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CIOs are heading into the 2025 budget season, and all eyes are on how budgets will change and where spending will go. Let’s unpack the details and indicators that are driving the decisions. Here are a few observations. Inflation continues…
Read More Lower inflation opens the door for larger 2025 IT budgets
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…
Read More Lessons learned from the CrowdStrike and Microsoft outage
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…
Read More HPE GreenLake Updates Capitalize on Enterprise Private Cloud and AI Demand
At Microsoft’s Build 2024 event this week, Microsoft and Qualcomm announced new Surface PCs with Microsoft’s AI Copilot technology running inside a PC based on Qualcomm’s Arm-based processor. The combination of this announcement creates a significant shift in how the PC market…
Read More Revolutionary AI PCs Transform Enterprise Consumption Patterns
It seems that every week brings a new LLM to the market. At this point, most major vendors have one or more LLMs for enterprises to choose from. With the sheer number of LLMs available today, it can be overwhelming…
Read More Are we approaching peak LLM and do we need to rethink how we use LLMs?
The last 36 hours have been very exciting for Hashicorp. Yesterday, I joined Hashicorp CEO Dave McJannett, the leadership team, employees and customers for the ringing of the Nasdaq opening bell at the Nasdaq Marketsite in Times Square, New York.…
Read More Quick take on Hashicorp Infrastructure Cloud and potential sale (UPDATED)
Google emphasizes enterprise business outcomes alongside innovation Executive Summary Google’s annual Google Cloud Next event marked an important shift in Google’s focus by their emphasis of business outcomes. Historically, Google has been a highly technical company which has been met…
There is a lot of hullabaloo about the advent of the AI PC. Is there such a thing or has the marketing gone too far? There are a few questions to be answered. What is an AI PC? Do you…
2023 was expected to be a bumpy ride as I mentioned in the CIO Playbook for 2023. It turned out much bumpier than expecting. Unfortunately, there is still a good bit of uncertainty going into 2024. The good news is that…
IBM's recent announcement to acquire StreamSets and webMethods from Software AG for €2.13 billion marks a significant milestone in the enterprise data software landscape. This move is not just a financial transaction; it's a strategic enhancement to IBM's capabilities in application modernization…
Read More IBM’s Strategic Acquisition of StreamSets and webMethods: A CIO Perspective
