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		<title>Switching to Linux</title>
		<link>https://viragconsulting.blog/2026/05/24/switching-to-linux/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Virag]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2026 14:47:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I recently switched from Windows to Linux. It was time for a new laptop anyway, and I just couldn’t handle the Windows crap any longer. It started when my favorite AI libraries stopped being supported on Windows, and I found myself using the Linux Subsystem (WSL) more and more. In this article, I’ll motivate the &#8230; <a href="https://viragconsulting.blog/2026/05/24/switching-to-linux/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Switching to Linux"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Saaspocalypse Now</title>
		<link>https://viragconsulting.blog/2026/02/16/saaspocalypse-now/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Virag]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2026 16:11:10 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Software]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Strategy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Agent]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[For my sins, I have joined the “AI not kill SaaS” debate. I am motivating this with the Salesforce stock chart, which went off 30% in the recent “Saaspocalypse.” Charts for Thomson Reuters, Service Now, and Atlassian look about the same. By 2030, more than 60 percent of software economics could flow through agentic systems &#8230; <a href="https://viragconsulting.blog/2026/02/16/saaspocalypse-now/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Saaspocalypse Now"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Q-Day Is Sooner Than You Think</title>
		<link>https://viragconsulting.blog/2025/11/16/q-day-is-sooner-than-you-think/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Virag]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Nov 2025 22:50:04 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[algorithm]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[encryption]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Information security people are worried about Q-Day, and maybe not worried enough. That’s the date when quantum computing will render today’s encryption methods obsolete. Information security depends on cryptography – secret code keys that are uncrackable because of large numbers and hard math problems. The good news from quantum computing is that we’ll have a &#8230; <a href="https://viragconsulting.blog/2025/11/16/q-day-is-sooner-than-you-think/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Q-Day Is Sooner Than You Think"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Chez Vicky</title>
		<link>https://viragconsulting.blog/2025/11/15/chez-vicky/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Virag]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Nov 2025 21:24:07 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Retail Operations]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[As a young consultant at Coopers, I had the privilege of being included as the technology person on a number of engagements with other specialties. One such was the Victoria’s Secret engagement, where I was able to work with the firm’s top retail experts. I am going to make a point here, about knowing your &#8230; <a href="https://viragconsulting.blog/2025/11/15/chez-vicky/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Chez Vicky"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Choose the Right AI Tool</title>
		<link>https://viragconsulting.blog/2025/10/16/choose-the-right-ai-tool/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Virag]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2025 21:21:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The AI landscape has changed a bit since I wrote What Is Real AI? back in 2021. The advent of GenAI has enabled a new wave of dubious AI sales pitches. Here’s one that crossed my desk recently: We&#8217;ve identified some key GenAI opportunities at PermaPlate … forecast revenue and claims across [products] and adjust &#8230; <a href="https://viragconsulting.blog/2025/10/16/choose-the-right-ai-tool/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Choose the Right AI Tool"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Cybernetic Teammate</title>
		<link>https://viragconsulting.blog/2025/10/05/the-cybernetic-teammate/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Virag]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2025 14:17:03 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Management]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Here is a recent HBS study on the role of GenAI as a collaborator in a team work environment. What I liked most about the study is that it is field work – real-world tasks in a real company, Procter &#38; Gamble (read more about field work in my review of Gary Klein’s book). It &#8230; <a href="https://viragconsulting.blog/2025/10/05/the-cybernetic-teammate/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "The Cybernetic Teammate"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>AI Datacenters Are Eating the World</title>
		<link>https://viragconsulting.blog/2025/09/24/ai-datacenters-are-eating-the-world/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Virag]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2025 20:15:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[AI datacenters are categorically different from traditional “hyperscale” cloud providers. The older datacenters were optimized for networking and storage – think streaming video and commerce websites. AI datacenters are optimized for computing, and density is king. The goal is to pack as many parallel processing chips – Nvidia GPUs and Google TPUs – into a &#8230; <a href="https://viragconsulting.blog/2025/09/24/ai-datacenters-are-eating-the-world/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "AI Datacenters Are Eating the World"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Reality-Based Management</title>
		<link>https://viragconsulting.blog/2025/09/23/reality-based-management/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Virag]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2025 18:52:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[On May 29, 1919, a team of astronomers led by Sir Arthur Eddington photographed the star field behind a solar eclipse. Comparing the position of these stars at night, versus their position during the eclipse, they proved Einstein’s theory that starlight was deflected by the Sun’s gravity. This experiment made a profound impression on Karl &#8230; <a href="https://viragconsulting.blog/2025/09/23/reality-based-management/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Reality-Based Management"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Top 8 Car Dealer Security Tools</title>
		<link>https://viragconsulting.blog/2025/05/27/top-8-car-dealer-security-tools/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Virag]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2025 19:05:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Today’s post on Information Security is coauthored by ISC2 2024 Board Chair Dan Houser This time last year, CDK Global was hacked and ransomed. Fifteen thousand dealers were locked out of their systems, causing an estimated $1 billion in losses. CDK suffered a follow-up attack, which disrupted their efforts to recover. Car dealers also faced &#8230; <a href="https://viragconsulting.blog/2025/05/27/top-8-car-dealer-security-tools/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Top 8 Car Dealer Security Tools"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Art Project</title>
		<link>https://viragconsulting.blog/2025/05/17/the-art-project/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Virag]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 May 2025 22:48:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Can AI be used to match and classify images? Of course! They do this all the time, looking at everything from paint chips to x-rays. In today’s post, I use an established model called ResNet-50 to match and classify post-impressionist artists. For example, Braque and Picasso have a 70% similarity score. The “cosine similarity” between &#8230; <a href="https://viragconsulting.blog/2025/05/17/the-art-project/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "The Art Project"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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