The archive
Articles
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The Missing Control Layer in AI Systems
Where do you actually put control in an AI system?
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AI Doesn’t Fail in the Demo – It Fails the First Time You Have to Trust It
If the AI demo works, why does the project stall before production?
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When Developer Workflow Discipline Isn’t Enough
Can developer workflow discipline control enterprise AI costs, or does that control belong to platform engineering?
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544 Enterprises. One Number That Matters: 22.8%
Why are only 22.8% of enterprise AI projects meeting their ROI objectives?
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The Pentagon–Anthropic Standoff Is the First National-Scale DAPM Conflict. Here’s What Enterprises Should Learn.
What should enterprises learn from the Pentagon-Anthropic standoff?
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Your Fourth Cloud for AI: Platform or Project?
Is IBM Fusion a real Fourth Cloud platform for AI, or am I buying a consulting project?
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Bigger Models Won’t Fix Your AI Architecture
Will a bigger model fix my unreliable AI system?
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From AI Factory Metaphor to CIO-Grade Economics
How should a CIO measure the true TCO of an AI investment?
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Fourth Cloud Reality Check (Permission First)
Can my team implement a true Fourth Cloud today?
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The Enterprise Reasoning Plane: Why Enterprise AI Keeps Failing in Production
Why does enterprise AI keep failing in production if the models are good enough?
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Hybrid AI Is Inevitable. Workflow Discipline Is Not.
Why do two teams with the same AI models and vendors end up with radically different costs?
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The Decision Authority Placement Model (DAPM)
Why do enterprises keep hitting the same failures every time they automate?
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Before You Build a Private Cloud, Ask This One Question
What's the one question to ask before building a private cloud?
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Six Months Independent: What AI Actually Made Possible
What did Keith learn in his first six months running The CTO Advisor independently with AI tooling?
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The Developer Speed vs. The Enterprise Brake: Merging the a16z Stack with the 4+1 Model
Should we standardize on the a16z LLM app stack or the 4+1 model for enterprise AI?
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You Don’t Buy an “AI Platform”—You Buy Layers Introducing the 4+1 AI Platform RFP Framework (Open Edition)
How do I evaluate vendors that all claim to sell an "AI platform"?
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AWS vs. NVIDIA DGX: The Real Platform Divide
Should I build my AI platform on NVIDIA DGX or consume AWS's managed stack?
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The VMware Migration Everyone’s Getting Wrong: Why Your 6-Month Project Just Became 24 Months
Why did our 6-month VMware migration plan turn into 18 to 24 months?
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Why Migrating from VMware Isn’t as Simple as Changing Hypervisors
Is migrating off VMware just a matter of swapping hypervisors?
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When My $4K DGX Spark Arrived, It Revealed What the Cloud Had Been Hiding
Why did an app that ran fine in the cloud fail on my $4K DGX Spark?