Agentic Transformation Reaches New Heights: 2026 Connectivity Benchmark Report Insights
The 2026 Connectivity Benchmark Report, surveying 1,050 global IT leaders, finds 88% of organizations are on track for partial or full agentic AI transformation, with 98% planning adoption. However, only about 27% of their average 957 applications are connected, creating a connectivity paradox that limits AI value. Integration and governance hurdles are pronounced—71% cite infrastructure interdependence, 82% flag data integration as a top challenge, and 27% of APIs remain ungoverned. These frictions already affect delivery, with 26% of projects delayed and 36% of IT time spent on custom integrations.
Why EasyDMARC Is the Best Enterprise DMARC Solution
EasyDMARC positions itself as the premier DMARC platform for large enterprises, offering automated SPF, DKIM, and DMARC configuration, centralized monitoring, and intuitive reporting dashboards. The solution tackles the complexity of managing hundreds of domains, third‑party senders, and global email infrastructures...
NDSS 2025 – JBomAudit: Assessing The Landscape, Compliance, And Security Implications Of Java SBOMS
The NDSS 2025 paper JBomAudit presents the first systematic study of Java Software Bill of Materials (SBOMs), analyzing 25,882 SBOMs and their associated JAR files. It finds that 7,907 SBOMs (about 30%) omit direct dependencies, and 4.97% of those hidden...
How to Protect Your Active Directory with Duo’s New MFA and Visibility Solutions
Cisco Duo unveiled its Active Directory Defense solution, adding native multi‑factor authentication and granular visibility to on‑prem AD environments. The offering integrates with Cisco Identity Intelligence dashboards and SpecterOps BloodHound Enterprise to surface misconfigurations, risky service accounts, and attack‑path mappings....
Extending ERP to the Frontline: Why AI-Powered HR Kiosks Are Becoming a Critical Enterprise Layer
Enterprise resource planning (ERP) and human capital management (HCM) platforms now handle payroll, compliance, and analytics, yet frontline workers remain disconnected from these systems. AI‑powered self‑service HR kiosks embed intelligence at the point of interaction, enabling real‑time attendance validation, policy...
New Databricks Offering Targets Next-Generation Data Streaming
Databricks launched Zerobus Ingest, a fully managed serverless streaming service that moves data directly into Delta Lake tables. The platform streams data from sources such as manufacturing systems, financial trading apps, IoT devices, and cybersecurity tools. It promises sub‑five‑second latency,...
Oracle Red Bull Racing Partnership with Oracle Extended to Power AI-Driven F1 Performance
Oracle has extended its title partnership with Red Bull Racing, deepening the use of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, AI, and Fusion Cloud Applications across the team’s race strategy, engineering, and business functions. The deal supports the development of a next‑generation hybrid...
How Do Leaders Ensure AI System Safety and Compliance
Leaders are urged to prioritize Non‑Human Identities (NHIs) – machine identities such as tokens, keys and certificates – as a core component of AI system safety and regulatory compliance. The article outlines how inadequate discovery, classification and secret rotation create...
What Is the Role of AI in Driving Cybersecurity Innovation
Non-Human Identities (NHIs) are becoming central to cybersecurity as organizations accelerate digital transformation. By managing machine identities, tokens and keys throughout their lifecycle, companies can reduce breach risk, improve compliance, and automate secret rotation. AI‑driven platforms add context‑aware detection, enabling...
Cyberattacks on Hospitals Cost Lives. Here’s How to Fight Back at Machine Speed.
Morpheus is an AI‑driven platform that ingests alerts from a hospital’s existing security stack—SIEM, EDR, firewalls, NDR, email security, DLP and identity tools—and stitches them into a single ransomware kill‑chain view. By correlating these signals, it can surface an attack...
Life Mirrors Art: Ransomware Hits Hospitals on TV & IRL
The recent episode of HBO’s drama "The Pitt" portrayed a hospital’s IT systems being shut down by ransomware, forcing clinicians to revert to paper‑based processes. Hours later, the University of Mississippi Medical Center confirmed a real ransomware breach that crippled...
Microsoft Testing Windows 11 Batch File Security Improvements
Microsoft released Windows 11 Insider Preview builds that add a new batch‑file security mode, letting administrators lock batch files in use via the LockBatchFilesInUse registry key or the LockBatchFilesWhenInUse manifest control. The change reduces the need for per‑statement signature validation, boosting script...
