2024 Google Cloud Next Trip Report

Google emphasizes enterprise business outcomes alongside innovation Executive Summary Google’s annual Google Cloud Next event marked an important shift in Google’s focus by their emphasis of business outcomes. Historically, Google has been a highly technical company which has been met…

How do you plan and execute a successful executive event?

I attend executive events all the time. I have led, participated in and helped organize executive events. Most of these are geared toward the CIO (Chief Information Officer) and they happen all the time. There is a long-standing saying that…

CIO In The Know – Starting 2024 with a new focus on technology

January proved to be quite the month for changes in the tech space. Between industry events, acquisitions, tech shifts and cybersecurity breaches, there was no loss of things to keep track of. From a personal perspective, I ended up taking…

CIO In The Know – Starting 2024 with a new focus on technology

Happy New Year! Kicking off the first of this year’s CIO In The Know newsletters talking about The CIO Playbook for 2024. Bottom line: The CIO’s remit is huge! And complicated. Simplification is the key word here. Any conversation in 2023…

IBM’s Strategic Acquisition of StreamSets and webMethods: A CIO Perspective

IBM's recent announcement to acquire StreamSets and webMethods from Software AG for €2.13 billion marks a significant milestone in the enterprise data software landscape. This move is not just a financial transaction; it's a strategic enhancement to IBM's capabilities in application modernization…

Amazon re:Invent Recap – Cloud, AI, Data and more

Amazon just held their annual Amazon Web Services (AWS) re:Invent conference in Las Vegas with more than 50,000 attendees in-person with many more attending online. The conference is so large that it spans the entire Las Vegas strip from the Wynn to Mandalay Bay…

ChatGPT being used for confidential and regulated information

Education and knowledge is incredibly important. This is especially true when experimenting with new and innovative technology. The downside is that one could be playing with fire and not even know it until it is too late. Over the past…

CIO In The Know – AI Fatigue is coming and what’s next

Whew! Typically the summer months are slower than the rest of the year, but this summer has been nothing but crazy busy! I attended plenty of great industry events this summer. In June, there was HPE Discover, Snowflake Summit and…