Dion Hinchcliffe
@dhinchcliffe.bsky.social
Thinker, strategist, enterprise architect, keynote speaker, analyst, book author, futurist on #IT, #CIO, #cloud, #AI. Works at The Futurum Group and SDA Bocconi.
Overheard: "Sometimes I want to use tokens and sometimes I want to use code [to solve my problem.]"
On the growing desire to mix-and-match/blend generative AI with low/pro-code.
Especially critical for agents, where you want some determinism.
Risk: Killing the 'magic' of AI.
On the growing desire to mix-and-match/blend generative AI with low/pro-code.
Especially critical for agents, where you want some determinism.
Risk: Killing the 'magic' of AI.
November 14, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Overheard: "Sometimes I want to use tokens and sometimes I want to use code [to solve my problem.]"
On the growing desire to mix-and-match/blend generative AI with low/pro-code.
Especially critical for agents, where you want some determinism.
Risk: Killing the 'magic' of AI.
On the growing desire to mix-and-match/blend generative AI with low/pro-code.
Especially critical for agents, where you want some determinism.
Risk: Killing the 'magic' of AI.
Gemini is sporting a solid and fast-growing number two position vs. OpenAI web traffic shows that the immense investment Google is making paying off.
While this is mostly consumer traffic, it shows that significant AI market shifts are still quite possible. Even likely.
While this is mostly consumer traffic, it shows that significant AI market shifts are still quite possible. Even likely.
November 13, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Gemini is sporting a solid and fast-growing number two position vs. OpenAI web traffic shows that the immense investment Google is making paying off.
While this is mostly consumer traffic, it shows that significant AI market shifts are still quite possible. Even likely.
While this is mostly consumer traffic, it shows that significant AI market shifts are still quite possible. Even likely.
#CIOChat Good chat today. Next Chat Topic: Slack/Chat Overload
It's been 7 months of our movie tie-ins. Hope you enjoy them.
Please suggest topics and invite your IT colleagues. 2pm ET every Thursday!
It's been 7 months of our movie tie-ins. Hope you enjoy them.
Please suggest topics and invite your IT colleagues. 2pm ET every Thursday!
November 13, 2025 at 7:47 PM
#CIOChat Good chat today. Next Chat Topic: Slack/Chat Overload
It's been 7 months of our movie tie-ins. Hope you enjoy them.
Please suggest topics and invite your IT colleagues. 2pm ET every Thursday!
It's been 7 months of our movie tie-ins. Hope you enjoy them.
Please suggest topics and invite your IT colleagues. 2pm ET every Thursday!
Reposted by Dion Hinchcliffe
A3) All of those have their best use cases. #EventDriven architectures can also surface data flow and #API requirements for systems that need to share. Centers of excellence and supply chain of data teams can help when empowered properly. #ciochat
November 13, 2025 at 7:31 PM
A3) All of those have their best use cases. #EventDriven architectures can also surface data flow and #API requirements for systems that need to share. Centers of excellence and supply chain of data teams can help when empowered properly. #ciochat
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A4) Doubling down on all the related #architecture areas to make sure we get it as right as possible. Strangely, the #sustainability part means we need to keep the coldest data on near-zero-energy storage, which might still be tape in 2026. #ciochat
November 13, 2025 at 7:39 PM
A4) Doubling down on all the related #architecture areas to make sure we get it as right as possible. Strangely, the #sustainability part means we need to keep the coldest data on near-zero-energy storage, which might still be tape in 2026. #ciochat
#CIOChat Q4: The IT endgame: A world where data has mass, ready motion, and intent. CIOs must choose to orbit around hyperscalers or engineer new centers of data gravity.
What does a fully sustainable, sovereign, and intelligent data architecture look like in your future state?
What does a fully sustainable, sovereign, and intelligent data architecture look like in your future state?
November 13, 2025 at 7:34 PM
#CIOChat Q4: The IT endgame: A world where data has mass, ready motion, and intent. CIOs must choose to orbit around hyperscalers or engineer new centers of data gravity.
What does a fully sustainable, sovereign, and intelligent data architecture look like in your future state?
What does a fully sustainable, sovereign, and intelligent data architecture look like in your future state?
Reposted by Dion Hinchcliffe
Yes, I've just begun to deep dive on photonics. The potential for a 10x gain in processing speed and 30% or more improvements on signal speed through the compute medium is potentially a big deal. Another way we might fight data gravity indeed!
#CIOChat
#CIOChat
November 13, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Yes, I've just begun to deep dive on photonics. The potential for a 10x gain in processing speed and 30% or more improvements on signal speed through the compute medium is potentially a big deal. Another way we might fight data gravity indeed!
#CIOChat
#CIOChat
Reposted by Dion Hinchcliffe
I'm keeping my eyes on a lot of the hybrid electro-optical and silicon photonics folks. Parallel paths, fewer hops, fewer changes of physical layers, etc. can make a big difference. #ciochat
November 13, 2025 at 7:25 PM
I'm keeping my eyes on a lot of the hybrid electro-optical and silicon photonics folks. Parallel paths, fewer hops, fewer changes of physical layers, etc. can make a big difference. #ciochat
#CIOChat Q3: Modernization often worsens gravity: Every new lake, warehouse, or AI model deepens the pull.