The AI Boom Is Turning Flash Storage Into a Critical Infrastructure Battleground
The surge in generative AI models has created a flash storage shortage that even the largest cloud providers cannot easily resolve. Industry leaders like Vast Data and Solidigm warn the constraint will persist through mid‑2026, forcing enterprises to rethink capacity...
The Case for Why Better Breach Transparency Matters
Cybersecurity experts Adam Shostack and Adrian Sanabria argue for greater breach transparency at RSA Conference. They highlight that current practices treat incidents as legal liabilities, limiting shared learning. The speakers propose structured feedback loops similar to aviation and medicine. Without...
AWU by Salesforce: A Shiny New Metric that Tells CIOs Little of Value
Salesforce introduced the Agentic Work Unit (AWU) metric on its earnings call, positioning it as a way for CIOs to quantify the output of AI‑driven agents. The metric pairs the number of discrete actions performed with token consumption to suggest...
How Boston Is Transforming Its Outdated 311 System
Boston is overhauling its legacy 311 non‑emergency service platform, replacing the 2008 CRM with a cloud‑based, low‑code solution from Creatio and implementation partner Keen360. The new system already tracks informational calls, which represent over half of request volume, and aims...
Big Cloud Still Runs Most Containers on VMs; What Does that Mean for the Rest of Us?
Analyst firm ReveCom found that the world’s largest cloud providers—AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, and DigitalOcean—deploy the overwhelming majority of their containerized workloads on virtual machines rather than on bare‑metal servers. Benchmark data shows VM‑hosted containers achieve roughly 99 % of bare‑metal...
Vibhor Kumar: Open Source, Open Nerves
At last year’s CIO Summit in Mumbai, senior leaders from banking, fintech, telecom and manufacturing debated the growing risk profile of open‑source databases, with PostgreSQL emerging as the focal point. The conversation has moved from pure performance to trust, encompassing...
Illumio Insights Brings Agentless Visibility and Breach Containment to Hybrid Environments
Illumio announced Illumio Insights, an agent‑less solution that ingests real‑time telemetry from Check Point and Fortinet firewalls to create live traffic maps across data‑center and cloud environments. The platform converts existing firewall data into visibility without installing software agents, extending...
The Reliability Cost of Default Timeouts
A recent outage showed that infinite default HTTP timeouts let slow downstream calls consume resources until user‑perceived latency caused revenue loss. The Product Service waited indefinitely for a currency API, saturating thread pools and cascading delays across unrelated requests. Fixing...
Five Questions to Ask Before Renewing or Expanding Enterprise AI Platforms in 2026
Enterprise AI platform decisions in 2026 are shifting from new deployments to renewals, consolidations, and selective expansions, especially across Asia‑Pacific where cost pressures demand measurable ROI. Leaders must move beyond model accuracy and user adoption, demanding concrete economic proof that...
Oculeus 2FN Authenticates Calls in Real Time to Stop CLI Spoofing
Oculeus has launched its Two Factor Network (2FN) solution, giving telcos a real‑time framework to authenticate caller identity and stop CLI spoofing. The system creates a parallel verification path with digital signatures that peer‑to‑peer carriers exchange during call setup. Industry...
CMMS Deployed to Drive Downtime Reduction, Boost Productivity
DLG Group, a leading Northern European feed manufacturer, has deployed the Fiix cloud‑based CMMS to modernize maintenance across its plants. Within the first month the rollout delivered measurable improvements in mean time between failures and set a target of cutting...
Wildix Looks to Bring Conversations Under Enterprise Control with eSIM
Wildix has introduced Wildix eSIM, an AI‑powered extension of its Mobility Cloud that routes business mobile calls through the enterprise system of record. The solution embeds a single business identity into the SIM, allowing native dialer use while preserving routing,...
Proofpoint Celebrates A/NZ Partners
Proofpoint announced the 2025 ANZ Partner Awards at its Protect Tour in Sydney, honoring partners that advance human‑ and agent‑centric cybersecurity. Nextgen Distribution earned Distributor of the Year, while NTT Data was named Partner of the Year. Infotrust secured Growth...
