Test management is something that most teams know they need, but nobody wants to take ownership of. Test cases end up in spreadsheets, communicated...

Following its move away from Microsoft Office and Outlook, the Schleswig-Holstein state administration continues to focus consistently on open-source solutions. With the A12 AI low-code platform from mgm technology partners, the state is accelerating the phase-out of Microsoft Access and the development of modern administrative applications.

The question “Are CIOs becoming obsolete?” is not new. The Harvard Business Review first posed it back in 2000: Are CIOs obsolete? Today, the question resurfaces with greater urgency and a significantly more complex context. Three trends are currently impacting CIOs simultaneously.

From today, the ‘Tax return in a single click’ service enables citizens to automatically generate simple tax returns – with just one click. The service is accessible via the MeinELSTER+ app and is initially aimed at single, childless employees and recipients of retirement income. The ‘Tax Return in One Click’ service is built entirely on the A12 AI Low Code Platform from mgm technology partners, which has formed the technological foundation of ELSTER for many years.

What if an AI agent could not only write code but also verify its functionality? QF-Test, the professional UI test automation tool from Quality First Software (QFS), provides a clear solution with its ready-to-use, staged approach to agentic testing.

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?