What’s your playbook for fighting back? Is it data fabrics, streaming layers, data contracts, metadata gravity assists, or do you simply create virtual data centers?
What’s your playbook for fighting back? Is it data fabrics, streaming layers, data contracts, metadata gravity assists, or do you simply create virtual data centers?
November 13, 2025 at 7:24 PM
#CIOChat Q3: Modernization often worsens gravity: Every new lake, warehouse, or AI model deepens the pull.
What’s your playbook for fighting back? Is it data fabrics, streaming layers, data contracts, metadata gravity assists, or do you simply create virtual data centers?
What’s your playbook for fighting back? Is it data fabrics, streaming layers, data contracts, metadata gravity assists, or do you simply create virtual data centers?
Reposted by Dion Hinchcliffe
No question it's pushing the envelope, but data gravity is also pushing around the IT dept, as it can sharply limit what's possible.
All this data is terrific, but it's an increasingly heavy weight.
The solutions remain limited, unless there's a networking breakthrough.
#CIOChat
All this data is terrific, but it's an increasingly heavy weight.
The solutions remain limited, unless there's a networking breakthrough.
#CIOChat
November 13, 2025 at 7:21 PM
No question it's pushing the envelope, but data gravity is also pushing around the IT dept, as it can sharply limit what's possible.
All this data is terrific, but it's an increasingly heavy weight.
The solutions remain limited, unless there's a networking breakthrough.
#CIOChat
All this data is terrific, but it's an increasingly heavy weight.
The solutions remain limited, unless there's a networking breakthrough.
#CIOChat
Reposted by Dion Hinchcliffe
A1) 💯, not just #IT and #OT creating business data but the explosion of observability data and new forms w/ #AI chat logs, etc. Pushing the #DataArchitecture conversations harder but also tweaking #DataRetention policies end-to-end to keep less but higher value data. #ciochat
November 13, 2025 at 7:11 PM
A1) 💯, not just #IT and #OT creating business data but the explosion of observability data and new forms w/ #AI chat logs, etc. Pushing the #DataArchitecture conversations harder but also tweaking #DataRetention policies end-to-end to keep less but higher value data. #ciochat
#CIOChat Q2: Data sprawl once meant freedom. Now it means friction. Each workload pulled closer to its data reduces multicloud choice and portability.
How are CIOs keeping optionality alive when moving data is slower, costlier, and politically/vendor-wise harder than ever?
How are CIOs keeping optionality alive when moving data is slower, costlier, and politically/vendor-wise harder than ever?
November 13, 2025 at 7:13 PM
#CIOChat Q2: Data sprawl once meant freedom. Now it means friction. Each workload pulled closer to its data reduces multicloud choice and portability.
How are CIOs keeping optionality alive when moving data is slower, costlier, and politically/vendor-wise harder than ever?
How are CIOs keeping optionality alive when moving data is slower, costlier, and politically/vendor-wise harder than ever?
#CIOChat Q1: As enterprise data volumes explode into petabytes, the sheer scope of IT is changing. Data gravity now determines where apps, AI, and even vendors must live.
How is your architecture adapting as data location, not strategy, increasingly dictates what you can do?
How is your architecture adapting as data location, not strategy, increasingly dictates what you can do?
November 13, 2025 at 7:03 PM
#CIOChat Q1: As enterprise data volumes explode into petabytes, the sheer scope of IT is changing. Data gravity now determines where apps, AI, and even vendors must live.
How is your architecture adapting as data location, not strategy, increasingly dictates what you can do?
How is your architecture adapting as data location, not strategy, increasingly dictates what you can do?
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November 13, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Shadow AI is widespread, and executives use it the most
www.ciodive.com/news/shadow-...
My take: With more than 80% of workers using unapproved AI tools, a new + better approach to adoption of generative tools must be found.
www.ciodive.com/news/shadow-...
My take: With more than 80% of workers using unapproved AI tools, a new + better approach to adoption of generative tools must be found.
Shadow AI is widespread — and executives use it the most
Employees in fields like healthcare and finance trust AI more than they trust their colleagues, according to a new report.
www.ciodive.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Shadow AI is widespread, and executives use it the most
www.ciodive.com/news/shadow-...
My take: With more than 80% of workers using unapproved AI tools, a new + better approach to adoption of generative tools must be found.
www.ciodive.com/news/shadow-...
My take: With more than 80% of workers using unapproved AI tools, a new + better approach to adoption of generative tools must be found.
CIOs: Collect the right data now for future AI-enabled services | @cio.com
www.cio.com/article/4077...
Unfortunately, most orgs should have been doing this for ten years. But there's no time to start like the present.
www.cio.com/article/4077...
Unfortunately, most orgs should have been doing this for ten years. But there's no time to start like the present.
