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From Clunky to Clever: How Governance Can Rescue Your Legacy App Portfolio

April 21, 2025 07:00

Treat legacy application modernization as a governed portfolio initiative, not a one-off IT spring cleaning. CIOs and IT leaders should stop viewing modernization as isolated tech upgrades and instead position it as a governance-driven exercise in their IT portfolio. Aligning modernization with strategic goals, resource management, and value delivery ensures you're not just replacing worn-out tires but steering the whole vehicle in the right direction.

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Firewalls Aren’t Enough: Design to Protect Users from Each Other

March 31, 2025 07:00

As user-to-user interactions increasingly define digital experiences, application safety must go beyond firewalls and extend to shielding users from each other. Embed proactive user-safety design elements into your platforms now, not because your regulators say so (though they are), but because your users are demanding it.

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Prediction Season Is Over, Reality Just Logged In

March 24, 2025 07:00

Looking back, IT forecasts from 2022–2024 have generally landed within striking distance of early 2025 realities, even though there have been some optimistic overshoots. Given this, IT decision makers should prioritize investments in AI augmentation, zero-trust cybersecurity, and start working on their quantum readiness game, but avoid betting the farm on full automation or agentic AI at this point.

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One Cable to Rule Them All: Apple's USB-C Strategy Simplifies IT

March 21, 2025 07:00

With the launch of the iPhone 16e, Apple has decisively retired the Lightning connector across its product line. IT leaders should start phasing out Lightning accessories and standardize on USB-C across all supported Apple endpoints. It's not revolutionary–it's rational.

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Quantum of Microsoft: Real Leap or Hype Loop?

March 17, 2025 07:00

Microsoft unveiled the Majorana 1 quantum chip, based on exotic topological qubits, that may signal a genuine leap in error-resistant, scalable quantum hardware. CIOs should monitor this development, include quantum-readiness in their long-term strategic plan, and consider potential hybrid quantum-classical architectures; but choose pragmatism over panic and avoid budget-busting hardware acquisitions.

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From Drum Machines to AI Coders: The Myth of Human Replacement

March 14, 2025 07:00

Despite pronouncements by CEOs in the generative AI space, generative AI will not replace software developers—just as drum machines and music sequencers never replaced musicians. AI will automate repetitive coding tasks, but the creative, strategic, and problem-solving aspects of software development remain firmly in human hands. IT leaders should focus on AI-augmented development, upskilling teams to leverage AI as a productivity enhancer rather than fearing it as a replacement.

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