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Following on the theme from my last missive, I believe the real prize in AI infrastructure is not datacentres, it is the orchestration layer. An orchestration layer built on a single foundational principle I have written about extensively – trust. Which is why Europe has a genuine opportunity to build the trust fabric for Artificial […]
January 16, 2026
I am starting to believe that ‘Sovereignty’ is becoming one of the most misused words in modern technology discourse. As digital infrastructure becomes geopolitical, vendors increasingly promise Sovereignty as a Service. The phrase is reassuring and often wrong. Let me start by providing some clarity, we need a clean and simple taxonomy. In the absence […]
November 11, 2025
This week it was the turn of Cloudflare to have an outage enforcing a self-imposed denial of service on its customers that included OpenAI and Twitter. This follows AWS and Microsoft in recent weeks, events raising an increasingly urgent question – Do we now need a framework for Globally Systemically Important Technology Corporations, a G-SiTec […]
August 25, 2024
In today’s fast-evolving cyberthreat landscape, Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) face a very modern decision in shaping their cybersecurity strategies. The explosion of cyber risks, coupled with the expanding complexity of digital estates, has created a scenario where security teams are overwhelmed with managing multiple tools, each targeting a specific threat. Traditionally, the “best-of-breed” approach, […]
June 1, 2024
Concerned about security? Introducing Windows 11 Recall, the latest in Microsoft’s AI personalised collaborative search innovation. The perfect tool for those who love living on the edge of privacy invasion and a data risk envelope. Thank you, Microsoft, for this monument to misdirected technological ambition that delivers a surrealist timeline of every pizza recipe and […]
November 16, 2023
The following is a full transcript of answers provided during an interview with InformationWeek who were looking for insights on how to select the right industry cloud. What are the most important attributes to look for when shopping for an industry cloud? The foundation is identification of key attributes that align with business goals. Prioritize […]
July 9, 2015
For those longer in the tooth than they may wish to reflect on, Microsoft Office started its life on the Apple Mac, so in good old heritage terms Microsoft has lead with the latest version of their flagship Office Suite 2016 on Apples OSX. At least for those subscribed to Microsoft Office 365. For full […]
April 28, 2015
Microsoft often gets a hard time for its security and the confidence customers can have in its product. Recent comments in the press around the benefits of Open Source as a more secure and transparent option misses a critical component in the debate and evaluation criteria – Partnership and Structure. In my experience proprietary software […]
April 18, 2014
Headlines abound as the race to the bottom continues in the price wars that is benefiting Cloud Computing users but challenging the 3 principles in Cloud Computing – Microsoft, Amazon as clear leaders with the rapidly maturing but still lagging Google – as they struggle with a new class of business model economics that can […]
February 22, 2014
The success potential in the cloud for Microsoft was laid down many years ago, well before cloud was even on the horizon, a unique differentiator that no Amazon or Google can challenge …. Yet. What I am talking about are customer ‘Relationships’ and the trust that those relationships has fostered, especially in the Corporate and […]
February 19, 2014
‘Microsoft launches OneDrive globally, with some freebies’. More on the freebie ‘Microsoft to give 100GB free OneDrive storage to early birds’. So it’s out with a big fanfare and more obfuscation for the humble consumer and business user alike as they get their heads around a name change and a few new bells and whistles […]
January 11, 2014
SharePoint 2013 Apps, what’s new, we had them in SharePoint 2010 didn’t we? Yes, and a lot has changed, but then again for those with a significant investment in SharePoint 2010 nothing you should have to worry about. Let me explain… Your investment in SharePoint 2010’s full or partial trust sandbox app models will still […]
October 23, 2013
October 22nd will go down as Tablet Tuesday, as the big players in this space Microsoft, Apple, Nokia converged on this date to officially launched new product. Instead of a big bang it was more of a one horse show with most attention captured by Apple, being the only one of the bunch to have maintain any […]
September 13, 2013
Those of you who have heard me speak and read my earlier articles on the subject of Data Security ‘Data Security – It’s in the Name!‘ will know my advocacy of encryption as the realistic future for data protection. But following the recent Cryptolocker outbreak of Ransomeware I feel it prudent to highlight the challenge […]
July 10, 2013
Well as expected Security and Privacy were high on the list of boxes to tick from all the execs at this year’s Microsoft World Wide Partner Conference. I would like to theme it as the conference that made the commitment to ‘Trust and Security with Microsoft in Digital Life’. For attendee’s who were not able […]
March 14, 2026
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