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The Multiple Is a Scorecard
The 24-month exit playbook: the five levers buyers price, and a 40-point scorecard for preparation.
Buy and Build in IT Services
Why most roll-ups fail. The integration engine, four operational value levers, and a way to decide between platform and add-on.
The AI-Native IT Services Company
Seven dimensions of AI-native transformation, the maturity ladder, and a readiness self-assessment. Our lens for every platform.
NextGen IT Services
How mid-sized IT services providers scale: market trends, a buy-and-build playbook, a PMI framework and a 7-point check.
M&A im IT-Service-Sektor
With Sven Ramuschkat on the tecRacer transaction: how trust is built, what actually happens after closing, and what growth looks like afterwards. In German.
Private Equity meets IT-Service Investments
How IT founders move from owner-managed structures to scalable organisations without losing their culture. In German.
Private Equity für IT-Services
Building a private equity firm from scratch: why sector focus, how a fund comes together from zero, and what that means for sellers. In German.
Private Equity ohne PowerPoint
What actually happens in a transaction, beyond the glossy documents, and where deals fail in practice. In German.
Sovereignty Washing: Wie man Cloud-Souveränität wirklich bewertet
An article by Jörn Petereit in iX magazine 6/2026, in German. Seventeen cloud providers, 31 criteria, six axes. The result: no sovereignty winner, but measurable differences. Why sovereignty washing works in both directions, and why cryptography and key control are the whole market’s open flank.
17 providers · 31 criteria · 6 axes
Measuring the sovereignty of cloud offerings
Configurable to your own use case, with minimum requirements as dealbreakers and an EU sovereignty rating. Assessed solely against publicly verifiable evidence, with a source link for every criterion. Initiated by Jörn Petereit. In German.
The questions founders ask me when the slides are closed
A half-year review after more than forty tracked transactions, the seven questions founders ask most often, and two public takeovers that repriced European IT services.
Most IT services roll-ups never become one company
Why acquisitions alone create no value, and what roll-ups die of: arbitrage instead of substance, accumulating instead of integrating, founder dependence. Plus Frank Strecker on building and selling Skaylink to Vodafone.
Thirty-one founders wrote in with the same question
Sovereignty washing and how to test a sovereignty pitch. With the European Cloud Sovereignty Report 2026 covering 17 providers and 31 criteria, plus Stefan Biehler on six dimensions of sovereignty from a critical-infrastructure view.
The Copilot Trap
Buying licences is not a transformation. If AI makes your team 30% more productive, a time-and-materials model loses you 30% of revenue. With Michael Müller on the path from cloud native to AI native.
AI Agents & IT Services
How autonomous agents are rewriting the business models of IT services providers, and what that means for delivery and pricing. With Rachel Linnemann, CEO of tecRacer, and the transactions of the first quarter of 2026.