Justin Brown's weekly musings on infrastructure, the global economy, and leadership.
Welcome to this edition of the InfraOps Digest, in which we’ll unpack detours around restrictions, the spike in compute demand, the scramble for data center real estate, and what
Infrastructure density refers to how much infrastructure a company owns and operates in-house, of its total global technical environment. Companies that rely on public cloud providers (like Marriott International, which
Hello everyone, After a few months away, I’m excited to reconnect and share fresh insights. Navigating the shifting tariff landscape and tackling complex InfraOps challenges alongside my clients at
The current push for semiconductor export controls ignores a fundamental reality: you can't undo forty years of willful technology transfer with regulations.
While Dario Amodei's recent letter about export controls and DeepSeek is carefully couched in the language of geopolitical competition, it reveals more about Anthropic's business concerns
The release of DeepSeek’s open-weight AI model represents a transformative moment in enterprise technology—one that fundamentally alters the landscape of what’s possible for large organizations. Rather than
Learning from Success Stories Understanding the practical application of industrialized InfraOps can be enhanced by examining real-world examples. By exploring case studies of organizations that have successfully transitioned from traditional
Learning from the Past Understanding the necessity and potential of industrializing InfraOps requires a look back at historical precedents. Throughout history, industrialization has transformed industries, leading to unprecedented levels of
Identifying the Problem Customer satisfaction is at an all-time low, with the Forrester 2024 US Customer Experience Index revealing that only 3% of companies are customer-obsessed. But this decline in
What Purpose Does Your IT Infrastructure Operation Serve? In today’s fast-paced and technology-driven world, understanding the true purpose of your IT infrastructure operations is more critical than ever. IT
Every business person knows the drill. You receive a bunch of crappy inputs from suppliers. It’s frustrating, but it doesn’t have to be a dead end. With the
James Gleick’s: The Information - A History, A Theory, A Flood is a solid introductory book on “Information”. Anyone working in our space would get a lot out of
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