News
Oliver Viel on the rise of "AI FinOps": enterprise AI spending is following the early cloud-migration pattern, where total cost climbs even as unit prices fall. As token consumption scales, controlling and forecasting AI cost becomes its own discipline.
LinkedIn →
Who Controls the Software Factory? At an Executive Exchange at Schloss Fuerstlich Drehna, industry leaders discussed AI governance as a strategic priority — not just a productivity question, but one of ownership and control over how software gets built.
LinkedIn →
Old walls, new art, and conversations about what comes next in software. The Software Management Executive Retreat at Schloss Fuerstlich Drehna brought together senior decision-makers to address collaboration, global tech competition, and digital sovereignty.
LinkedIn →
Marc Hildebrandt on AI governance at the Executive Retreat: If AI lets you ship software three times faster, you also need to understand, review, and own what you ship three times faster. Governance matters more than productivity alone.
LinkedIn →
Every road, building, power line, and rail tunnel now produces more data than any team of engineers could read. Algorithms classify the images, spot the cracks before inspectors do, update the 3D models before the next audit cycle starts. The real question is who owns the system that does the reading. Spatial intelligence is not a technology question anymore. It is a sovereignty question.
LinkedIn →
Summer executive sessions at Schloss Fuerstlich Drehna with the Software Excellence Network. We're really excited to get out of the city again and think through managing large software organizations in the age of AI.
LinkedIn →
Sally Trivino, Senior Partner at Ernst & Young, on responsible AI: The people writing the code are also the people setting the rules. Accountability, fairness, and transparency are not just regulatory requirements — they are engineering values. The systems being built today will shape society for decades.
LinkedIn →
Today, we celebrate the transformative power of quantum science and technology, which has the potential to unlock new business opportunities. Cybersecurity, Digital Sovereignty, Innovation — quantum computing opens new paths in research, from pharmaceutical innovation to financial modeling and materials science. Join networks that foster collaboration and idea sharing, like our Software Excellence Network.
LinkedIn →