Germany’s economic mood is beginning to improve, but the recovery has yet to reach many of the country’s smallest businesses. Almost half of self-employed people and micro-enterprises surveyed by the ifo Institute report insufficient orders, while more than one in...

Bitkom DESI 2026 highlights stronger digital skills and infrastructure, while public administration remains Germany's biggest digital bottleneck Germany continues to make progress in its digital transformation, yet the pace is no longer sufficient to maintain its...

Automated analytics, connected telemetry and increasingly autonomous response mechanisms are transforming the work carried out in Security Operations Centres. A recent market forecast predicts annual growth of more than 21 per cent for AI-SOC solutions by 2031. This...

The business climate among German small and medium-sized enterprises improved noticeably in July 2026. The KfW-ifo Business Climate Index for small and medium-sized enterprises rose by 4.0 points to -17.3 points. This was driven primarily by significantly improved...

The 2026 Lünendonk Study forecasts rising digital maturity, new service models and additional market opportunities The German facility services market continued to grow in 2025. According to the latest Lünendonk Study, the market volume rose by 2.7 per cent to 68.7...

BDSW: Security service providers increase turnover – Technological advances are changing the sector’s employment structure The German security sector is proving resilient despite the persistently weak economy. Whilst many sectors of the economy continue to suffer from...

Expectations and reality are drifting apart: 94.9 per cent of procurement managers at European SMEs expect a change in the role profile within procurement. At the same time, only 18.6 per cent consider their automation to be highly mature, whilst just 6.0 per cent do...

9 per cent would have to cease business operations immediately Most cloud users have contingency plans and have backed up important data outside the cloud Internet disruptions, power cuts or problems with a software update: if cloud-based applications were to suddenly...

The German economy is expected to grow only moderately over the next two years. According to the latest forecasts from the ifo Institute, gross domestic product (GDP) is set to rise by 0.8 per cent in 2026. The Munich-based economic researchers also anticipate...

New data shows that Germans currently spend over 48 hours a week online, 56 minutes of which are spent interacting with AI chatbots A new study by the cybersecurity firm NordVPN shows that Germans will spend an average of 23 years, 9 months and 17 days of their lives...