2025 Tech Predictions vs. Reality: An IT Leadership Retrospective
2025-12-06
A comprehensive end-of-year retrospective on 2025’s major IT predictions versus reality. It examines forecasts by Gartner, Forrester, McKinsey, etc., in areas like AI adoption, agentic AI, AI governance/security, hybrid-edge infrastructure, sustainability, and regulatory compliance, and analyzes how those trends actually played out across enterprise IT operations and strategy.
VMware’s Virtualization Empire: Rise, Upheaval, and What Comes Next
2025-10-15
VMware revolutionized IT with x86 virtualization and became the industry standard. After Broadcom’s $61B takeover, licensing shifts and soaring costs sparked lawsuits, backlash, and rising competition from Microsoft, Nutanix, open-source KVM, and cloud providers. Enterprises now face a costly choice: stay locked in or prepare for migration and modernization.
Major Incident Response Protocols in ITSM: What They Are, Why They Matter, and How to Build Them
2025-09-10
This article explores how IT organizations can design and implement effective Major Incident Response Protocols. It explains the role of frameworks and playbooks, highlights real-world examples, outlines governance and training practices, and shows how metrics and AIOps drive resilience and faster recovery.