09.01.2025 Reading time: 5-6 minutes Private equity challenges: How code quality impacts software valuation Eddy Boorsma In this article​ Summary For private equity (PE) professionals, software quality is a critical (upwards and downwards) driver of valuation and profitability in tech investments.   Without assessing software quality, PE firms risk overpaying, inheriting hidden risks/costs, and exposing themselves […]

08.01.2025 Reading time: 5-6 minutes Private equity challenges: The impact of technical debt in tech investments Eddy Boorsma In this article​ Summary Technical debt is a hidden killer in the world of software private equity and tech investments. In the rush to launch products, developers often make compromises. This results in messy, inefficient, and even […]

03.01.2025 Reading time: 4-5 minutes Is AI software? Software Improvement Group In this article​ Summary Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a new kind of software. According to ISO/IEC 5338, AI is software with unique capabilities and characteristics. These include the ability to think autonomously, learn from data, make decisions based on that data, and even potentially […]