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What Each Issue Covers

AI Decisions

Practical implications of generative AI, agents, and RAG for enterprise systems. What's ready and what isn't.

Cloud Strategy

Platform releases, cost optimization patterns, and governance decisions that affect your cloud roadmap.

Data Platforms

Database innovations, lakehouse patterns, and the technology decisions your data architecture depends on.

Platform Engineering

Developer experience, internal developer platform maturity, and productivity patterns from the field.

Architecture Signals

Design patterns, trade-offs, and architecture decisions worth knowing about before you need to make them.

Radar Updates

Technologies moving between Adopt/Trial/Assess/Hold with the evidence behind each movement.

Recent Topics

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Dec 2025

Database Consolidation Strategy: When to Stop Adding New Tools

Nov 2025

The FinOps Reckoning: Why Cloud Costs Keep Escaping Governance

Nov 2025

From Projects to Platforms: The Operating Model Shift That Matters

Oct 2025

AI Governance for CTOs: A Practical Starter Framework

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