CIOs: Collect the right data now for future AI-enabled services
The rapid pace of innovation makes it tough to identify data that’s crucial for long-term requirements. CIOs must focus on business strategy and gather information that helps the board achieve its des...
www.cio.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:05 PM
CIOs: Collect the right data now for future AI-enabled services | @cio.com
www.cio.com/article/4077...
Unfortunately, most orgs should have been doing this for ten years. But there's no time to start like the present.
www.cio.com/article/4077...
Unfortunately, most orgs should have been doing this for ten years. But there's no time to start like the present.
AI agents worsen IT’s capacity crunch
www.ciodive.com/news/AI-agen...
Largely as expected, agents that interact with IT systems and call other agents will consume more resources.
And will require more sophisticated IT staff to support + debug.
www.ciodive.com/news/AI-agen...
Largely as expected, agents that interact with IT systems and call other agents will consume more resources.
And will require more sophisticated IT staff to support + debug.
AI agents worsen IT’s capacity crunch: S&P Global
An infrastructure overhaul to support agentic systems is underway, bringing with it a new set of capacity demands and security considerations.
www.ciodive.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:34 PM
AI agents worsen IT’s capacity crunch
www.ciodive.com/news/AI-agen...
Largely as expected, agents that interact with IT systems and call other agents will consume more resources.
And will require more sophisticated IT staff to support + debug.
www.ciodive.com/news/AI-agen...
Largely as expected, agents that interact with IT systems and call other agents will consume more resources.
And will require more sophisticated IT staff to support + debug.
Reposted by Dion Hinchcliffe
I do like the Hackathon idea. While they are a bit out of favor, I find that done well, they can create real inspiration + motivation for a whole new crop of recent hires. And some existing folks too.
#CIOChat
#CIOChat
November 6, 2025 at 10:48 PM
I do like the Hackathon idea. While they are a bit out of favor, I find that done well, they can create real inspiration + motivation for a whole new crop of recent hires. And some existing folks too.
#CIOChat
#CIOChat
#CIOChat Good chat today. Next Chat Topic: Fighting Data Gravity
It’s been 7 months of our movie tie-ins. Hope you enjoy them.
Please suggest topics and invite your IT colleagues to the chat. 2pm ET every Thursday
It’s been 7 months of our movie tie-ins. Hope you enjoy them.
Please suggest topics and invite your IT colleagues to the chat. 2pm ET every Thursday
November 6, 2025 at 10:49 PM
#CIOChat Good chat today. Next Chat Topic: Fighting Data Gravity
It’s been 7 months of our movie tie-ins. Hope you enjoy them.
Please suggest topics and invite your IT colleagues to the chat. 2pm ET every Thursday
It’s been 7 months of our movie tie-ins. Hope you enjoy them.
Please suggest topics and invite your IT colleagues to the chat. 2pm ET every Thursday
Reposted by Dion Hinchcliffe
A4) Adopt the #Agile "iterate and improve" mantra for all processes as well as tech. Keep people in the loop on how we're trying to reduce the strain (and waste) everywhere. Throw a #Kaizen-style exercise (or hackathon) in when we can for a burst of hope. #ciochat
November 6, 2025 at 10:44 PM
A4) Adopt the #Agile "iterate and improve" mantra for all processes as well as tech. Keep people in the loop on how we're trying to reduce the strain (and waste) everywhere. Throw a #Kaizen-style exercise (or hackathon) in when we can for a burst of hope. #ciochat
#CIOChat Q4: Sustained velocity requires resilience, not adrenaline.
What have you learned about resetting pace, rotating workloads, or redesigning org structures so the team can endure multi-year transformation without burning out or breaking culture?
What have you learned about resetting pace, rotating workloads, or redesigning org structures so the team can endure multi-year transformation without burning out or breaking culture?
November 6, 2025 at 10:36 PM
#CIOChat Q4: Sustained velocity requires resilience, not adrenaline.
What have you learned about resetting pace, rotating workloads, or redesigning org structures so the team can endure multi-year transformation without burning out or breaking culture?
What have you learned about resetting pace, rotating workloads, or redesigning org structures so the team can endure multi-year transformation without burning out or breaking culture?
Reposted by Dion Hinchcliffe
My take: Interviews I’ve had with CIOs and AI practitioners, plus my own experience, shows that AI tooling is a genuine force multiplier.
Caution is warranted, especially around creating large tech debt, but considerable (albeit maybe short term) velocity is there.
#CIOChat
Caution is warranted, especially around creating large tech debt, but considerable (albeit maybe short term) velocity is there.
#CIOChat
November 6, 2025 at 10:35 PM
My take: Interviews I’ve had with CIOs and AI practitioners, plus my own experience, shows that AI tooling is a genuine force multiplier.
Caution is warranted, especially around creating large tech debt, but considerable (albeit maybe short term) velocity is there.
#CIOChat
Caution is warranted, especially around creating large tech debt, but considerable (albeit maybe short term) velocity is there.
#CIOChat