Hamburg – November 02, 2026 -- Two-thirds of companies in Germany, Austria and Switzerland move fewer than a quarter of their AI pilot projects into regular operations, according to a study by Lünendonk & Hossenfelder in cooperation with Sopra Steria. Only 1% have integrated AI agents across more than one core business process.

Sopra Steria concludes that strict internal governance, data quality and compliance structures, often seen as brakes on innovation, are what allow AI agents to scale.

Windhof – October 31, 2026 -- A consortium led by Sword Services Greece has been ranked first for a four-year framework contract worth an estimated €93 million to develop and maintain the EU's Entry/Exit System (EES). The award came under the Dynamic Purchasing System of eu-LISA, the EU agency for large-scale IT systems.