Healthcare CIOs Enter The AI Maturity Era
Healthcare CIOs are moving AI from experimental pilots to core infrastructure, emphasizing measurable outcomes over hype. At Vive 2026 and HIMSS 2026, leaders highlighted AI’s role in streamlining documentation, revenue‑cycle tasks, and patient‑portal interactions. Simultaneously, state‑level AI regulations—such as Texas’...
Exclusive! Visibility That Pays: Unlocking the Full Value of Cloud Investment
Leaders at the OpenGov Breakfast in Singapore warned that cloud migration alone fails to deliver value without end‑to‑end observability. They emphasized that real‑time visibility across infrastructure, data pipelines, and workflows enables proactive, insight‑driven decisions, reduces risk, and fuels trustworthy AI...
Macquarie Technology Posts 22nd Consecutive Half-Year EBITDA Growth
Macquarie Technology Group posted its 22nd consecutive half‑year EBITDA increase, rising 3% year‑on‑year to $57.9 million for the six months to 31 December 2025. Cloud services and data‑centre segments each delivered roughly 9% EBITDA growth, while telecom EBITDA fell 19.2% to $10.1 million. Revenue...
The Key Components of a Vendor Relationship Management Framework
The rise of distributed supply chains has turned vendors into ongoing operational dependencies, prompting the need for a structured Vendor Relationship Management (VRM) framework. By distinguishing day‑to‑day vendor management from strategic Supplier Relationship Management, companies can ensure reliability while fostering...
From Operations to Outcomes: The Business Value of Automation
Red Hat’s Ansible Automation Platform is shifting IT automation from simple time‑saving scripts to a strategic business asset that delivers measurable reliability, security and revenue protection. Industry research shows 72% of enterprises juggle 50+ tools, creating visibility gaps and governance risks...
Marquis V. SonicWall Lawsuit Ups the Breach Blame Game
Fintech firm Marquis, which serves over 700 banks, filed a lawsuit against firewall vendor SonicWall after a ransomware breach exposed client data for roughly 780,000 individuals. SonicWall later disclosed that a breach of its own firewall configuration backups affected all...
Can Agentic AI Effectively Handle Enterprise Security Needs
Enterprises are turning to Non‑Human Identity (NHI) management to close security gaps created by machine‑generated accounts and their secrets. By automating discovery, classification, monitoring and decommissioning, organizations can reduce breach exposure while cutting operational costs. Centralized NHI platforms deliver real‑time...
How Smart Are NHIs in Managing Complex Security Environments
Non‑Human Identities (NHIs) are machine credentials that protect data in cloud‑first environments. The article outlines a full NHI lifecycle—from discovery to remediation—and stresses that piecemeal tools fall short. It highlights industry‑specific challenges, such as patient data in healthcare and DevOps...
How Can Agentic AI Improve Digital Security Processes
Agentic AI is emerging as a transformative layer for digital security by automating the management of Non‑Human Identities (NHIs) and their secrets. The technology enables proactive threat detection, automated response, and continuous visibility, allowing security teams to shift focus toward...
Does Implementing Agentic AI Fit the Budget of SMBs
Non‑human identities (NHIs) such as machine‑generated secrets are becoming a critical attack surface, prompting organizations to adopt comprehensive NHI management across discovery, classification, detection and remediation stages. Effective NHI programs deliver reduced breach risk, regulatory compliance, and operational efficiencies through...
Infotrust to Reinvest $50M From Nexgen Sale Into Shoring up Sovereign Security
Infotrust has sold its cloud and communications arm Nexgen to Aussie Broadband for up to $50 million, freeing capital to accelerate its sovereign cyber‑security strategy. The proceeds will be redeployed into identity, data‑privacy and broader federal‑government capabilities, as well as potential...
Lion's Group Technology Director to Leave
Lion’s group technology and digital transformation director Ram Kalyanasundaram will leave after nearly 15 years, passing the role to current digital and data chief Robb Simpson, who will now also oversee technology. The company said the change creates a single digital‑technology leader...
From ERP Go-Live to Continuous Optimization: A Post-Go-Live Framework by Techbot
Techbot unveiled a three‑phase post‑go‑live framework that moves ERP projects from initial stabilization to performance optimization and ongoing governance. The first 30‑90 days focus on system reliability, data integrity and rapid issue resolution to build user confidence. The second phase...
