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The CIO Playbook for 2023

Posted by Tim M. Crawfordon January 6, 2023January 10, 2023in CIO, Cloud, Data, ESG2 Comments

Each year, I revise the CIO playbook to reflect the changing agenda for the CIO. Over the past several years, the role of IT has seen dramatic change within the enterprise. 2023 is no exception as a few focus areas…

Splitting up big enterprise companies could be a good thing

Posted by Tim M. Crawfordon October 18, 2022January 1, 2023in Business, CloudLeave a comment

This may be a bit controversial and/or counterintuitive…but hear me out. For years, people have talked about splitting up large enterprise companies for antitrust reasons. On the surface, breaking up large companies for antitrust reasons may seem like a good…

VMware’s future post VMware Explore 2022

Posted by Tim M. Crawfordon September 26, 2022September 25, 2022in CloudLeave a comment

VMware held their annual conference a few weeks back. This conference was rebranded from VMworld to VMware Explore and held in San Francisco. While there were a number of announcements at the conference, a few things stuck out. VMware is well known…

Is cloud computing more expensive than alternatives?

Posted by Tim M. Crawfordon November 4, 2021November 9, 2021in Business, CloudLeave a comment

This question seems to come up every year. Yesterday, there was a thread on Twitter that again raised the question of whether public cloud is cheaper than the alternatives. I wrote about this a few years ago in the post ‘Is public…

HPE brings their A game for enterprise CIOs

Posted by Tim M. Crawfordon October 1, 2021November 3, 2021in Business, CIO, Cloud, Data, EdgeLeave a comment

This week, HPE made several announcements related to new strategies and service offerings. A few of these are particularly relevant for enterprises and CIOs addressing their ever-changing business and customer dynamics. There are four specific areas that stand out for CIOs. HPE…

Building a technology strategy to support business transformation

Posted by Tim M. Crawfordon May 18, 2021in Business, CIO, Cloud, Data, Edge2 Comments

Companies right and left are looking for ways to transform their business. Changes to customer demand and operational functions are key business transformation drivers. Companies need to make decisions faster and with more accuracy. In order to effectively manage business…

Re-Imagining the Car of the Future

Posted by Tim M. Crawfordon February 1, 2021February 1, 2021in Business, Cloud, Data, Edge, MobileLeave a comment

The automotive space is changing at a rapid clip. Much of this change is driven by a combination of changing customer requirements and new technology not previously available. With this sophistication comes complexity for the entire automotive ecosystem. In a…

The case for HPC in the enterprise

Posted by Tim M. Crawfordon December 14, 2020in Cloud, Data, Edge1 Comment

Right off the bat some may balk at the thought that High Performance Computing (HPC) has a place in the enterprise. While that may have been the case in the past where it was relegated to academic and research organizations,…