#4 (EN): IT Leadership News May 2026
Me, Myself & IT Leadership by Daniel Jauss
Episode notes
In this news episode of **Me, Myself & IT Leadership**, Daniel and Nova look at current developments in technology and leadership — fast, but with substance.
Topics in this episode:
- **AI:** The market is shifting from pure benchmark competition toward agents, reliability, and practical usability.
- **Gemini Omni, GPT-5.5, and Claude Opus 4.8:** What the latest models tell us about maturity, honesty, and functionality in AI.
- **Cloud & sovereignty:** Why sovereign cloud is no longer a niche architecture topic, but a leadership and risk decision.
- **Thales and Google Cloud:** A possible model between hyperscaler power and legal control.
- **Leadership:** Why modern leadership needs more Captain Picard and less Darth Vader.
- **Hybrid work:** Why the real question is not office vers ...