest disadvantage Four out of ten particularly appreciate the increased safety for other road users Over a third do not want to give up the fun of driving themselves Whether travelling to work...
KnowBe4: Agentic AI revolution set to reshape cybersecurity in 2026
By Dr Martin Krämer, CISO Advisor at KnowBe4 KnowBe4, provider of the globally recognised cybersecurity platform for managing human and Agentic AI–related risks, has released its CISO Advisor team’s predictions for the cybersecurity landscape in 2026. Artificial...
AI analysis of videos prevents accidents
New York University's ‘SeeUnsafe’ systematically analyses traffic camera data for the first time Researchers at New York University (https://www.nyu.edu/) are using ‘SeeUnsafe’ to systematically record accident black spots using countless videos from traffic cameras....
Companies see digital sovereignty dwindling
60 per cent of small businesses in the information economy with up to 19 employees feel very dependent on non-European providers or partners. According to a survey by the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) (https://www.zew.de), this figure is 66 per cent for...
Artificial Intelligence at the Service of Attackers – Google’s ‘AI Threat Tracker’ as a Wake-Up Call for Cyber Defence
The rapid evolution of artificial intelligence is transforming not only economies and research, but also the shadow economy of cyberspace. Google’s latest AI Threat Tracker report, published by the Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG), offers a precise yet...
