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Practical commentary on IT operations, cybersecurity, infrastructure resilience, leadership mistakes, vendor gaps, and the business problems hiding behind technology failures.
The IT Dilemma is built from real-world field experience, lessons from complex environments, and AI-assisted drafting that turns operational pain into useful business insight.
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July 29, 2026
What began as shopping for prescription AI glasses became a personal journey into the next major workplace security debate. After DEF CON, the Air Force, and Philadelphia courts restricted recording-capable smart glasses in 2026, the question is no longer if businesses need an AI wearables policy, but when.
July 28, 2026
A balanced civic address for residents, public officials, utilities, workers, and technology companies seeking a fair framework for data center development.
July 28, 2026
Flexible-load agreements could unlock existing grid headroom while protecting ratepayers and host communities.
July 28, 2026
Four human perspectives reveal why billion-dollar data center projects can fracture trust before construction begins.
July 28, 2026
The cloud feels weightless, but it runs on physical infrastructure that concentrates power, water, land, and heat impacts in host communities.
July 25, 2026
AI lets attackers create polished, personalized phishing campaigns at machine speed. One click can turn a generic message into a sustained, highly targeted attack.
June 28, 2026
Tyler clicked a link, downloaded a blank PDF, and moved on. What he did not know was that a ransomware script was now sitting on his computer waiting to run. What stopped it was a policy that had been set once and running silently in the background for two years. That is Active Directory.
June 28, 2026
There is a moment in The Phoenix Project where a mentor takes a struggling IT leader above the factory floor and shows him the whole system at once. That image never left me. Because it is exactly what I do every time I walk into a business that is having problems.
June 28, 2026
When I connect to a customer's guest Wi-Fi as part of an assessment, I run a LAN scan to show them exactly what is visible to anyone who walks through the door. What shows up would surprise most business owners - and your guest Wi-Fi may be putting a stranger on the same road as your payroll server.
June 28, 2026
When I walk into a business I do not start with the server room or the firewall. I look under the desks. One cable drop at every workstation tells me everything I need to know about how the technology was built - and who was asking the questions when they built it.
