by Tamer Badawy | May 22, 2026 | Digital Transformation & AI Strategy
Last week I was at the IDC CIO Summit in Zurich. The conversations were open. Senior technology leaders from Swiss and global companies, many with operations across multiple continents, shared the same frustration: agentic AI looks impressive in demos and controlled...
by Tamer Badawy | May 15, 2026 | Modern IT & AI Infrastructure
For years, IT operations carried a simple promise: keep systems running, fix incidents fast, control costs, and stay invisible when everything works. But right now, I believe that this model is insufficient, and it is definitely unsuitable for the operation models...
by Tamer Badawy | May 8, 2026 | Modern IT & AI Infrastructure
For years, IT infrastructure was a back-office utility. It was supposed to be stable, accessible, secure, and largely invisible. Boards only paid attention when something went wrong. That time is gone. Infrastructure has emerged as one of the most critical strategic...
by Tamer Badawy | May 1, 2026 | Executive & Leadership Insights
How the desire for control, visibility, and influence shifts IT leadership away from its true role In Dante’s Divine Comedy, Lust is more than just desire. It’s a misguided desire. A force that takes your mind off of what really matters. A focus on getting...
by Tamer Badawy | Apr 24, 2026 | Executive & Leadership Insights
How applying automation and AI to broken systems accelerates problems instead of solving them In Dante’s Divine Comedy, Gluttony is more than just eating too much. It has to do with eating too much without being able to stop. Taking in more than you can handle....
