October 5, 2026
The Ultimate Shortcut to Executive Approval
If you are currently contemplating the modernisation, standardisation, transformation, or consolidation of your Software Development/System Deployment Lifecycle (SDLC), Test Orchestration, or Program Portfolio Management (PPM), you know that getting budget approval requires airtight justification.
To help you secure executive sign-off, we have compiled the core data points, competitive advantages, and real-world proof of value into a pre-populated business case framework. Use this guide to satisfy procurement, security, your CTO, and prove immediate Return on Investment (ROI).
Read MoreSeptember 22, 2026
I recently had the opportunity to attend the Gartner Application Innovation & Business Solutions Summit in London, bringing together application, software engineering, and technology leaders to discuss how AI is reshaping the way organizations build and operate software.
Unsurprisingly, AI was everywhere. What I found particularly valuable, however, was that the conversation had moved beyond simply asking what generative AI can do. Much of the discussion focused on the harder questions: How do we build reliable AI systems? How do we govern agents without preventing innovation? How should our architectures evolve? How do we test systems that are inherently non-deterministic? And, perhaps most importantly, how do we turn individual productivity gains from AI into sustainable improvements across an entire software engineering organization?
Those questions are also very relevant to what we have been working on at Inflectra as we evolve Spira, Rapise, SureWire, and Inflectra.ai for an increasingly agentic software development lifecycle. Across the sessions I attended, several recurring themes stood out around context, architecture, testing, governance, observability, and the changing nature of software engineering productivity.
Read MoreAugust 20, 2026
Yesterday, we spent the day with 180 engineering and technology leaders at the Sydney Engineering & DevOps Summit discussing one of the biggest questions facing software teams today:
As AI accelerates software development, how do we maintain the quality, control, and trust required to deploy it at enterprise scale?
Across roundtables and panel discussions, one thing became clear: AI has removed some of the traditional bottlenecks in software development, only to expose new ones.
Read MoreMarch 4, 2026
Amazon Kiro, SpiraPlan, and Rapise are reshaping how modern software gets built - combining AI-powered code generation with the structure, traceability, and testing discipline enterprises need. Together, they create a connected path from requirements to release, helping teams move from idea to production faster without losing control of quality, verification, or compliance.
Read MoreNovember 20, 2025
From my recent travels between Washington, DC, New York, Sydney, Manila, Dubai, the UK, Austin, Amsterdam, Milan, and Palo Alto, California - I've had hundreds of frank and insightful conversations about where people think the technology industry is going. From CIO/CTOs and technical leaders of companies of all sizes, to professional experts and thought leaders in AI, software development, and QA across all industries. Here are my top 5 predictions for software delivery and QA in 2026.
Read MoreNovember 19, 2025
You’ve made the decision: a blanket ban on Generative AI in your Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC). Or worst: no decision to adopt GenAI yet. It seems like the safe, controlled choice. But what is the real cost of this caution?
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