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Insights and perspectives on technology, cybersecurity, leadership, artificial intelligence, and the evolving digital world.
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We Bought the Product..Then Someone Bought the Company.
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Why I believe enterprise software acquisitions belong on the executive risk agenda Morning news check…. an acquisition announcement arrives. The purchase price is impressive. The executives are enthusiastic. The presentation promises innovation, integration, and greater value. Somewhere in an IT department, someone opens a spreadsheet to check the renewal date. That reaction is earned through…
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Quantum Computing Is Getting a Reality Check… and That’s Good News
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Better benchmarks, closer scrutiny, and advances in error correction are giving us more useful ways to judge quantum progress. Quantum computing is approaching a test that every technology eventually has to pass: can it do useful work reliably enough to justify what it costs? For IT professionals, that question should sound familiar. An impressive demonstration…
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Another Patch Tuesday Record. The Urgency Cannot Become Routine.
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There is a dangerous point at which alarming numbers become familiar enough that we stop reacting to them. Another security advisory. Another critical vulnerability. Another record-breaking Patch Tuesday. We read the headline, forward it to IT, and continue with the day. I believe companies need to give this far more attention. The volume of vulnerabilities…
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Shared Responsibility… You Can Outsource the Work, but You Still Own the Outcome.
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“Our vendor handles that” should start a conversation….not end it. “We have a vendor handling that.” I have heard that sentence many times over the years. Sometimes it reflects a well-managed partnership. Other times, it leaves an important question unanswered: Who inside the company is making sure it is actually being handled? Recently, while listening…
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But Wait! There’s More!
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When Enterprise Software Became an Infomercial Remember those infomercials? You’d be half asleep watching television when suddenly someone appeared with a product capable of changing civilization as we knew it. Maybe it sliced tomatoes. Maybe it removed scratches from your car. Maybe it caught fish. Whatever it did, one thing was certain… You weren’t getting…
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The Mighty Disclaimer
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We’ve learned to hear the promise and tune out the conditions. There was a time when the disclaimer knew its place. It lived in microscopic print inside a software package, on the back of a concert ticket, or somewhere near the bottom of an advertisement. On the radio, it arrived in the final seconds, delivered…
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Reminder –> AI Guardrails Are Not Security Controls
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A recent AI jailbreak should be a wake-up call for every organization rushing to deploy AI agents. A headline caught my attention this week… “Chinese AI tool told researchers how to make bioweapons.” That certainly gets your attention. But underneath the headline is a much more important cybersecurity story, particularly for those of us responsible…
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The Work Was Done…The Expectations Were Never Set.
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Clear expectations turn individual effort into coordinated results. Setting them, and keeping them aligned… is one of a leader’s most important responsibilities. Over the years, working across programming, systems engineering, network operations, security, and management, I’ve come to appreciate how much of our success depends on setting and managing expectations. People can work hard, have…
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From Cell Phone Minutes to AI Tokens… Have We Seen This Pricing Playbook Before?
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I remember when we used to watch the clock when we made a cell phone call. Now we watch the meter when we ask a question. The technology changed, but the pricing conversation sounds remarkably familiar. I had a realization a few weeks back that made me laugh. I remember when owning a cell phone…
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An “AI Force” Needs More Than a Name
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Artificial intelligence has become a matter of national strategy and security. But before an AI Force can be judged by its ambition, it must be defined by its mission, authority, accountability, and operational guardrails. President Donald Trump announced on September 19 that he intends to appoint a new artificial intelligence adviser, described as an “AI…
