Brian S. Pauls

Founder & vCTO Cloudessy

Brian S. Pauls is Founder & vCTO of Cloudessy, serving businesses as their Chief Technology Officer in a fractional capacity. With 30+ years in IT leadership, he specializes in cloud services, artificial intelligence, and enterprise technology transformations.

Blog by Brian S. Pauls

Jasper for Marketing Automation: The CEO's Strategic Roadmap

09.16.2025 08:00 PM - By Brian S. Pauls - Comment(s)
Jasper for Marketing Automation: The CEO's Strategic Roadmap
Discover how Jasper delivers 342% ROI through marketing automation. Strategic insights for CEOs on scalable content, brand consistency, and growth.

Jasper for Small Business: A Guide to Growth & Efficiency

09.16.2025 07:50 AM - By Brian S. Pauls - Comment(s)
Jasper for Small Business: A Guide to Growth & Efficiency
Discover how small business owners can use Jasper to streamline content creation, improve marketing ROI, and drive scalable business growth.

Jasper ROI: 342% Returns for Business Growth

09.15.2025 10:34 AM - By Brian S. Pauls - Comment(s)
Jasper ROI: 342% Returns for Business Growth
A new Forrester study shows a 342% ROI for enterprise AI. Learn how platforms like Jasper drive real business growth and how you can get started.

Is ChatGPT 5 just kind of...meh?

09.11.2025 08:52 AM - By Brian S. Pauls - Comment(s)
Is ChatGPT 5 just kind of...meh?

Executive Summary

While OpenAI's ChatGPT 5 delivers incremental improvements over its predecessor, many small business owners are finding the upgrade underwhelming compared to the transformational leap from GPT-3 to GPT-4. The reality is that most businesses haven't fully leveraged existing AI capabi...

GPT-5 exhibits serious security flaws

08.11.2025 06:42 AM - By Brian S. Pauls - Comment(s)
GPT-5 exhibits serious security flaws

OpenAI's latest model, GPT-5, has been out less than a week and it's already causing concerns among security experts, reports Ernestas Naprys at Cybernews. "Several security teams," he writes, "managed to jailbreak GPT-5 in less than 24 hours after its release."


Naprys goes on to ...