Application portfolios
Patterns we see in inventory, scoring, and consolidation across large estates.
Field Notes
Insights
Ideas, patterns, and field notes from real rationalization work, written for technology leaders who want signal, not headlines.
Overview
Patterns we see, written for practitioners.
Insights captures the patterns and counter-intuitive findings we keep seeing across rationalization engagements, plus practical takes on cost, risk, ownership, and AI. Short, opinionated, and grounded in real engagements.
What's inside
Field-tested ideas across our practice areas.
Infrastructure & cost
Where infrastructure spend hides, and the levers that move it without breaking things.
Security & risk
How portfolio complexity quietly grows attack surface, and how to shrink it.
AI & future readiness
Honest takes on what AI actually needs underneath to scale beyond the first pilot.
How to use it
Practical reading, built for working teams.
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Pick
Choose the topic closest to the work in front of your team this quarter.
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Discuss
Use a short piece as a discussion starter in your steering forum.
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Adapt
Translate patterns into your context, size, sector, and architecture.
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Act
Pair an insight with a small experiment your team can run in two weeks.
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