Lori MacVittie

Lori MacVittie

About the Author:

Lori MacVittie is a Distinguished Engineer & Chief Evangelist in F5’s Office of the CTO with an emphasis on emerging architectures and technologies including cloud and edge computing, digital transformation, and application delivery. MacVittie has over twenty-five years of industry experience spanning application development, IT architecture, and network and systems’ operation.

Prior to joining F5, MacVittie was an award-winning technology editor at Network Computing Magazine and an enterprise architect who helped lead a global transportation and logistics firm into the Internet age. MacVittie has developed software for Nokia phones, Autodesk, and regional telecommunications firms. She co-authored the CADD profile for ANSI NCITS 320-1998 and is a prolific author with books spanning security, cloud, and enterprise architecture.

She holds an M.S. in Computer Science and particularly strong opinions about cheese and gaming systems.

Articles by Lori MacVittie

Why Model Choice Matters Less Than Model Routing 

March 3, 2026

As enterprises move towards multi-model adoption in AI, the focus shifts from choosing a single model to effective model routing and orchestration. Learn how organizations can optimize performance, cost, and compliance through strategic management of AI systems.

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Inference is Infrastructure, Whether You Planned for it or Not 

February 25, 2026

Enterprises still call AI “innovation,” but inference has already crossed into infrastructure. As model sprawl, cost volatility, and operational risk grow, delivery, security, and governance—not experimentation—now determine whether AI scales or fails.

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