FC Bayern Moves to SAP Cloud ERP Private to Advance Clean Core Strategy
FC Bayern has migrated its core IT landscape to SAP Cloud ERP Private, consolidating over 9.5 million fan and member records and more than 25,000 product master data entries into a single cloud system. The move supports a clean‑core architecture...
AWS Security Hub Extended Brings Enterprise Security Under One Roof
AWS Security Hub Extended introduces a bundled plan that lets enterprises procure, deploy, and manage a full‑stack security suite covering endpoints, identity, email, network, data, browsers, cloud, AI, and security operations from a single console. The offering expands protection beyond...
Digital Transformation at Santander: How Platform Engineering Is Revolutionizing Cloud Infrastructure
Santander launched Catalyst, a platform‑engineering solution built with AWS, to overhaul its cloud infrastructure. The initiative replaces a 90‑day manual provisioning process with an automated, Kubernetes‑based control plane that leverages Crossplane, ArgoCD, and OPA. By consolidating over 100 pipelines, Catalyst...
Cooling’s New Reality: It’s Not Air Vs. Liquid Anymore. It’s Architecture.
By early 2026 data‑center cooling has shifted from a simple air‑vs‑liquid debate to a full‑stack engineering challenge. Breakthroughs such as HRL Laboratories’ Low‑Chill single‑phase liquid cooling promise 40% more heat removal or a ten‑fold reduction in pumping power, while Johnson...
Why Inetum Sees Control — Not Infrastructure — as the Real Sovereignty Challenge
Inetum argues that true digital sovereignty hinges on demonstrable control over data and processes, not merely on owning infrastructure. As EU regulations such as the AI Act, Data Act and DORA embed accountability into system design, enterprises must prove who...
The NIST OSCAL Framework for State and Local Governments
NIST’s Open Security Controls Assessment Language (OSCAL) gives state and local governments a machine‑readable alternative to spreadsheets, Word files, and PDFs for security‑control documentation. By encoding controls, implementations, and assessment results in JSON, XML or YAML, agencies can automate validation,...
Google's Nano Banana 2 Takes Aim at the Production Cost Problem That's Kept AI Image Gen Out of Enterprise Workflows
Google DeepMind unveiled Nano Banana 2, a Gemini 3.1 Flash Image model that delivers Pro‑level text rendering, subject consistency, and image search at roughly half the cost of the Nano Banana Pro tier. The new offering reduces per‑image pricing to...
Contrast Security Integration Brings Verified Application Risk Into ServiceNow Workflows
Contrast Security’s integration with ServiceNow Application Vulnerability Response (AVR) streams verified, runtime‑backed vulnerabilities directly into ServiceNow tickets, uniting detection and remediation workflows. The bidirectional sync supplies exploitability evidence, code location and environment context, eliminating manual validation steps. This enables security...
Top Cloud Providers to Outspend Ireland's GDP on AI in 2026
Eight of the world’s largest cloud providers will collectively invest about $710 billion in AI servers and data‑center infrastructure in 2026, a spend that eclipses Ireland’s entire GDP. The capex represents a 61 percent year‑over‑year increase, underscoring the rapid scaling of AI...
Salesforce Launches Telco-Specific AI Agents to Improve Sales and Customer Retention
Salesforce unveiled Agentforce for Communications, a suite of telco‑specific AI agents designed to automate routine tasks and boost customer engagement. The solution targets a telecom sector facing slowing revenue growth—forecast at 2.9% by 2029—and high churn rates up to 40%....
Confluent Intelligence Adds Streaming Agents Into the Mix to Enable Agent-to-Agent Collaboration
Confluent Intelligence has introduced Streaming Agents, built on Google’s Agent2Agent protocol, to enable AI agents to share real‑time context and collaborate across platforms. The preview feature connects data sources such as BigQuery, Databricks, Snowflake and LangChain to third‑party systems like...
Versa Launches Sovereign SASE-As-A-Service As ‘Something New’ In Partners’ Toolkits
Versa has introduced the world’s first sovereign SASE‑as‑a‑Service, extending its earlier sovereign SASE model to a fully managed, in‑country offering. The service provides local control, management, and storage to satisfy data‑residency regulations such as the U.S. CLOUD Act. Versa reports...