ITERATEC BLOG
Your go-to source for the latest in IT, tried-and-tested best practices and innovative solutions in software development – presented by our iteratec experts.
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Trust is the new interface: What GenAI product teams need to know about UX
GenAI products present teams with an unfamiliar challenge: answers arise contextually, emergently,...
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‘Good enough’: the new quality principle for AI projects
When is a feature, a user story or a function good enough to be put into production? Anyone who...
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What does an IT service provider do in the age of AI?
If AI takes over the craft of software development, one question remains which, as Managing...
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Digital Dependency: Why Europe Is Asking the Wrong Question On AI Sovereignty
When the U.S. government recently restricted non-U.S. customers’ access to Anthropic’s latest...
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European Sovereign Cloud: How ESC providers are catching up with the hyperscalers
European sovereign cloud providers (ESCs) have undergone a remarkable transformation over the...
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Digitalisation in hospitality: How DEHOGA aims to reach 65,000 businesses using AI and an app
How can I get the right information to the business at the right time? This question prompted...
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IT security for AI agents: When AI agents take on a life of their own
An AI system leaves its test environment of its own accord and breaks into another company. This...
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Agentic Commerce: When the next customer is an AI
Deloitte predicts that by 2030, a quarter of all e-commerce will be handled by AI agents. Agentic...
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Modernising legacy systems: How Deutsche Bahn replaced its 40-year-old booking system
Every rail traveller in Germany is familiar with it: the small display above the seat on the...
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The Intelligence Ladder – Reducing LLM costs without compromising on quality
Imagine processing 50,000 incoming documents a day – invoices, contracts, forms. Classifying them,...
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Claude Mythos and what it means for businesses: from a protective barrier to resilience
Anthropic has caused a stir in recent weeks with its AI model Mythos. In seven weeks, the model...
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Spain will introduce the DCA in October 2026: Why the eCMR is the smarter solution right now
Spain becomes the first EU country to make digital transport documentation mandatory for...
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eCMR and eFTI: Digital freight documents as the key to smart logistics
The plant is a hive of activity: ten freight forwarders are expected today. Trucks are arriving,...
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eCMR integration: How to digitize your consignment note
The electronic consignment note (eCMR) is the digital evolution of the classic CMR consignment...
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5 patterns for the success of AI projects
“We just need a decision now.” – When this phrase is uttered in your AI project, the illusion of...
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EU Sovereign Cloud Part 3 – hands-on migration from Azure to IONOS
In the second part of our ‘EU Sovereign Cloud’ series, we analysed in theory how European cloud...
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AI-ready or stuck with legacy? Future-proofing your IT across 6 dimensions
Artificial intelligence requires a future-proof foundation. Find out how to objectively assess your...
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AI transformation begins with people, not technology
How does a technology company that works with AI shift to integrating it in every team and every...
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EU Sovereign Cloud part 2. Cloud services in practice – feature set and portability
In the first part of our ‘EU Sovereign Cloud’ series, we examined the compliance and governance...
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CVE-2025-54868: Security vulnerability in the LibreChat LLM system
Chatbots based on large language models (LLMs) have now become an integral part of everyday work...
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AI-powered fault detection: Scalable quality control in production
Automated flaw detection in images is becoming increasingly important in industrial quality...
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EU Sovereign Cloud part 1: control, dependencies and risks
Many companies rely on cloud services as the foundation of their digital infrastructure. At the...
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New agenda for leaders: AI uncertainty as a catalyst for change
The IT department is working on a new core system designed with all the principles of...
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How open data standards enable sustainable logistics
Since 2024, many large logistics companies have been required to disclose sustainability and...
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AI in IT modernisation: from analysis to implementation
AI offers enormous potential for IT modernisation – provided it is used in a targeted manner. Our...
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Programming with prompts (not just) for children: a platform game
How do you get children excited about programming? How do you manage to combine creativity, fun...
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Just how up-to-date is your IT really? Six signs that call for urgent action
The demands placed on IT systems are increasing – and rapidly so. New technologies, volatile...
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Sustainable accessibility for businesses with EAM
Digital accessibility is of crucial importance in today’s connected world. It ensures that...
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AI-powered process automation with Spring AI, Azure OpenAI and MCP
The integration of LLMs (Large Language Models) such as ChatGPT into modern business applications...
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Asset-based approach: doing IT modernisation sustainably
IT modernisation projects often fail not because of the technology, but because of the approach...
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From single product to integrated platform
Building a platform involves far more than simply linking individual software products. But how can...
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Technical debt: Hidden costs of deferred IT upgrades
“We are just one critical security incident away from a disaster.” This is the statement made by...
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Primer on AI agents: what they can and how they help
Artificial intelligence has long been part of our everyday lives – but what exactly do terms like...
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SchrAIbi in action: How AI boosts our marketing efficiency
Marketing teams often face the challenge of creating high-quality content efficiently and in a...
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Tech Due Diligence: Investing in digital assets
In today’s business world, digital assets and technologies are not merely an optional extra, but...
