The AI Hypercomputer: Why Google is No Longer “Just Another Cloud”. Key takeaways from Google Cloud Next 2026

It is 2026 and enterprise customers are looking at how to effectively leverage both AI and cloud to advance their company’s position and provide greater value to customers. This week is Google’s annual Google Cloud Next conference in Las Vegas…

Is SaaS dead? The reports of SaaS’ death are greatly exaggerated.

The discussion centers on whether AI can replace Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) applications. While many assert AI will fully replace SaaS, it's more accurate to say AI may augment or improve certain SaaS functionalities. The complexity of building enterprise applications using AI, alongside governance and operational challenges, suggests that a complete replacement is improbable.

CIO Playbook for 2026

This year’s CIO playbook is a little different from past years…and for good reason. The items in the CIO Playbook for 2025 still hold true. What has changed is something that has been evolving for some time. The way we conduct business and the…

HPE Embraces Agentic AI and Signals a Power Shift in Enterprise Ops

I was on the ground this week at HPE’s annual Discover conference in Las Vegas. At the conference HPE made a slew of announcements that demonstrated a significant shift in both their direction and ultimate value to enterprise customers. In…

Four Key Takeaways from SAP Sapphire

This week, SAP held their annual Sapphire conference in Orlando. Sapphire brought together 14,000 people to see the latest SAP has to offer…and the evolution of their thinking. I’ve attended Sapphire for many years, and this year has been one…

Under Pressure: The Hidden Infrastructure Crisis No One Is Talking About

The demand for AI and data challenges old paradigms of unlimited resources, prompting efficiency and smarter resource utilization in IT. Companies face pressures from underutilization, over-provisioning, and physical constraints like cooling and power needs. A cultural shift toward intelligent resource management is essential for innovation amidst these challenges.

Infrastructure is back in vogue for enterprises driven by AI and new outcomes

Since the start of the cloud era, on-premises infrastructure took a back seat to cloud-based alternatives. Many enterprise workloads moved from corporate data centers to cloud-based alternatives including cloud hyperscalers Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud and Microsoft Azure. Not…

Lessons learned from the CrowdStrike and Microsoft outage

By now, most in IT have heard of the global impact from the CrowdStrike software bug. Essentially, a ‘content update’, not a change in software code caused Microsoft Windows based systems to crash. The impact was incredibly swift and widespread causing…

HPE GreenLake Updates Capitalize on Enterprise Private Cloud and AI Demand

HPE GreenLake adds new private cloud virtualization capabilities in addition to new AI offerings based on deep collaboration with Nvidia. Executive Summary Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) held their annual HPE Discover conference in Las Vegas where they announced several new…