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The quiet decade: what the next ten years of enterprise modernization will actually look like

A long-form essay on the shift from platform migration to domain-by-domain replacement, and what it demands from technology leaders.

Jun 202612 min read

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Beyond copilots: designing systems that let AI do real work

May 20268 min

Data

Governance as a product: how regulated firms are re-thinking data

May 20266 min

Cloud

The FinOps hangover: paying for what you don't understand

Apr 20269 min

Leadership

What a CTO owes the board in year one

Apr 20265 min

Blockchain

Settlement, not speculation: enterprise chains in 2026

Mar 202610 min

Modernization

The case against big-bang migrations, again

Feb 20267 min

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