From AI Pilots to Production Reality: Architecture Lessons from 2025 and What 2026 Demands

A Beginning-of-Year Reflection for Enterprise Architects and Technical Leaders As we step into 2026, it’s worth pausing to reflect on the seismic shifts that defined enterprise architecture in 2025—and the hard lessons learned when AI hype met production reality. What began as breathless excitement around generative AI and LLMs has matured into a more nuanced […]

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Agentic AI in Enterprise: Why Infrastructure Readiness Matters More Than Model Capability

After 20+ years in enterprise architecture, I’ve seen that infrastructure readiness matters more than model capability for agentic AI deployment. Gartner predicts 40% of projects will be cancelled by 2027 due to infrastructure gaps, not AI failures.

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From RAG to Agents: The Evolution of AI Applications in 2025

From RAG to Agents: The Evolution of AI Applications in 2025 A Comprehensive Analysis of How AI Applications Evolved from Retrieval-Augmented Generation to Autonomous Agent Systems December 2025 | Industry Whitepaper Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) revolutionized how we build LLM applications by grounding responses in real data. But RAG has limitations: it’s reactive, constrained to retrieval […]

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2025 in Review: The Infrastructure Readiness Lesson

2025 taught enterprise technology leaders a critical lesson: infrastructure readiness matters more than model capability. This year-end review explores platform engineering, data governance, healthcare AI breakthroughs, and five predictions for 2026.

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Getting Started with Microsoft Foundry Local: Run AI Models On-Device Without the Cloud

Microsoft Foundry Local brings the power of Azure AI Foundry directly to your local device, enabling you to run state-of-the-art AI models without cloud dependencies. Announced at Microsoft Build 2025 and continuously enhanced since, Foundry Local represents a paradigm shift in how developers can build AI-powered applications—with complete data privacy, zero API costs, and offline […]

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The Evolution of Anthropic Claude: From 3.5 to 4.5 Opus – A Technical Deep Dive

Having worked with AI models for over two decades, I’ve witnessed countless technological shifts, but few have been as remarkable as Anthropic’s Claude evolution. From the initial Claude 1.0 release in March 2023 to the groundbreaking Claude 4.5 Opus in late 2025, Anthropic has consistently pushed the boundaries of what’s possible with large language models. […]

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