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July 21, 2026
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AI Data Centres and the First Mile Infrastructure Fallacy

The artificial intelligence (AI) technology race has triggered the dispensation of capital not seen since the widespread adoption of the internet. As AI data centres drive unprecedented demand for electricity, the ability to build and modernise power infrastructure is emerging as a critical bottleneck to keeping pace with that demand.
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From Red–Amber–Green to Real Insight: Why Your Project Dashboards Are Lying to You
August 5, 2026
Explore why traditional project dashboards might be misleading and discover how to gain real insights for better project assurance.
AI Data Centres and the First Mile Infrastructure Fallacy
July 21, 2026
The artificial intelligence (AI) technology race has triggered the dispensation of capital not seen since the widespread adoption of the internet. As AI data centres drive unprecedented demand for electricity, the ability to build and modernise power infrastructure is emerging as a critical bottleneck to keeping pace with that demand.
Third-Party Exit Planning: Prepare for the Worst, Plan for Control
July 17, 2026
Exit planning has become a critical element of the third-party risk management lifecycle as organisations contend with a rapidly evolving threat landscape and increasingly disruptive events. Protiviti’s 2026 Executive Perspectives on Top Risks and Opportunities survey ranks third-party risk as the second-highest near-term global risk.
HR’s AI-Driven Reconstruction Imperative
July 15, 2026
As the pace of artificial intelligence (AI) advances and use increases, the length of time a skill set remains relevant decreases. These related trends have profound effects on human resources (HR) groups, which have a two-fold AI-era talent management mandate.
From Stablecoin to the Rise of Intelligent Money Movement: What CFOs Should Know (and Do Now)
June 19, 2026
Stablecoins and other digital asset opportunities – for the business as well as for the finance group – are compelling, lucrative, and materialising and expanding faster than many CFOs realise. Today, early adopters of digital asset innovations are discussing stablecoin fundamentals, launching pilot programs and recalibrating longstanding payments infrastructures. Going forward, nearly all business leaders will be…
AP Transformation: The Hidden Opportunity in Workday Implementations
June 16, 2026
As organisations move to Workday, where Accounts Payable (AP) lands at go-live often represents a moment of truth. Because AP sits downstream from nearly every finance and procurement process, it becomes a strong indicator of whether the transformation was executed effectively or whether underlying issues remain unresolved.
Anthropic’s Mythos Raises the Cyber Threat Level
June 16, 2026
In November 2022, ChatGPT 3.5 debuted, marking a major milestone for generative AI. Since then, new tools and models have emerged rapidly—bringing distinct capabilities and new security risks. As these technologies evolve toward more advanced reasoning and agentic capabilities, security leaders are evaluating what they could mean for vulnerability discovery, exploit development, and defense.
Customer Experience: Why Strategy, Data and Technology Must Work Together
June 16, 2026
Whether you are in the business of selling products, promoting brands, implementing marketing technology, preparing your organisation for AI adoption or researching maturing customer experiences at scale, imagine for a moment that you are a customer, rather than the enabler. Think about a brand that provided excellent service and reflect on that experience. Now, pause again to think about a brand or experience that…
Why Traditional IT Cost Metrics Fail in the AI Era - and What Leaders Should Measure Instead
June 12, 2026
Organisations continue to evaluate IT spend through a narrow operational lens, focusing on efficiency ratios, cost per ticket, or run rate versus budget. This approach worked when IT primarily delivered infrastructure and back-office services. Disruptive technologies such as AI fundamentally change how value is created, just as the rise of the internet in the 1990s forced organisations to rethink how the impact of…
Five Tips for Driving a Successful Security GRC Program in Tech
June 12, 2026
Security governance, risk and compliance (GRC) should be a strategic enabler for technology companies. In practice, many organisations experience the opposite: fragmented processes, blurred accountability and growing compliance obligations that feel disconnected from how the business actually operates.
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