Should IT Use Apple Business Manager without MDM?
Apple Business Manager (ABM) streamlines the enrollment of iOS and iPadOS devices by pre‑loading a chosen mobile device management (MDM) app at the point of purchase. The service also centralizes Apple ID provisioning, bulk app purchases, and device inventory visibility. While ABM removes the need for technicians to manually install MDM agents, it does not offer the granular security and policy controls of a full‑featured MDM solution. Consequently, most enterprises adopt ABM as a complementary layer rather than a replacement for traditional MDM.
Neoclouds: What They Are and How They Cut ERP Cloud Costs
AI is moving from pilot projects into core ERP processes, inflating cloud compute demand and turning cloud spend into a volatile operating cost. Global cloud infrastructure spending hit $110.9 billion in Q4 2025, while 88% of CFOs report rising cloud budgets. Specialized...
In An AI World, High-Performance IT Is Mandatory For Business Success
Technology leaders face accelerating disruption from AI, geopolitical volatility, technical debt, and cost pressure, prompting a shift from incremental IT upgrades to high‑performance IT (HPIT). Forrester defines HPIT as a strategic, business‑aligned approach that continuously improves results by coupling core...
Why ERP and AI Initiatives Stall at the Execution Layer: A CIO Perspective
Higher education CIOs are grappling with a new bottleneck: turning ERP and AI‑generated insights into coordinated action. While modern systems can surface risk alerts, enrollment trends, and financial anomalies, decision ownership and cross‑functional execution often remain unclear. The resulting delays...
The Storage Modernization Imperative in a Fast-Changing IT Landscape
Enterprise storage is undergoing a rapid modernization push, with 80% of IT leaders saying it’s critical to overall IT effectiveness. AI workloads are now the primary driver of storage budget growth, demanding higher performance and tighter integration with data teams....
Cequence Agent Personas Bring Granular Control and Governance to Enterprise AI Agents
Cequence Security has launched Agent Personas in its AI Gateway, giving enterprises fine‑grained, infrastructure‑level control over AI agents’ tool usage. The feature lets admins define a plain‑English job description that translates into a scoped virtual MCP endpoint, limiting each agent...
Shift From Digital to AI-First: Innovate in 20 Minutes
Goodbye digital transformation, Hello AI-First business transformation 👋 20 minutes to change your mindset from iteration to innovation. 🎬 https://briansolis.com/2026/04/goodbye-digital-transformation-hello-ai-first-business-transformation/
Vision Alignment Crucial Before SAP/Oracle ERP Deployment
Deploying SAP or Oracle isn't enough. Clearly articulate the project's vision to avoid ERP implementation failure. Ensure executive team alignment and vision before you begin. #ERP #ProjectManagement https://t.co/VCOUxeJmS5
Microsoft to Deprecate Legacy TLS in Exchange Online Starting July
Microsoft will begin blocking TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1 for POP and IMAP connections to Exchange Online in July 2026, forcing all traffic to use TLS 1.2 or higher. The move follows a multi‑year industry effort to retire outdated cryptography. Most Exchange Online users...
Legacy Apps Pose Security Risk, Mythos Offers Solution
Legacy apps are a security risk with Mythos - Matt Calkins, CEO @Appian #AppianWorld #AI https://t.co/tbJBn7Pw2l
From Query Builder to Knowledge Engineer: The Architecture of Generative AI in Enterprise ERP
The article argues that enterprise ERP architects must evolve from query builders to knowledge engineers, a shift enabled by upgrading to Oracle EBS 12.2.14. This release provides native REST services and a secure data layer that lets large language models...
DXC Unveils OASIS Platform to Automate AI‑Driven Managed Services for Enterprises
DXC Technology announced the launch of DXC OASIS, an intelligent orchestration platform that blends human expertise with agentic AI to deliver real‑time, predictive managed services across complex enterprise IT estates. The platform aims to replace reactive support models with a...
