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Bola Rotibi

Chief of Enterprise Research, CCS Insights

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About

Bola Rotibi, Chief of Enterprise Research, Bola has over 25 years of expertise spanning engineering, software development and IT analysis. She is the founder of Creative Intellect Consulting, and has worked at MWD Advisors and Ovum. Bola is a Chartered Engineer and has industry experience of application development and network computing in several sectors. She has worked as a senior software developer for Reuters and a chemical and process control engineer for Air Products. As an analyst, Bola has built a wide portfolio of product evaluations, strategy reports and competitive analysis reports. She is regularly sought to provide input into and drive supplier and product selection processes.

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The Control Plane: The Next Frontier of Infrastructure Sovereignty

CCS Guest Blog We are already well into the year, and this matters. Predictions help leaders make choices under uncertainty. But a quarter of the way through the year, we also have early evidence of what is sticking, what is stalling, and what is being reprioritised. We have seen geopolitical shocks, ongoing conflicts, regulatory pressure, […]

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Turning Sovereignty into Action: A Practical Approach

CCS Guest Blog Tests, Interoperability and Certification This article builds on the definitions and procurement levers set out in my previous blog post, Turning Sovereignty into Action: Principles and Policy Levers. It sets out the pass-or-fail checks and pragmatic certification approach that translate principles into outcomes. Make Reversibility and Interoperability First-Class Tests The problems of […]

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Turning Sovereignty into Action: Principles and Policy Levers

CCS Guest Blog European policy on cloud and AI is at an inflection point. The debate has matured beyond slogans  to the complex tests that decide whether sovereignty becomes a real capability or remains a badge  worn in presentations.  Recent analyses of EU competitiveness argue the bloc faces challenges in productivity and  investment, with fragmentation […]