INSIGHTS
Ideas, perspectives and lessons from the field.
I write about the evolution of enterprise technology — from hybrid cloud, infrastructure and architecture to governance, security, resilience and AI — with a focus on what changes, why it matters and how it should influence the decisions we make.
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Virtualization and hybrid cloud: what the new Magic Quadrants tell us about Microsoft
Read article →: Virtualization and hybrid cloud: what the new Magic Quadrants tell us about MicrosoftIn September 2026, Gartner published the new editions of two reports that are particularly relevant for anyone shaping the future of their IT infrastructure: the Magic Quadrant for Distributed Hybrid Infrastructure, published on September 7, and the Magic Quadrant for Server Virtualization Platforms, published on September 14. Microsoft is positioned as a Leader in both,…
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Azure IaaS and Azure Local: announcements and updates (September 2026 – Weeks: 37 and 38)
Read article →: Azure IaaS and Azure Local: announcements and updates (September 2026 – Weeks: 37 and 38)This blog post series highlights the key announcements and major updates related to Azure Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and Azure Local, as officially released by Microsoft in the past two weeks. Azure General Azure Copilot Troubleshooting Agent Azure Copilot Troubleshooting Agent is now Generally Available (GA), providing a unified, built-in experience to help customers…
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Workload placement: how to choose between Azure, Azure Local and on-premises
Read article →: Workload placement: how to choose between Azure, Azure Local and on-premisesIn the first article of this series we started from a principle: the future of enterprise IT won’t be defined by the opposition between cloud and on-premises, but by the ability to place each workload where it can generate the most value. That statement, however, raises an inevitable question: how do you actually decide where…
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Azure IaaS and Azure Local: announcements and updates (September 2026 – Weeks: 35 and 36)
Read article →: Azure IaaS and Azure Local: announcements and updates (September 2026 – Weeks: 35 and 36)This blog post series highlights the key announcements and major updates related to Azure Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and Azure Local, as officially released by Microsoft in the past two weeks. Azure General Azure VM Image Builder in sovereign and air-gapped clouds Azure VM Image Builder is now Generally Available (GA) in Azure Government,…
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Azure Hybrid Management & Security: What’s New and Insights from the Field – August 2026
Read article →: Azure Hybrid Management & Security: What’s New and Insights from the Field – August 2026Once again this month, I’m back with my recurring series focused on the evolution of Azure management and security services, with a special focus on hybrid and multicloud scenarios enabled by Azure Arc and enhanced by the use of Artificial Intelligence. This monthly series aims to: Provide an overview of the most relevant updates released…
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Azure IaaS and Azure Local: announcements and updates (August 2026 – Weeks: 33 and 34)
Read article →: Azure IaaS and Azure Local: announcements and updates (August 2026 – Weeks: 33 and 34)This blog post series highlights the key announcements and major updates related to Azure Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and Azure Local, as officially released by Microsoft in the past two weeks. Azure General Microsoft named a Leader in the 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Cloud-Native Application Platforms Microsoft has been named a Leader in…
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Why Hybrid Infrastructure Is Not a Transitional Phase
Read article →: Why Hybrid Infrastructure Is Not a Transitional PhaseIn meetings with customers and IT decision makers, I still often hear things like: “We’re only keeping the datacenter for legacy workloads,” or “Sooner or later we’d like to move everything to Azure.” These are understandable statements. For many years, after all, the journey to the cloud was told as an almost linear progression: from…
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Azure IaaS and Azure Local: announcements and updates (August 2026 – Weeks: 31 and 32)
Read article →: Azure IaaS and Azure Local: announcements and updates (August 2026 – Weeks: 31 and 32)This blog post series highlights the key announcements and major updates related to Azure Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and Azure Local, as officially released by Microsoft in the past two weeks. Azure General Azure Enclave (preview) Azure Enclave is now available in Public Preview, providing a platform-managed approach for deploying and operating secure, isolated,…
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Azure Hybrid Management & Security: What’s New and Insights from the Field – July 2026
Read article →: Azure Hybrid Management & Security: What’s New and Insights from the Field – July 2026Once again this month, I’m back with my recurring series focused on the evolution of Azure management and security services, with a special focus on hybrid and multicloud scenarios enabled by Azure Arc and enhanced by the use of Artificial Intelligence. This monthly series aims to: Provide an overview of the most relevant updates released…