Expertise

What we’ve learnt along the way.

Over a thousand successful projects and a full pipeline — we’ve accumulated a wealth of experience and insights on strategy and design, work processes and technology. The blog reveals what we’ve learned:

Open Source | IT Strategy:What remains when the vendor disappears?

Why the worst-case question belongs in every platform decision, and why the answer depends less on the licence than most assume.

Closed padlock on a dark blue surface with four lines ending at it, as a symbol for vendor lock-in with proprietary software.

DXP | Software Architecture:Composable or monolithic? How modern digital architectures are really built

According to Gartner, at least 70 percent of enterprises will be using composable technologies by the end of 2026. What that actually means, what the path there looks like, and why governance matters more than the choice of technology itself.

Abstract 3D illustration of a chip among modular cube elements and glowing circuits, symbolizing composable architecture.

Open Source | Digital Sovereignity:Interview with heise online and German Telephone Counseling: Trust Cannot Be Outsourced

In a recent interview with heise online, Lydia Seifert, Executive Director of TelefonSeelsorge Deutschland (German Telephone Counselling), and Volkan Jacobsen, Managing Partner at Factorial.io, explain why the organization once again chose open source—specifica...

Person using a tablet pencil interacting with the web application of DAISIE - the digital operating system for the TelefonSeelsorge Deutschland (German telephone counselling).

Drupal | Open-Source:Competitors who collaborate. What the Drupal community is showing the rest of us.

Shibin Das, maintainer of FlowDrop, recently sat down with the module maintainers Jürgen Haas (ECA) and Randy Kolenko (Maestro). Three people spread across the planet, each with their own module, their own user base, their own roadmap. Technically speaking: competitors i...

Colleagues sitting in an office in front of their laptops, talking with each other.

AI and Data:Why GenAI Fails Without Modern AI Governance Rules

Generative AI removes the human buffer, turning data chaos into a liability. Learn how an architecture-first AI governance framework protects your business.

Fundraising | NGOs:Donations, Systems, and the Big Question Behind Them: What the 2026 Fundraising Congress Reveals About the State of Civil Society

AI in fundraising, digital growth, and a civil society under political pressure—the 2026 German Fundraising Congress featured unusually candid debates. What those three days in Berlin revealed about the state of the sector—and what questions we took back with us to Hambu...

Photo of attendees at the 2025 Fundraising Congress, Photo credit: Jan-Niklas Behlen

Digitalization | Technology:Conscious Technology: Not a Problem of Technology. A Problem of Consciousness

4.5 hours. Every day. That’s how much time many of us spend on our smartphones each day. Scrolling, swiping, tapping. At the end of the day, we’re left with a vague sense of having been busy. But with what, exactly?

Hand is holding a smartphone with a light up display. The image background is dark.

Digital Infrastructure for NGOs and Decentralized Organizations:When a temporary solution is the strategy

Tool proliferation, project funding that doesn’t cover operating costs, and a lack of internal IT expertise—three patterns that consistently lead to the same problems in decentralized organizations. In this article, learn what successful organizations do differently and ...

NEXT Pharma Summit 2026 | Life Sciences:From Pilot to Production: Why Pharma Is Still Stuck in Experiment Mode – and What Makes the Difference

NEXT Pharma Summits 2026 in Dubrovnik: Our impressions from two days—what’s driving the industry, where the most candid discussions took place, and what this means for digital platforms in the pharmaceutical sector.

Panel discussion at the Next Pharma Summit in Dubrovnik

E-Commerce | Digital Commerce:Agentic Commerce: Your shopping cart no longer needs you

Agentic Commerce is the key trend in digital retail for 2026. Artificial intelligence is shaping e-commerce and how consumers will shop in the future. In this article, learn how organizations can transition their shopping experience to Agentic Commerce.

Image of a visualised digital ecosystem symbolising Agentic Commerce.