Insights library
Understand the decision behind the technology.
Explore the context, compare approaches and work through the practical questions facing your IT team.
IT Leadership · Practical guide
Software evaluation scorecards: when the highest score should not win
For a procurement lead, a scorecard should explain the trade-off behind a recommendation. Mandatory requirements, evidence gaps and disputed weights need separate treatment.
Cybersecurity · Decision guide
Software supplier security: follow the evidence to the product you are buying
An application security lead needs assurance about the purchased product and its release process. A supplier's corporate policy is only the beginning of that conversation.
IT Operations · Practical guide
Observability platform evaluation: replay the incident your team could not explain
An operations lead needs evidence that a new platform will help responders reach a defensible diagnosis. A shared incident exercise exposes the gaps a dashboard tour can miss.
Data & AI · Decision guide
Buying a data catalogue? Ask it which revenue number to use
For a data platform lead, catalogue value depends on whether people can find, understand and use the right data. Connector counts leave much of that job untested.
Cloud & Infrastructure · Decision guide
Cloud workload placement: follow the dependency before the discount
An infrastructure director's placement decision depends on where the application talks, how it fails and who can run it. Compute prices come after those tests.
Data & AI · Decision guide
Enterprise AI platforms: make the shortlist prove the workflow
For enterprise AI leads, the decisive comparison is what each platform delivers inside a real workflow, with real permissions, review effort and support costs.
Cybersecurity · Decision guide
Security tool consolidation: prove what can be switched off
Make security-tool retirement depend on detection, investigation and retention evidence, with migration and parallel-running costs in the business case.
Cybersecurity · Practical guide
An AI agent inventory should follow every route to action
Map each agent tool to its executing identity, permission source, audit evidence and stop control, including changes from user access to shared credentials.
Cybersecurity · Analysis
Vulnerability metrics: explain what disappeared before claiming progress
A smaller vulnerability backlog can hide lost coverage or changed scoring. Show verified fixes, missing assets and unresolved exposure separately.
