Ask most enterprise technology teams where they spend their AI strategy energy and you will get the same answer: figuring out which model to use. It feels like the right question. As organizations move from pilots into production and the real compliance, cost and continuity risks appear, it turns out to be the wrong one.…
I have spent enough time building cloud and AI infrastructure to know one thing: Efficiency problems never show up where teams expect them. They tend to sit just beneath the surface, quietly shaping outcomes long before they appear in the metrics anyone is tracking. Most enterprise conversations still center on token pricing. That focus makes…
A growing backlash against building new data centers in the US may have huge cost implications for CIOs planning to expand their organizations’ AI initiatives. Protests against building new data centers were organized in 42 states in mid-July, with participants concerned about new facilities driving up electricity and water costs and using large swaths of…
The transformation of the financial sector is no longer just about offering a mobile app or allowing customers to bank from anywhere. After years of digitizing services, institutions now face the more ambitious challenge of building a more personalized, agile, and intelligent relationship with millions of users who expect immediate answers, simple experiences, and service tailored…
A few weeks ago, I found myself in yet another demonstration of an application that was not built by my team or my technology partners. The demonstration lasted 20 minutes and by the end of it, everyone in the room agreed that the application solved a genuine business problem. There was genuine admiration for the…
Technology leaders are facing a sobering reality: They’re investing heavily in AI, yet many initiatives continue to struggle to move beyond experimentation and pilot programs. For example, Gartner found only 28% of AI use cases in infrastructure and operations fully succeed and meet ROI expectations, while 20% fail outright. The conversation around AI often focuses…