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bit of light reading before I turn the lights out and get my daily 3.5 hours of sleep.. => parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/dow...

Industry expert and practitioner Mark Kerzner @markkerzner, Founder/CEO of Scalable AI company SCAIA AI Inc. @Scaia_AI, shares his exclusive insights in his latest blog "The Time of #AI Applications" - click now for the full story: sociaall.short.gy/time-of-ai-b...

"Critical Turning Points For Modernisation Of Legacy Systems In 2025" - a whitepaper I prepared on this persistent challenge for all organisations, now more than ever - click now for FREE access to this resource: elnion.com/2025/01/09/w...

35 seconds into a supposed Bloomberg TV "tech stock update" and I'm closing that TAB as neither of these hard cases has a clue what they are talking about and it's a classic gab fest of who can yell at the camera the most - what a doomed nonsense empire it all is...

In discussion with Raj Talluri, SVP & GM, Mobile Business Unit at Micron Technology: podnion.com/talking-with...

Enterprise Computing Under Siege: The 10 Biggest Threats Facing IT Today: elnion.com/2025/02/10/e...

The Cost of Silence: Why Employees Aren’t Speaking Up and What You Can Do About It. Discover the reasons behind #workplace silence and solutions to foster open communication. URL: elnion.com/2025/02/15/t...

What does #FAILURE look like in 2025? It looks like this: Framework PC @FrameworkPuter has this insanity on the home page? They want to sell world leading #AI hardware and systems, and they haven't heard of the Cloud or Cloud Scaling and @CloudFlare can't do #CDN for them?!?!

EXCLUSIVE STORY: "Australian Student Helps Create Industry Disrupting AI Platform DeepSeek" Click to get this exclusive story FREE on Elnion: elnion.com/2025/02/26/a...

Coffee meet today with an agency CEO pitching us to work with them. I got asked "So is your LinkedIn audience engaged with your content?" Me: "Here's an example post stats after about 24 hours." Response was pure gold: "Oh yea, ok holy crap, yes, it's working like crazy! Wow!!" ;-)

How do you know a company feels they are in a Monopoly position? They hike up their service fees / prices, and give you 24 hours to suck it up or get off their platform !! And yes, a 46% price increase for Office 365 is frankly what a Monopoly does.. www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVRq...

my thoughts on the "Potential Impact of Quantum Computing on the Corporate World and Future Business Operations" - click for FREE access to the full article on Elnion: elnion.com/2025/01/11/p...

how's your day going?

I have the honour of taking part in an Industry & Market Analyst event in the first week of June in Boston, and am staying for a few extra days to personally host meetings, do some interviews, run some briefings, and photograph the area - I hope to be using this as my base ;-)

I've written a comprehensive article on why "Employee AI Literacy & Certification is a Top Priority for Organisations in 2025". Have a read, and Comment below your key takeaways and if you agree with my position on this big topic: elnion.com/2025/01/24/e...

What Is An AI Maturity Model And How Can It Help Your Business? elnion.com/2025/02/01/w...

1/ We hear constantly about kids & smart phone addiction, but chatting with a peer CEO this morning about life, work & stress, a few quick questions proved he has a very serious & problematic smartphone use behavioral disorder, so he's agreed to a 90 day device detox immediately.

I just penned a technical paper style in-depth article with my thoughts around why the "Future of AI now belongs to organisations which use data to drive outcomes": elnion.com/2025/02/23/f... I'd love your thoughts & any questions you might have for me, in posted as Comments below.

Top Four Business Regulatory, Compliance & Privacy Challenges for Artificial Intelligence (AI) Safety: elnion.com/2024/02/10/t...

While the rest of this planets educated population is losing their minds about YR4, a mere single asteroid only the size of three tennis courts.. I'm somewhat more concerned by what is causing stars to be thrown at our galaxy from a nearby dwarf galaxy!! www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjGO...

Australia’s CSIRO offers free R&D Cyber Security training for SMEs: elnion.com/2022/06/15/a...

Just had a chat with a student lost as to what to do in life, stressed out hearing AI is taking all the jobs, global economy failing, wars et al.. My advice was simple: "Try lots of things, find what you enjoy & do it with passion!" Then I showed them this video.. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5D4...

Urgent Need To Prioritise AI Data Security Measures: elnion.com/2025/01/31/u...

I'll do everything in my power to keep my interview guests feeling comfortable being interviewed standing in middle of a massive industry event hallway between pavilions - here I'm ensuring we're at the same eyelevel because I was asked not to make my guest feel short ;-)

Critical Need For Infrastructure Observability In Modern Multi-Cloud Environments: elnion.com/2025/02/07/c...

I want to help this lady get her YouTube "subs" up from 28 to 1000 as fast as we can, pls give her a follow, she does such awesome reviews of Fountain Pens and other analog stuff, pls pass it on, let's get her to 1k subs asap 😉 youtube.com/watch?v=Br3F...

Minimising Cloud Storage Cybersecurity Risks: elnion.com/2023/04/24/m...

Zero Trust Security: A Small Business Guide: elnion.com/2023/05/14/z...

Data Loss Prevention Strategies Every Business Should Implement: elnion.com/2023/04/26/d...

Everybody wants to rule the world.. Tears for Fears circa 1985.. ( I was there ).. www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIeY...

this gives me hope for humanity, Australians are truly the best people on this planet IMHO.. "How the Night Parrot is being reintroduced across Australia" www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AgZ...

if certain nations with nuclear missiles could please stop "test firing" them across the planet into our back yard here in the pacific, we'd really appreciate it, nobody wants or needs to see this insanity taking place.. even if they are just "blanks".. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bog0...

Do You Know How Well Your Data Is Protected To Ensure Comprehensive Security In The Big Data Era? elnion.com/2023/09/10/d...

URGENT! if you have not already done this, do it NOW.. disable LinkedIn from using your DATA to train the Microsoft or LinkedIn AI and avoid any privacy data issues - click here and make sure this button is set to OFF ( see screen shot ).. comment thoughts below. => www.linkedin.com/mypreference...

saw someone post this and so decided to validate it for myself as it seemed too wild and bizarre to be real.. but.. it turns out, Elmo Tusk built a LLM and Gen AI tool that is calling out crazy as crazy is.. and that term "you can't make this sh*t up" immediately comes to mind..

In discussion with with Manoj Nair, General Manager at Metallic Inc. ( a Commvault company ): podnion.com/conversation...