The CTO Advisor
Keith Townsend (@CTOAdvisor)The CTO Advisor Short thoughts on public cloud and private data center. Longer than a tweet. Shorter than a blog post. #CTOShort We talk AWS, Azure, GCP and traditional enterprise IT infrastructure.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Twice weekly |
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VMware Moves at the Speed of the Developer, Not the CIO
I’m writing this from Las Vegas at VMware Explore 2025, where the messaging has crystallized around a shift I’ve been tracking for years: VMware no longer moves at the speed of the CIO. Instead, they’re aligning with the speed of the develo...
AI Just Fired Me. Or Did It?
After 15 years of advising enterprise IT leaders, creating content, and speaking at conferences, I haven't been replaced. I've been augmented. This isn't a general-purpose AI; it's Virtual CTO Advisor—a specialized system trained on my publ...
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