Developers Choose PostgreSQL for AI, 66% Favor It for Generative Apps
A recent Stack Overflow developer survey reveals that two‑thirds of respondents plan to use PostgreSQL for generative AI projects. Industry voices like Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and pgEdge co‑founder Phillip Merrick argue the database’s open‑source model and vector‑search extensions make...
Inside Semperis: Response and Recovery After Identity System Attacks
Semperis, founded in 2015, offers identity‑driven cyber resilience that focuses on rapid recovery of Active Directory and other identity platforms after breaches. Its patented Active Directory Forest Recovery can slash downtime by up to 90%, turning a multi‑day outage into...
Why Secure Data Movement Is the Zero Trust Bottleneck Nobody Talks About
Everfox’s new Cyber360 report reveals that data movement, not identity or endpoints, is the hidden bottleneck in Zero Trust implementations. Eighty‑four percent of government security leaders view cross‑network data sharing as a top cyber risk, yet 53% still use manual...
MITRE Warns Cloud-Based Medical Devices Face Cascading Ransomware Risk Across Health Systems
MITRE’s April 2026 white papers warn that cloud‑native medical devices create a cascade effect for ransomware, as a single cloud outage can disrupt dozens of hospitals. The reports highlight shared‑responsibility gaps among device makers, health systems, and cloud providers, and call...
The Inference Bill Nobody Budgeted For
Enterprises are confronting an unexpected surge in AI inference spend, now expected to represent two‑thirds of all AI compute by 2026. While public‑cloud pricing has fallen, recursive agentic loops and unsanctioned tool usage generate hundreds of millions in waste, and...
How Collaboration Technology Defines the Next Phase of Hybrid Work
Hybrid work is prompting a shift from fragmented tools to integrated collaboration environments. Meeting rooms are being treated as managed IT assets, with utilization and uptime metrics driving proactive support. Artificial intelligence has moved from novelty to necessity, delivering automatic...
Microsoft Redefines OpenAI Deal, Opens Model Access to All Clouds
Microsoft and OpenAI announced a revised partnership that ends Azure‑only exclusivity, letting OpenAI deliver its services across any cloud provider while maintaining a revenue‑share cap through 2030. The shift aims to broaden enterprise reach and ease strained datacenter capacity, signaling...
Microsoft Reduces Azure Revenue Share, Opens OpenAI to Rival Clouds
Microsoft announced an amended deal that lowers its revenue‑share from OpenAI and permits the startup to run its services on any cloud provider. The change ends the exclusive Azure‑first model, keeps a capped revenue‑share through 2030, and clears the way...
Bloomberg Terminal Launches AI Chatbot ASKB for 125,000 Users
Bloomberg is testing ASKB, a generative‑AI chatbot built on multiple language models, with roughly a third of its 375,000 Terminal users. The tool aims to let analysts ask high‑level investment questions and receive synthesized answers, cutting hours of manual data...
Deconstructing the Data Center: A Massive (and Massively Liberating) Project
PPG, a 143‑year‑old paints and coatings maker, dismantled its eight global data centers between 2022 and November 2025, moving all workloads to public cloud hyperscalers. The effort required a full audit, phased migration, and simultaneous application modernization to avoid downtime...
OpenAI Opens AI Models to Rival Clouds as Microsoft Ends Exclusive Deal
OpenAI announced on April 27 that it is ending its exclusive partnership with Microsoft, permitting its suite of AI models to be offered on any cloud platform. The move follows mounting compute shortages and a scramble among hyperscalers to secure...
The Biggest Missed Opportunities for CIOs in the AI Era
Many CIOs have deployed multiple AI tools but struggle to show promised ROI because the solutions operate in isolation. The article argues that the real missed opportunity is AI orchestration—linking agents, data, and workflows—to turn silos into a unified, governed...
