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Plain language on the hard parts.

Notes from our practice. The decisions enterprise IT leaders are wrestling with right now — and what we've learned from being in the room when those decisions get made.

Security Apr 2026

Zero-trust isn't a product. It's a posture.

Vendors will sell you "zero-trust" as a SKU. The reality is harder: it's an identity-first architecture that touches every system you own. A practical guide to where to start.

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Cloud Mar 2026

Multi-cloud is a strategy, not a sprawl.

Most "multi-cloud" enterprises didn't choose it — they accumulated it. There are good reasons to run workloads across providers, and bad ones. Telling them apart matters.

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Data & AI Mar 2026

The AI use cases that actually pay back.

Past the demos, only a handful of enterprise AI use cases consistently produce measurable ROI. We look at the patterns we've seen work — and the patterns that quietly don't.

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Strategy Feb 2026

When to in-source, when to outsource, when to partner.

The answer used to be obvious. It isn't anymore. A framework for thinking about IT delivery models in an environment where the boundaries keep moving.

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Security Feb 2026

Identity is the new perimeter. Most orgs are still building walls.

If your security spend still concentrates on network controls, you're optimizing for last decade's threat model. Where the budget should actually be going.

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Cloud Jan 2026

FinOps without the theatre.

FinOps programs often produce dashboards instead of savings. The handful of operational disciplines that actually move cloud spend, separated from the ceremony.

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Data & AI Jan 2026

Your data platform doesn't need to be modern. It needs to be useful.

The pressure to adopt the newest data stack is rarely matched by the operational maturity to use it. A more honest framing of what "good" looks like.

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Strategy Dec 2025

Why most digital transformations stall at year two.

The first wins are easy. Year two is where the operating model has to actually change — and where most programs lose momentum. What we've learned about getting through it.

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Security Dec 2025

Tabletop exercises that actually find things.

Most incident-response drills are choreographed. The ones that produce real findings share a few features — and break a few comfortable habits.

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