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Everybody loves the promise of AI. Automate the grunt work....

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Great tech leaders are stepping away from the illusion of...

DevOps is still misunderstood in too many client environments, and...

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There’s a myth that legacy systems are a problem because...

Every fall, enterprise leaders across industries engage in the same...

One of the most difficult decisions I’ve made in leadership...

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In enterprise transformation, progress is rarely the bottleneck. Most teams...

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Legacy technology is often viewed as a liability. But in...

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Modernization is hard. We know this because the same patterns...

2026 will likely be one of the busiest years for...

By now, every technology and business leader knows they need...

Every conversation about insurance technology right now seems to lead...

Everyone in insurance loves talking about analytics, AI, and “data-driven...

The AI noise is deafening. Everyone’s got a new model,...

In high-stakes delivery environments, the instinct is often to tighten...

There’s a pattern I keep seeing. Executives greenlight AI initiatives...

In theory, innovation should move fast. In practice, it often...

In the race to modernize, governance often gets framed as...

Let’s be honest. GitHub Copilot landed like a magic trick....

In Atlanta’s insurance and banking sectors, many PMOs are still...

The retail banking sector is approaching an inflection point. As...

January brings the predictable surge of activity. Firms are back...

Too often, execution is treated like a baton pass. Strategy...

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Many companies are rolling out their 2022 strategic plans in...

Data productization is gaining momentum, especially in banking and financial...

Let’s get real. Going live isn’t the finish line. It’s...

Cloud has been framed as the answer to every modernization...

The “ALM is dead” narrative is lazy. The reality: application...

I’ve been in multiple boardrooms over the past year where...

Everyone wants to talk about AI strategy right now. Execs...

Right now, boardrooms across the country are echoing with this...

Everyone’s investing in AI. Few are investing in the organizational...

The enterprise AI conversation is shifting. The early rush of...

Let’s kill the phrase “AI strategy.” It sounds smart. It...

We’ve hit the phase where companies are deploying AI in...

Every few years, the consulting industry is declared dead. First,...

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Too often, execution is treated like a baton pass. Strategy...

The AI noise is deafening. Everyone’s got a new model,...

By now, every technology and business leader knows they need...

I’ve been in multiple boardrooms over the past year where...

Ask any CIO or CTO what they want in a...

The retail banking sector is approaching an inflection point. As...

Every organization I work with wants to move faster. Executives...

There’s a myth that legacy systems are a problem because...

Right now, boardrooms across the country are echoing with this...

Everyone in insurance loves talking about analytics, AI, and “data-driven...

Every conversation about insurance technology right now seems to lead...

I’ve spent the last decade watching insurance carriers chase the...

In November 2023, we published an analysis of Microsoft Fabric...

In Atlanta’s insurance and banking sectors, many PMOs are still...

There’s a pattern I keep seeing. Executives greenlight AI initiatives...

Everybody loves the promise of AI. Automate the grunt work....

Year-end reviews are in full swing. Revenue performance. Attrition rates....

Everyone wants to talk about AI strategy right now. Execs...

In large-scale transformation efforts, it’s easy to feel optimistic at...

The enterprise AI conversation is shifting. The early rush of...

In the race to modernize, governance often gets framed as...

Every fall, enterprise leaders across industries engage in the same...

This is not about slowing down. It’s about getting smarter...

Application development is often blamed for many modernization failures, missed...

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AI is everywhere in enterprise conversations right now. Boards are...

Most transformation programs don’t fail because of tools. They fail...

In enterprise technology, values are often treated as window dressing....

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Great tech leaders are stepping away from the illusion of...

BY JESSE FORBES SENIOR CONSULTANT, APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT At Hylaine, we...

In high-stakes delivery environments, the instinct is often to tighten...

Too many executives are still defaulting to staff augmentation when...

Every CIO wants to move faster. But the hard truth...

We’re in an era where nearly every consulting firm promises...

Most transformation efforts don’t fail in design. They fail in...

Legacy technology is often viewed as a liability. But in...

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This blog post is adapted from a presentation at the...

A client operating in the home services and utilities market...

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Many companies are rolling out their 2022 strategic plans in...