For most of this past year, I’ve sat across from CEOs and executives discussing their next big initiatives, from new markets and AI to anything that might give them an edge. Despite the optimism, the moment we turned to strategy, their confident tone softened, as if conviction ran out halfway through the sentence. And I’ve…
Despite rising investment, many enterprises in compliance-driven industries such as banking and capital markets, life sciences, and government are struggling to scale artificial intelligence (AI). Compliance demands, data privacy requirements, and unpredictable infrastructure costs are slowing or stalling progress. The problem isn’t ambition — it’s architecture. Public cloud environments aren’t always built to handle the…
When mergers and acquisitions grab headlines, the cybersecurity posture of the involved organization is rarely scrutinized, unless one of the parties suffers a breach. But once the deal is done, a key factor that determines how well two companies become one is the gap between what they believe is the state of their security posture…
Cyber threats are rising, with a 44% year-on-year increase in cyber-attacks underlining how important security is in the age of AI. Despite this, many businesses are failing to upgrade legacy IT infrastructure – and leaving themselves vulnerable. “I find it very strange the organisations that I speak to where their ability to just patch in…
The acquisition of VMware by Broadcom and subsequent licensing changes have forced many businesses to pay two to three times more for virtualisation, according to Gartner – prompting many IT leaders to rethink. The cost implications of VMware licensing changes have left many organisations in “a very painful place,” says Rhys Powell, senior black belt,…
Moving to the cloud promises faster, smoother application delivery – but IT leaders must ensure they don’t sacrifice flexibility in the process. Recent disruptions in the form of virtualisation license changes and the push for AI make agility more important than ever, says Rhys Powell, senior black belt, Managed Cloud Services at Red Hat, in…
When AI first entered the enterprise, every week brought a new tool, a new headline, a new promise of transformation. The excitement was real, but the results were inconsistent. Now, the conversation has matured. We’ve learned that success isn’t about chasing every use case. The teams I work with aren’t asking “What can AI do?”…
Most CIOs have got the message that their job is largely about delivering business value, and less about system uptime and other operational metrics. New transformational opportunities emerge every two years, and the question is whether IT is consistently delivering value. Agile, DevOps, and ITSM practices aim to improve delivery and service capabilities. Each successful…
More than 22 years after journalist Nicholas Carr declared in a controversial Harvard Business Review articlethat IT is a commodity that provides little or no competitive or strategic advantage, the debate over the value of technology is back in the spotlight. For anyone who has worked in or around IT, it’s a familiar cycle. Only…
Organisations are racing to implement AI, with 88% of enterprise leaders expecting to increase spending on generative AI over the next year. However, siloed IT teams are often a barrier to successful AI delivery. Data science and AI teams have long operated as shadow IT, explains Rhys Powell, senior black belt, Managed Cloud Services at…