The Vendor Promised Everything. We Bought the Wrong Thing.

by Tamer Badawy | Jun 26, 2026 | Modern IT & AI Infrastructure

The demo was flawless. The capabilities matched our requirements line by line. The security operations center solution on the table would give us 24/7 monitoring, fast response, and coverage we could not build in-house. We signed. The trouble did not show up in the...

The Farmer With a Phone: What Remote AI Looks Like When You Get Data Mesh Right

by Tamer Badawy | Jun 19, 2026 | Modern IT & AI Infrastructure

A farmer stands in a remote field. He has poor connectivity, no IT department nearby, and no data scientist on call. He points his phone at a section of crop that does not look right, records a short video, and asks an AI agent what he is looking at. Within seconds,...

Every CIO Has a Resilience Plan. Almost None Have a Resilience Capability.

by Tamer Badawy | Jun 12, 2026 | Modern IT & AI Infrastructure

Ask any CIO whether they have a disaster recovery plan. The answer is almost always yes. Ask them when it was last tested under realistic conditions, with real pressure, real time constraints, and people who were not told in advance it was a drill. The answer changes....

The End of “Keep the Lights On” IT Operations: Why Operations Must Become a Resilience Engine

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...

From Server Room to Strategy Room: Why AI Infrastructure Strategy Is Back on the Board Agenda

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...

Post-Quantum Cryptography: Why “Encrypted” IS No Longer “Safe Forever”

by Tamer Badawy | Nov 18, 2025 | Modern IT & AI Infrastructure

Most leaders work on the assumption that “It’s encrypted” and “We’re safe.” That guess now has a deadline. The new risk is clear: a big quantum computer in the future could break the RSA and elliptic-curve public-key cryptography...