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 • Keith Townsend (@CTOAdvisor)
Why VMware Migrations to the Public Cloud Fail
Most VMware-to-cloud migrations don’t fail on day one.
 • Keith Townsend (@CTOAdvisor)
Before You Build a Private Cloud, Ask These Two Questions
Most private cloud initiatives don’t fail because of bad architecture.They fail because the organization was never ready to operate one — and often…
 • Keith Townsend (@CTOAdvisor)
You’re Not Ready for an AI Platform RFP (Yet) — and That’s Exactly Why You Need This Roadmap
Under pressure to “do AI” but not sure your stack is ready? This is a practitioner’s guide to using the 4+1 model as a gap analysis tool—ship useful…
 • Keith Townsend (@CTOAdvisor)

September 2025

August 2025

Day 2: The CTO Advisor's Lab – Prototyping AIOps for the Modern Enterprise
A CTO's Guide to Vibe-Coding, AIOps, and the Future of Enterprise Workloads.
 • Keith Townsend (@CTOAdvisor)
I Lost My Voice
How burying prompts in app code left me speechless—and why platform teams need prompt management.
 • Keith Townsend (@CTOAdvisor)
What My RAG Experiment Taught Me About Platform Engineering for AI Workloads
I didn’t set out to become an AI architect.
 • Keith Townsend (@CTOAdvisor)
Governance Isn’t a Roadblock: It’s How You Handle the Off-ramps
Why exceptions test organizational maturity more than platform design
 • Keith Townsend (@CTOAdvisor)
Build Day 0: Engineering the Virtual CTO Advisor with Google Cloud Vertex AI
AI-Powered Strategic Guidance, Grounded in Real-World Experience
 • Keith Townsend (@CTOAdvisor)
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