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Waves of paradigm shifts in Technology, Generative AI, Strategy and Strategic Planning, Roadmaps, Mission Statements, Enterprise Architecture, Open Source, Cloud Native and Balls Of Mud!

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Paul Bevan (Director of Infra Research at Bloor Research) is back as my resident guest for the September 2025 episode of Cloud State Of Play.

Our topics for this month are:

1 - The 7th Wave - How AI Will Change The Technology Industry - Forrester Research
2 - Strategic Planning Covers 3 Horizons - Gartner
3 - Architecting Backwards: How Open Source Is Hijacking Enterprise Architecture

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1 - The 7th Wave - How AI Will Change The Technology Industry - Forrester Research - July 2025

https://www.forrester.com/blogs/the-s...

Forrester Research CEO (George Colony) blog post on the previous 6 Waves Of Tech, with GenAI being the 7th Wave.

Also, from Lewis Walker (seemingly LinkedIn Influencer), a post that summarises George Colony's blog:
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/lewisw...

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2 - Strategic Planning Covers 3 Horizons - Gartner Article 2025

Gartner LinkedIn post:
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/gartne...

Gartner original article:
https://gtnr.it/4lBcf3b

Mihai Ionescu LinkedIn profile:
  / mionescu  

Exchange with can be found in the pinned Comment of this video.

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3 - Architecting Backwards: How Open Source Is Hijacking Enterprise Architecture

The idea for this topic came from the "Ball Of Mud" presentation that someone did at the Harness Unscripted event, in London, on 25th September.

Unfortunately, the agenda has now been removed and I did not capture their details. However, I am looking through my photos from the event and will update this info, if I find any more details on the presenter, the topic and any video posted by Harness.

Harness Unscripted event:
https://www.unscriptedconf.io/

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More info on Bloor Research:
https://www.bloorresearch.com/

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Thanks to Paul Bevan, for his insights. All opinions expressed in this video are solely of the person who gave them and do not reflect opinions/stance/policy of any other person(s)/employer(s)/organisations/entities/vendors, etc. All copyrights are of their respective owners and are used here (in various formats) purely for reference purposes and under fair use policy. E&OE.

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Intro + Outro Track: "Know Myself" - Patrick Patrikios (YouTube Music Library).