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Why AI Projects Fail Before They Start — Data Quality First

    Insight for CIOs, FinOps and IT Leaders in 2025 Introduction AI is everywhere in boardroom conversations: promises of automation, predictive insights, and competitive advantage. Yet behind the hype lies a sobering reality — most AI projects stall before they deliver measurable value. The paradox is striking: the algorithms are powerful, but the data feeding them … Continue reading “Why AI Projects Fail Before They Start — Data Quality First”

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    $11B at Stake — How Supply-Chain Delays Are Forcing Airlines to Fly Older Planes

      Introduction The aviation industry is entering 2025 at a critical inflection point. According to a joint report by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) and Oliver Wyman, global airlines could face over $11 billion in additional costs this year due to persistent supply-chain disruptions. The most visible consequence is the forced reliance on older, less … Continue reading “$11B at Stake — How Supply-Chain Delays Are Forcing Airlines to Fly Older Planes”

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      When the Cloud Chokes: How a Configuration Change Brought Downtime to Millions

        Introduction It wasn’t a dramatic server explosion.It wasn’t a hacker breach.What brought down global services last week was arguably more insidious: a configuration change, a few milliseconds of added latency, and a ripple effect that exposed how fragile modern cloud dependency really is. On 29 October 2025, Microsoft acknowledged that a change in its Azure … Continue reading “When the Cloud Chokes: How a Configuration Change Brought Downtime to Millions”

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        Inside a Fintech Outage: How 200 Milliseconds of Latency Reshaped Risk

          Introduction In fintech, performance isn’t just a technical metric — it’s a financial one.Transactions, pricing engines, credit scoring, fraud detection — they all run on milliseconds.But what happens when those milliseconds multiply? In mid-2025, a mid-tier digital lender experienced an unusual outage.Not a crash.Not downtime.Just slow time — an invisible 200 ms delay that rippled … Continue reading “Inside a Fintech Outage: How 200 Milliseconds of Latency Reshaped Risk”

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          Open Banking APIs: Where Performance = Trust

            Introduction Open banking promised to be a paradigm shift — enabling consumers to share financial data securely and allowing banks, fintechs, and third parties to build innovative services on that foundation. But as the ecosystem evolves, one truth stands out: it’s not just about access — it’s about performance. An open banking API that’s slow, … Continue reading “Open Banking APIs: Where Performance = Trust”

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