Beyond the Perimeter: Why Identity and Cyber Security Are One Single Story
Identity and cyber security are converging as cloud adoption, distributed workforces, and third‑party integrations dissolve traditional network perimeters. Continuous authentication and contextual monitoring replace static, gate‑based controls, requiring a shared risk model across users, devices, and environments. The article outlines...
DORA and the Practical Test of Operational Resilience
The EU’s Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA), in force since January 2025, obliges financial‑service firms to manage IT risk, conduct realistic stress tests, and govern third‑party providers at board level. A recent Censuswide survey shows 96% of EMEA institutions still lack...
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals Goes Live with eObservations and Bleep System Replacement
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has gone live with eObservations in its emergency department, enabling clinicians to capture vital signs on iPads and view results instantly. At the same time, the trust replaced its ageing bleep system with Alertive,...
Microsoft, OpenAI Change Contract Terms — Again
Microsoft and OpenAI announced a revised partnership that drops the exclusivity clause and changes revenue‑sharing terms. OpenAI can now deliver its models on any cloud, while Microsoft retains a non‑exclusive license to the IP through 2032 and will no longer...
CIO 100 Leadership Live Los Angeles Tackles the AI Execution Gap
The CIO 100 Leadership Live conference in Los Angeles brought together senior IT leaders to address the AI execution gap, emphasizing misalignment, fragmented ownership, and cultural challenges. Speakers urged CIOs to reshape structures and leadership moments to turn AI pilots...
Electrosoft Appoints Former USPTO CIO Jamie Holcombe as COO to Expand Federal Cyber Portfolio
Electrosoft Services announced the hiring of Jamie Holcombe, former chief information officer of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, as chief operating officer. Holcombe brings more than three decades of federal technology and cybersecurity experience to help scale Electrosoft's federal...
Bed Bath & Beyond Names Kyla Robinson Chief Technology Transformation Officer
Bed Bath & Beyond has appointed Kyla Robinson as chief technology transformation officer, reporting to President Amy Sullivan. Robinson will lead the development of a unified technology and data platform that connects the retailer’s omnichannel retail, home services, financial products,...
Orro Launches Exposure Management Service with AI-Powered Platform
Orro has launched a Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM) service built on the Rapid7 Command platform and powered by AI. The solution aggregates data from more than 100 security tools and applies business context to shift focus from raw vulnerability...
DCMS Offers £125k for CDIO to Helm Microsoft Switch
The UK Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) is recruiting a new chief digital and information officer (CDIO) with a salary of roughly £125,000 (about $155,000). The role will steer a major technology shift, moving DCMS services from Google...
Consumer Cellular Appoints Kannan Alagappan as CIO to Drive Tech Modernization
Consumer Cellular announced Kannan Alagappan as its chief information officer, effective April 27, 2026. The veteran technologist brings more than three decades of telecom experience to help the senior‑focused carrier upgrade its network and digital services.
GSA Taps Greg Hogan as Head of Government’s Identity Proofing Service, Login.gov
The General Services Administration has named Greg Hogan, former OPM chief information officer, as the new director of Login.gov, the federal identity‑proofing platform. Login.gov, which enables a single verified account for dozens of government services, already supports more than 150 million...
Lessons From an Upgrade to VCF 9
In this episode, host Pete Fletcher and co‑host John Nicholson interview Michele Collatto, a senior IT leader at a New York‑based financial institution, about their migration from VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 5.2 to VCF 9.0 across four global data centers....
Telephone & Data Systems Appoints Bill Case as SVP and CIO to Steer Tech Transformation
Telephone & Data Systems (TDS) announced the immediate appointment of Bill Case as senior vice president and chief information officer. The former WOW! executive brings deep broadband and cybersecurity experience to support TDS’s fiber expansion and digital infrastructure strategy. The...
OpenAI Embeds Engineers at Customers Bank to Cut Loan Closing Time to 7 Days
OpenAI has signed a multiyear partnership with Customers Bank, embedding its engineers to automate lending and onboarding. The bank says the effort will slash commercial loan closing times to roughly seven days and push its efficiency ratio into the low‑40s.