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AI agents in marketing: efficiency, personalisation, what's next
AI agents have also arrived in marketing – and they’re here to stay. They are transforming the way...
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iteratec modernises Deutsche Bahn sales system
Deutsche Bahn, in collaboration with iteratec, has modernised its most important IT system for...
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Introduction to Digital Twins: Types and Applications in Manufacturing
The concept of digital twins has gained significant traction in manufacturing in recent years,...
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AI agents: What businesses need to know about the future of automation
How many business processes are still carried out inefficiently and manually today? What if AI...
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Encryption Isn't Enough: Compromising a Payment Processor using Math
During a security engagement with my employer, iteratec, I found and reported a security issue...
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SSH security for GitLab: using Badkeys
In our digital world, secure authentication methods play a crucial role. SSH is one such method...
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Sustainable governance: Navigating complex business decisions with AI
The challenges of our time – the climate crisis, resource scarcity and rising societal expectations...
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How AI is changing the way we use software and systems
Our everyday lives depend on digital processes, whether in our private or professional lives. And...
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AI in IT modernisation
70 per cent of all IT modernisation projects fail! Generative artificial intelligence (Gen AI) can...
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Prompting as an interface between humans and machines
In the fast-paced world of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), ‘prompting’ has...
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Potential and success factors of using GenAI professionally: the qbs.ai case study
Expectations surrounding Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) were enormous from the outset,...
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Excellent technology for sustainable energy solutions. Interview with Markus Linder, CTO of SENEC
Comprehensive solutions for an independent and sustainable energy supply are at the core of SENEC’s...
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Accessible communication with the help of AI: an app for translating sign language
Most people take being able to hear and speak for granted, as an integral part of daily life.Yet...
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Microfrontends: strategies for success
The right micro-frontend architecture can help teams work efficiently on complex web applications...
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"We believe the internet of the future will be three-dimensional."
Since 2020, iteratec has been supporting the BMW Group in setting up the 3D AppStore – a...
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Women’s network pushes for a 30 per cent quota for women at iteratec
In the IT sector, and indeed at iteratec, it is not a given that women are represented at all...
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Digital Product Passport (DPP): Revolutionising circular economy through transparency and technology
Tracking product life cycles is becoming increasingly complex. The Digital Product Passport (DPP)...
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The most common accessibility issues and how to resolve them
The Accessibility Enhancement Act, which sets out the minimum accessibility requirements for the...
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Beyond the firewall: the future of IT security in the age of AI
Spending on IT security in Germany is expected to break the 10 billion euro mark this year. There...
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“Pentests are often the last chance to find vulnerabilities before the costs explode.”
Cyberattacks have become one of the biggest challenges facing businesses. In the following...
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Using AI responsibly: a look at the three dimensions of sustainability
The field of artificial intelligence is developing at a rapid pace. How can we ensure that AI...
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What is your threat model?
When I join projects as a security consultant and ask about the threat model, the answer is often:...
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Applying the power of basics: How to reap rewards by practicing Agile. Part 3
Many leaders have high expectations when starting an agile transformation. Just imitating what,...
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When screwdrivers talk: how Festool plans to use AI on building sites
Making the day-to-day work of tradespeople easier and more productive is Festool’s mission. The...
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Ignoring the power of basics: why many projects have failed (and some still are). Part 1
Agile has exceeded the boundaries of it’s original domain, software development. Today many...
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How to build AI capabilities within your organisation
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Understanding the Power of Basics, Part 2: Building an engaging culture for great outcomes
When people feel they have no influence on the organizations goals, they become disconnected from...
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Telling customer stories using generative artificial intelligence
Machine learning experts at iteratec have developed a text and image generator for the in-house...
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Best-practice architecture for a cloud-based IoT platform
We have developed a best-practice architecture that has proven effective for many customers in...
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Less is more: cost reduction in the cloud
Many companies are motivated to migrate to the cloud in order to improve the efficiency of their IT...
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Cloud platform strategies for efficient software development
When utilising modern cloud technologies, a bespoke platform strategy is essential for the...
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Just one click to find content: RAG for smart knowledge management
“Where was that again?” Employees searching for internal documents often ask this question. Every...
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women@iteratec: Our women’s network celebrates two years of empowerment
Today we are celebrating not only International Women’s Day, but also the second anniversary of our...
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New threats spotted: phishing attacks via Microsoft Teams
Email phishing is a well-known attack tactic. However, people often forget that other collaboration...
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Vision Transformers meet Quality Control
In industrial manufacturing, visual quality control is an extremely important process, for example...
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Finding Exposed Actuators using Dynamic Testing with ffuf: Spring Actuator Security Part 3 (Klon)
Are you looking for effective ways to secure your Spring applications? Look no further! Our very...
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Designing Secure Software: Insights into AI Security and the OWASP Top Ten for Machine Learning
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Will Qwik replace all existing JavaScript frameworks?
Meta-frameworks such as Next.js, SvelteKit and Astro are currently the talk of the town. These...No article found.