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…
Tag: Cloud
Watch Your Flank: New Entrants Sidestep Competition
Companies often compete in specific swim lanes or markets. Depending on the market, there are broad implications and more finer details or sub-markets. The default competitors define their space and new entrants work within the bounds set by the stalwarts.…
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CIO In The Know – CIOs, Buckle Up: The First 120 Days of 2025 Just Redefined Your Roadmap
The first four months of 2025 have significantly altered the CIO landscape, emphasizing the need for transformational leadership amid disruptions in AI, governance, and cybersecurity. CIOs are now focusing on data strategy and emerging AI agent discussions while grappling with complex regulatory environments. A mid-year Playbook update may be necessary to navigate these changes.
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.
Five things I am looking for this week at RSAC
This week is the annual RSAC Conference (RSAC) at Moscone Center in San Francisco. RSAC is a massive cybersecurity-focused conference with everything you could imagine in the world of cybersecurity in one place. I’ve attended RSAC for many years and while solutions…
The CIO Playbook for 2025
It's that time of year again for our annual CIO Playbook! As we delve into 2025, the role of the Chief Information Officer (CIO) continues to evolve at a rapid pace. The digital landscape is more complex and dynamic than…
CIO In The Know – The multiple ways AI is maturing and CIOs are shifting gears into other subjects
Starting the last two months of 2024 takes us into a maturing of the AI conversation with both vendors and enterprise alike. Investment in AI continues for both as well. Enterprises are largely moving from an experimentation phase to finding…
Lenovo drives business outcomes with new infrastructure and edge devices
Lenovo just held their Tech World event in Bellevue, Washington where they showed how customers are solving real world problems with innovative infrastructure. The show was very well attended, and customers were highly engaged on the show floor. I had…
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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…
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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…
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