World ID Makes Case for Enterprise-Scale Authentication, but some Aren’t Buying It
World ID, the iris‑scanning identity platform co‑founded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, announced new enterprise‑grade features and partnerships with Zoom, DocuSign, Shopify, Okta, Tinder and VanEck. The upgrade adds multi‑key support, account‑based architecture, key rotation, recovery and session management to...
NYC Cybersecurity Leaders: Join AI‑MDR Dinner Roundtable
Cybersecurity leaders in the NYC area: I'll be hosting a roundtable dinner this Thursday on MDR in an AI world. Small group, free food and drink, no vendor pitches. If you're interested in joining you can register now: https://buff.ly/ph28llE
Control Beats Feature Count When Scaling Agents
"But if your next five years look like 'we're going to deploy hundreds of agents across our business,' the vendor that gives you architectural control matters more than the vendor with the most services." https://t.co/5JuwZWUDeH
Thales First to Deploy SAP Cloud ERP on S3NS Sovereign Cloud in France
Thales has become the first enterprise to run SAP Cloud ERP Private on S3NS’s PREMI3NS sovereign cloud platform in France. The joint Thales‑Google Cloud venture aligns with the SecNumCloud 3.2 certification, ensuring data residency, encryption and French jurisdictional control. SAP...
Enterprises Rebuild Data Stack to Power AI, MIT Technology Review Finds
MIT Technology Review’s latest analysis warns that fragmented data infrastructures are the biggest barrier to enterprise AI adoption. Senior leaders from Databricks and Infosys stress that unified, governed data stacks are essential for trustworthy, scalable AI outcomes.
CIOs Pilot Advanced AI Internally Before Enterprise Rollout
CIOs bring AI transformation home to IT workflows https://t.co/ySS0RrkI7H I also hear this a lot from CIOs I speak with: They are trying some of the more advanced and potentially riskier AI capabilities on themselves first, to validate them for broader...
Data Center Consolidation Is Becoming a Thing of the Past
I can remember a time not too long ago when both companies and governments were proudly consolidating and reducing their numbers of data centers.... https://t.co/1puJ5UwoJz
EU Funds Sovereign Cloud Infrastructure with €180 Million Contract
The European Commission has allocated roughly $195 million to launch a six‑year sovereign cloud programme, selecting Post Telecom, STACKIT, Scaleway and Proximus as the four contract winners. The deal obliges each provider to satisfy the EU’s eight‑point Cloud Sovereignty Framework covering...
Enterprises Face New Storage Bottlenecks as AI Grows
Enterprises adopting AI are hitting storage bottlenecks because traditional, transaction‑oriented storage cannot keep up with the massive, unstructured data and unpredictable access patterns of machine‑learning workloads. Vendors are responding by shifting from SATA/SAS SSDs to NVMe flash, deploying NVMe‑over‑Fabrics, and...
Inside Merck's Google Cloud Partnership - Data, People, and Not Chasing Shiny Tools
Merck (MSD) announced a multi‑year, up‑to‑$1 billion partnership with Google Cloud to build an agentic AI platform across its R&D, manufacturing and commercial functions. The deal focuses on co‑investing in data integration, process redesign and workforce upskilling rather than simply selling...
AWS Security Digest #258 - Vercel of Secrets
Vercel disclosed a security incident on April 19, 2026 after an attacker leveraged a compromised third‑party AI productivity tool, Context.ai, to hijack an employee’s Google Workspace account and pivot into Vercel. The breach allowed the threat actor to enumerate and...
Indian Banks Boost Digital Defence as AI‑driven Cyber Threat Looms
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the Indian government is working with banks and cyber agencies after Anthropic’s Claude Mythos AI model was flagged as a major cyber risk. The warning has spurred major Indian banks to upgrade digital‑defence systems, signaling...