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The Control Plane: The Next Frontier of Infrastructure Sovereignty

CCS Guest Blog We are already well into the year, and this matters. Predictions help leaders make choices under uncertainty. But a quarter of the way through the year, we also have early evidence of what is sticking, what is stalling, and what is being reprioritised. We have seen geopolitical shocks, ongoing conflicts, regulatory pressure, […]

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New Broadcom and Carahsoft Agreement With DISA Delivers Uniform Pricing and Cost Transparency for DoW Agencies

New Deal Consolidates Existing Broadcom Software Contracts to Deliver Best Value, Enhanced Security and a Private Cloud Platform to the Department of War and Military Services PALO ALTO, Calif., and RESTON, Va. – March 24, 2026 – Broadcom Inc. (NASDAQ: AVGO), a global technology leader that designs, develops and supplies semiconductor and infrastructure software solutions, […]

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Choosing the Right Platform for Modernization  

The computing landscape has broadened significantly in recent years, with many more types and styles of computers powering new business processes, resulting in the need for organizations to redesign and modernize their existing systems.

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Why the 2026 Hardware Crisis Will Accelerate Adoption of the Modern Private Cloud

As we move through 2026, I am hearing a consistent theme from CIOs and IT leaders across the globe: severe “sticker shock” and a supply crisis. We are currently navigating a “hardware super-cycle”—a structural shift where the insatiable demand for AI infrastructure is cornering the global supply of standard enterprise technology components. With the massive […]

Mainframe: A Career Grounded in Real-World Impact

Looking back, the impact of the Vitality program is clear. Broadcom delivered the technical foundation needed to succeed, the management team made the transition possible, and the Datacom community continues to support the growth of new talent.

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2026 Private Cloud Predictions: Cost, Sovereignty, and the New Application Stack

CIOs and CISOs enter 2026 under familiar pressure: reduce costs, optimize headcount, justify every IT investment. Cloud spend faces heightened scrutiny, AI initiatives must demonstrate clear ROI, and boards expect streamlined operations with fewer resources and vendors. Against this backdrop, private cloud emerges not as futuristic tech, but as a practical mechanism to achieve these […]

The Value of Mainframe Data for AI Projects

Mainframes run many significant commercial applications and are a key part of strategic investments for digital transformation, hybrid cloud computing, APIs, and, more recently, a rapidly growing number of generative AI and agentic AI projects.

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Who Really Controls Your Data? The Test of Sovereign Cloud

Sovereign cloud has become one of the most heavily used terms in enterprise technology. Almost every major provider has gone to great lengths to market their version of it, promising that data is ‘residing locally’ or ‘ringfenced in Europe’, but the key question remains: what does true cloud sovereignty actually mean? For governments, regulators and […]