On June 9, Frank Kneschke, Nils Gralfs, and Anne Bernemann represented mgm consulting partners at the IT Executive Forum in Hamburg. There were 120 IT executives, a long day, many open discussions, and a few questions that were still on our minds on the way back.

On June 12, 2026, Anthropic shut down its most powerful AI models for all non-Americans, acting on orders from the Trump administration. This was a wake-up call for Europe: digital sovereignty in AI is no longer a political option, but a business imperative. Jan Jikeli, the head of AI at mgm technology partners, explains what this means and why ESACA is the answer.

Two days in Berlin, over 2,000 decision-makers from government, politics, and business, and one theme that ran through nearly every discussion: Those who do not control their own digital infrastructure lose their ability to act. The Future Congress on government & administration 2026 demonstrated that digital sovereignty has long been a pressing issue of the present. mgm was represented this year with two program contributions and actively shaped the debate.

By joining, we add a valuable perspective to this network: experience from large, company-wide digitalization initiatives where project management and organizational development are inextricably linked. We bring methodologies from IT-driven transformations that go beyond traditional project management, thereby making the Alliance accessible to clients who want to shape transformation across its full scope.

The debate surrounding digital sovereignty in critical infrastructures has gained momentum. Regulators, operators and security authorities are asking the right questions: Where is my data stored? Who controls my infrastructure? Will I still be able to function in the event of a crisis? Yet an equally fundamental question is often overlooked: what about the software itself?

Software teams invest significant effort in writing test cases — but without versioning, that effort can quickly unravel. In this podcast episode, Ashlea and Caroline break down what versioning is, why it matters, and how to get started.

In this episode of Innovation Implemented, Hauke Rickertsen from the Ministry of Finance and Digitalization of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Raik Writschan from the City of Rostock, and Marcus Warnke from mgm consulting partners discuss at Noerd in Rostock what happens when the state and local governments establish genuine joint structures.

The statutory e-invoicing obligation demands answers — not products. While the market reflexively reaches for large platform solutions, a second look is worthwhile: not every compliance requirement needs a subscription. Not every process needs the cloud. And not every investment needs to recur for five years.

Imagine your government agency receives a bill at the beginning of the year. The software licenses for day-to-day operations have gone up in price again, this time by 17 percent. No room for negotiation, no alternatives. Many government agencies in Germany have built up digital dependencies from which they can hardly free themselves today. There is more to this than just an IT problem: it is about who retains control over critical digital infrastructure. It is about digital sovereignty.

At the end of May 2026, mgm technology partners made its A12 development platform open source – a move that has attracted attention within...