The archive
Articles
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The Operational Cost of AI: Quantifying the Hidden Friction of GPU Adoption
What does GPU adoption really cost beyond the hardware price?
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Part 1: How to Build the Fourth Cloud MVP — The Four Non-Negotiable Pillars
What do I actually need to build first for a Fourth Cloud minimum viable platform?
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A Vector DB Is a Vector DB, Right?
Does it matter which vector database I use for my RAG pipeline?
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When Small Isn’t Simple: Lessons from Deploying Granite 13B on IBM Cloud
Are smaller LLMs like Granite 13B just cheaper drop-in replacements for large models?
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You’re Holding It Wrong: Why We’re Missing AI’s Value
Why are most organizations missing AI's value?
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Some Technologies Just Don’t Scale Down
Do enterprises really need trillion-parameter foundation models, or are smaller domain-specific models a better fit?
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What Exactly is “Production Ready” in 2025?
What does "production ready" actually mean in 2025?
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Five Vibe-Coding Lessons for the Enterprise
What can enterprise IT learn from a creator's vibe-coding experiment?
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Evolving the Virtual CTO Advisor: From Fixed-Cost Experiment to Cloud-Efficient Architecture
Why did the Virtual CTO Advisor's cloud bill blow up, and what fixed it?
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What I Learned from Building a RAG-Based AI on My Own Work — And the Architectural Crossroads It Revealed
Is simple RAG enough to build a trustworthy enterprise AI assistant?
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The Emperor’s New GPT: Why Your “Custom AI” Is a Demo, Not a Product
Can I put an OpenAI Custom GPT into production as an enterprise knowledge base?
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Thinking About VMware Alternatives?
What's the real alternative to VMware after the Broadcom acquisition?
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AWS EVS: A Step Toward VCF Everywhere
Is AWS EVS a good escape hatch from Broadcom's VMware changes?
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The Fourth Cloud Landscape: Understanding the Approaches
What is the Fourth Cloud, and how are the vendors approaching it differently?
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Agentic AI Is Everything — But Should You Let Someone Else Own It?
Should I let a vendor own my agentic AI platform?
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Navigating the Rise of LLM-Powered Point Tools: What Every CTO Needs to Know
Should CTOs adopt LLM-powered point tools like networking co-pilots, or wait for a unified AI platform?
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The AI Delivery Gap: Why Enterprise Platforms Are Failing Platform Teams
Why can't my developers self-serve AI capabilities the way they do databases and APIs?
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You Want to Migrate from VMware? Ask Your Architecture Review Board First
Should cost drive our decision to migrate off VMware?
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The Forklift vs. The Data Center Refresh: Why AI Changes the Infrastructure ROI Equation
How do I win the budget argument for a data center refresh when the CFO would rather buy forklifts?
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HPE + Juniper: Apstra, Intent, and the Battle for the Next-Gen Data Center
What does HPE's Juniper acquisition mean for the next-gen data center?