When cybersecurity starts generating business value Hello everyone. As usually Alex here, so today I would like to talk about something quite interesting. Security is usually treated as an unavoidable expense. Organisations purchase protection tools, build SOC teams, implement policies and, if we are being honest, mostly hope that nothing catastrophic happens inside the infrastructure….
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Microsoft 365 E7: Microsoft’s Next Big Enterprise Bundle?
Hi everyone, Alex here. Welcome back to the blog. Over the past few weeks I’ve been seeing more and more conversations around a possible Microsoft 365 E7 licence. Nothing official has been released yet, but enough signals have appeared across the ecosystem to start piecing together what Microsoft might be preparing. So I decided to…
Windows 11 26H1. Not an update, but a platform shift
Sooo….. Yesterday Microsoft quietly released Windows 11 version 26H1 and almost immediately had to clarify that this is not the next major feature release. There are no new Start menu redesigns and no dramatic UX changes. What is changing sits much deeper in the stack. Are you ready 🙂 so go ahead! 26H1 is not…
Decomposing Meaning: How Not to Split a Task into Atoms and Kill Its Soul
Hello, it’s Alex again. Last time, we agreed on one thing: trust is not a philosophy. It’s infrastructure. A protocol that can be designed. You reacted, and many of you asked the same question: “Alright, we removed micromanagement. We stopped hovering. We gave autonomy. What next? Will the team just start performing miracles on its…
From Trust to Delegation: What Really Happens When You Let Go of the Reins
Hello, it’s Alex again. Last time, we unpacked why micromanagement is a system failure https://ctrlaltdel.blog/archives/786 , and trust is the new operating system. Sounds like a win, doesn’t it? You recognised the problem, stopped hovering over everyone’s shoulder, and decided to trust. And that’s when a new, far subtler challenge appears. I call it the…
Five Management Bugs That Make Senior IT Professionals Leave
Every company moans about the “talent shortage”.But most of them are busy pushing out the very people who kept the lights on.You know — the engineers who survived Windows NT, Exchange 2003, and three CIOs in one quarter. They’re not leaving because of salary.They’re leaving because someone in management decided PowerPoint was more important than…
Microsoft’s $30B UK AI Bet: Champagne Promises, Builders’ Tea Reality
Microsoft has just announced it’ll invest a whopping $30 billion in the UK over the next four years to “power the AI future.” Biggest UK investment they’ve ever made. Impressive headline. But let’s not pop the bubbly just yet — we Brits know full well that headlines are free, execution is where the bill lands….