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.
Guardrails and governance: A blueprint for CIOs on responsible generative and agentic AI | @CIO.com
www.cio.com/article/4094...
My take: Paper policies are ineffective + out. Physical controls and guardrails relentlessly overseen by code are the only real path.
www.cio.com/article/4094...
My take: Paper policies are ineffective + out. Physical controls and guardrails relentlessly overseen by code are the only real path.
Guardrails and governance: A CIO's blueprint for responsible generative and agentic AI
To keep genAI and agentic systems safe and useful, CIOs need real guardrails, tight data control and clear audit trails — not just policies on paper.
www.cio.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Guardrails and governance: A blueprint for CIOs on responsible generative and agentic AI | @CIO.com
www.cio.com/article/4094...
My take: Paper policies are ineffective + out. Physical controls and guardrails relentlessly overseen by code are the only real path.
www.cio.com/article/4094...
My take: Paper policies are ineffective + out. Physical controls and guardrails relentlessly overseen by code are the only real path.
New Research: Are CIOs Ready to Bet Their Agentic Operating Model on Salesforce?
futurumgroup.com/insights/are...
$SFDC has become an enterprise platform vendor by virtually all measures + is in fact now the #2 software firm, and now #1 in AI agents.
My take on whether CIOs will bite.
futurumgroup.com/insights/are...
$SFDC has become an enterprise platform vendor by virtually all measures + is in fact now the #2 software firm, and now #1 in AI agents.
My take on whether CIOs will bite.
November 19, 2025 at 8:29 PM
New Research: Are CIOs Ready to Bet Their Agentic Operating Model on Salesforce?
futurumgroup.com/insights/are...
$SFDC has become an enterprise platform vendor by virtually all measures + is in fact now the #2 software firm, and now #1 in AI agents.
My take on whether CIOs will bite.
futurumgroup.com/insights/are...
$SFDC has become an enterprise platform vendor by virtually all measures + is in fact now the #2 software firm, and now #1 in AI agents.
My take on whether CIOs will bite.
What is fast becoming the most interesting industry aspect of the Gemini 3 Pro announcement was that it was apparently trained entirely on TPUs.
Not GPUs. Not NVIDIA chips.
Since by many benchmarks, Gemini 3 Pro is now the leading AI model, this opens up big forks in the road.
Not GPUs. Not NVIDIA chips.
Since by many benchmarks, Gemini 3 Pro is now the leading AI model, this opens up big forks in the road.
November 19, 2025 at 8:10 PM
What is fast becoming the most interesting industry aspect of the Gemini 3 Pro announcement was that it was apparently trained entirely on TPUs.
Not GPUs. Not NVIDIA chips.
Since by many benchmarks, Gemini 3 Pro is now the leading AI model, this opens up big forks in the road.
Not GPUs. Not NVIDIA chips.
Since by many benchmarks, Gemini 3 Pro is now the leading AI model, this opens up big forks in the road.
1/ I just had an opportunity to dig into Oracle Cloud’s new Multicloud Universal Credits.
It’s a fascinating move to become a cloud meta-provider. Oracle is essentially saying that your primary cloud matters less today. Your data + DBs can follow your strategy, not your vendors.
It’s a fascinating move to become a cloud meta-provider. Oracle is essentially saying that your primary cloud matters less today. Your data + DBs can follow your strategy, not your vendors.
November 17, 2025 at 9:00 PM
1/ I just had an opportunity to dig into Oracle Cloud’s new Multicloud Universal Credits.
It’s a fascinating move to become a cloud meta-provider. Oracle is essentially saying that your primary cloud matters less today. Your data + DBs can follow your strategy, not your vendors.
It’s a fascinating move to become a cloud meta-provider. Oracle is essentially saying that your primary cloud matters less today. Your data + DBs can follow your strategy, not your vendors.
Just took a call from a reporter about new agentic AI announcements from a top tech company.
It’s becoming clear that the big tech firms will be able to use their leading/monopoly positions in identity, security, business data, etc. to make their agents the most capable.
It’s becoming clear that the big tech firms will be able to use their leading/monopoly positions in identity, security, business data, etc. to make their agents the most capable.
November 17, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Just took a call from a reporter about new agentic AI announcements from a top tech company.
It’s becoming clear that the big tech firms will be able to use their leading/monopoly positions in identity, security, business data, etc. to make their agents the most capable.
It’s becoming clear that the big tech firms will be able to use their leading/monopoly positions in identity, security, business data, etc. to make their agents the most capable.
Catch my recent appearance on the AWS for Software Companies Podcast | Ep155: Balancing Innovation and Regulation:
art19.com/shows/aws-fo...
I had a great + wide-ranging convo with @AWSCloud's Massimo Ghislandi on navigating AI adoption and cloud transformation challenges
art19.com/shows/aws-fo...
I had a great + wide-ranging convo with @AWSCloud's Massimo Ghislandi on navigating AI adoption and cloud transformation challenges
Ep155: Balancing Innovation and Regulation: Europe's Competitive Edge in AI and Cloud
Dion Hinchcliffe, Vice President of CIO Practice at Futurum Group, reveals how EMEA software companies can turn Europe's regulatory rigor into a competitive superpower while navigating AI adoption and...
art19.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Catch my recent appearance on the AWS for Software Companies Podcast | Ep155: Balancing Innovation and Regulation:
art19.com/shows/aws-fo...
I had a great + wide-ranging convo with @AWSCloud's Massimo Ghislandi on navigating AI adoption and cloud transformation challenges
art19.com/shows/aws-fo...
I had a great + wide-ranging convo with @AWSCloud's Massimo Ghislandi on navigating AI adoption and cloud transformation challenges
3 in 10 firms plan to replace workers with AI next year
www.ciodive.com/news/AI-layo...
Biggest hits expected in IT, financial services and accounting as 1 in 5 CFOs say they've reduce headcount due to AI.
The next level of automation is here, and reshaping labor markets.
www.ciodive.com/news/AI-layo...
Biggest hits expected in IT, financial services and accounting as 1 in 5 CFOs say they've reduce headcount due to AI.
The next level of automation is here, and reshaping labor markets.
3 in 10 firms plan to replace workers with AI next year
The industries most likely to see AI-related layoffs include IT, financial services and accounting, a survey found.
www.ciodive.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:53 PM
3 in 10 firms plan to replace workers with AI next year
www.ciodive.com/news/AI-layo...
Biggest hits expected in IT, financial services and accounting as 1 in 5 CFOs say they've reduce headcount due to AI.
The next level of automation is here, and reshaping labor markets.
www.ciodive.com/news/AI-layo...
Biggest hits expected in IT, financial services and accounting as 1 in 5 CFOs say they've reduce headcount due to AI.
The next level of automation is here, and reshaping labor markets.
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
Reposted by Dion Hinchcliffe
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?
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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?
#CIOChat at the top of the hour cc: @cpetersen-cs.bsky.social @jimcrussell.bsky.social @efeatherston.bsky.social @iangertler.bsky.social @jbrodsky.bsky.social @toddmazza.bsky.social @andrewnebus.bsky.social @bhaines0.bsky.social @sappley.bsky.social @amypearlman.bsky.social @jimpeluso.bsky.social
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.
