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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 […]
January 10, 2026
Following the two age related posts I have recently done, notably ‘The Most Expensive Bias in Business …‘ and ‘Practical Insights into Activating Cognitive Superpowers‘, a repeated question that has come up is in pursuit of examples that bring to life the generic references I have made. To which end and none better a subject […]
November 23, 2025
Once upon a time, building trust at work was simple. You turned up, made eye contact, remembered someone’s birthday, nodded sympathetically at the printer and occasionally bought doughnuts. Trust grew through shared oxygen and shared irritation. You did not need an operating model, you just needed a desk and a kettle. Then remote work arrived […]
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 7, 2024
With rising cyber threats, organisations security budgets become a focal point, but more spending doesn’t necessarily equate to better protection. The knee-jerk reaction to throw money at security, hoping the latest tools will magically solve everything, is misguided. Instead of strategically aligning resources with specific risks, some organisations scatter funds aimlessly, trusting that spending more […]
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 […]
June 12, 2023
Following a panel session I had the pleasure in participating in at the Seventh Annual Cyber Physical Convergence Forum London 2023, last week here are a few thoughts stimulated by a discussion on Managed Service Providers and their role as agents of convergence between technology and the business. The general consensus was that Managed Security […]
August 28, 2020
Under lockdown, businesses have realised new efficiencies by quickly adopting cloud-based technologies to support remote working. As a result, the acceleration of digital transformation projects is showing no signs of slowing down when the restrictions are lifted. According to NCC Group research of hundreds of cyber security decision makers, remote working, cloud and digital transformation […]
October 14, 2018
Why do some brands resonate with a shock and awe vitality in our digital economy where others seem to just fizzle a bit? Perhaps the answer is as simple as some are truly committing to a new modus operandi to tap the opportunities from the digital economy where as others are just fiddling under the […]
October 7, 2017
You know that the world has changed fundamentally with the digital hyper-connectivity of our now ‘Networked’ society. A change that has and continues to challenge traditional business models, markets and thinking, so you have done the logical thing and commenced the Digital Transformation of your business. So far so good, you think. But there is […]
July 7, 2017
May of those sitting in front of overpriced Apple devices represent a unique audience of the dammed, dammed by their own myopic almost dogmatic passion and pride in a brand. It’s a severe case of Emperors clothes, where Apple once a leader is now a laggard. Apple is now bloated on its own success having […]
June 23, 2017
Security comes in many shapes and sizes. The risk to security that concerns me today is the laughing stock of the democratic world our UK media is fostering and appears to be completely oblivious to the dangerous divisions it is forging and national credibility it is undermining. This comes at a time the United Kingdom […]
May 29, 2017
There are some places in the world where you know things will be extra ordinary and superlative in execution and experience. Dubai leads the pack on this in much that it does and once again proved a benchmark and did not disappoint with its Gulf Information Security Exhibition and Conference (GISEC). GISEC is the pre-eminent […]
March 14, 2026
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