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Your Data Is Getting Dirtier While We Talk — UnicornIQ’s Answer to AI’s Unsolvable Problem

Posted February 18, 2026

Everyone says clean your data before you invest in AI. The problem is, your data is getting dirty faster than you can clean it. In this episode, Keith...

AI in the Data Center: When Faster Isn’t Better

Posted February 3, 2026

AI is changing the data center—but not always in the ways enterprises expect. In this episode, Keith Townsend is joined by Intel’s Lynn Comp for...

Right-Sizing AI, Rationalizing Virtualization, and Becoming an Infrastructure Arbiter — with Melissa Palmer

Posted January 14, 2026

Episode Summary Enterprise leaders are facing two equally hard problems at the same time: deciding what to do next with virtualization in the post-VMware...

The VMware Reckoning: Broadcom, AI, and the Future of Enterprise Infrastructure

Posted December 17, 2025

Enterprise IT didn’t plan for this problem—but now it has to solve it. In this episode of The CTO Advisor Podcast, Keith Townsend sits down with...

Outrunning Ageism and Building a Second Career

Posted September 17, 2025

In this episode of The CTO Advisor Podcast, Keith Townsend sits down with Betsy Tong, founder of Authority Architect, to explore how seasoned professionals...