Today's Enterprise Pulse
ServiceNow pivots to AI‑driven security and governance
At Knowledge 2026, ServiceNow rebranded from a workflow platform to the governance and action layer for enterprise AI agents, identities and connected assets. It launched Autonomous Security and Risk, merging Armis asset intelligence with Veza identity governance, and expanded its AI Control Tower with real‑time enforcement, cost tracking and NIST‑aligned risk frameworks.
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MoonPay Leads $76 M Investment in Korean Fintech Finger to Launch Won Stablecoin for Enterprises
MoonPay, Sungho Electronics and Pantos Holdings are jointly investing roughly $76 million in Korean fintech Finger to build a Korean‑won stablecoin infrastructure for enterprise payments. The deal makes Seoryong Electronics the largest shareholder and links MoonPay’s stablecoin platform with Finger’s ERP and banking software, aiming to bring digital settlement to corporate trade in South Korea.
Microsoft Fabric Roadshow Unveils 2026 Enhancements for Integration, Analytics and Governance
At a February 16 roadshow in Brisbane, Microsoft announced a suite of 2026 updates to its Fabric data platform, emphasizing tighter governance, new AI catalog features, and expanded support for migrating from Azure Data Factory and legacy tools. The enhancements...
Northern Trust and Saphyre Expand Collaboration
Northern Trust announced an expanded, structured, rules‑based workflow platform for its Investment Operations Outsourcing (IOO) clients, covering the entire account lifecycle. The upgrade builds on its partnership with fintech Saphyre, which provides automation for complex middle‑office events. The new solution...
Tech News: Diligent Touts AI Board Member and Agentic GRC Workforce
Diligent announced its AI Board Member assistant and a suite of agentic GRC tools embedded in the Diligent One Platform. The AI Board Member can retrieve board materials, industry news, and provide tailored guidance on AI, cyber risk, and audit,...
How CrowdStrike Is Helping The Industry To Withstand AI-Driven Vulnerability Deluge: Exec
Cybersecurity leader CrowdStrike unveiled Project QuiltWorks, an initiative that merges its Falcon Spotlight platform with multiple frontier AI models to accelerate vulnerability discovery and remediation. Prompted by Anthropic’s Claude Mythos disclosure, the program aims to pre‑empt AI‑driven exploit spikes by...
AI Agents Are Already Inside Your Digital Infrastructure
A new Cloud Security Alliance report finds that 82% of enterprises host unknown AI agents and nearly two‑thirds have suffered AI‑agent‑related incidents in the last year, creating a growing "retirement debt" of lingering permissions. The surge in autonomous agents is...
Jeonbuk National University Deploys $12 Million AI Platform to Overhaul Campus Services
Jeonbuk National University introduced the JUMP AI management platform, a $12 million investment that unifies academic, administrative and career services across its Jeonju campus. The rollout, showcased at an AI System Sharing Conference, marks one of the largest AI infrastructure projects...
MaxLinear Q1 Revenue Jumps 43% as Enterprise Data Center Chip Demand Surges
MaxLinear reported first‑quarter 2026 revenue of $137.2 million, up 43% year‑over‑year, as infrastructure chip sales for enterprise networking surged 136%. The company lifted its 2026 optical data‑center revenue outlook by $30‑$40 million, citing strong visibility into hyperscaler program ramps.
Adverse Media Screening Gains Traction as Financial Firms Tighten Compliance
Dow Jones' Alexa Colquhoun explained how AI‑enhanced adverse media screening is becoming a core component of KYC programs for banks and asset managers. Regulators are urging firms to integrate news‑based risk signals, and the technology promises to cut false positives...
GRC News Roundup: Aravo, RAMPxchange, BYU Law & More
The GRC sector saw a wave of AI‑driven product launches, with Aravo unveiling Aravo AI for third‑party risk, Diligent adding an AI Board Member assistant for directors, Serrala deploying AI agents for finance automation, and Thrive introducing managed Abacode Compliance...
ServiceNow and Google Cloud Unite AI Agents for Autonomous Enterprise Operations
ServiceNow and Google Cloud announced an expanded partnership at Google Cloud Next, introducing a suite of AI agents that can autonomously detect, diagnose and resolve enterprise issues across 5G networks, retail operations and IT systems. The solutions leverage Google’s Gemini...
Major SAP Partner Bristlecone Plans Acquisitions, New Investments To Grow Supply Chain Business
Bristlecone, a Mahindra‑owned SAP partner, announced its first acquisition plans and a major investment program to expand its end‑to‑end supply‑chain business. The firm reported 30% revenue growth last year, with 70% of earnings coming from U.S. customers. It will triple...
This Kenyan Startup Wants to Rebuild Enterprise Software Around AI Agents
Kenyan AI startup Lua secured $5.8 million (≈ KES 748 million) seed funding to launch a platform that lets enterprises build autonomous AI agents capable of executing entire business processes. The agents operate through familiar channels such as Slack, WhatsApp and email, handling multi‑step...
SymphonyAI Helps Payments Giant Slashes Compliance
A global payments processor handling over 200 billion transactions in FY 2024 replaced its fragmented, legacy compliance stack with SymphonyAI’s cloud‑native platform. The new active‑active SaaS solution delivers 99.99% availability and leverages agentic AI to orchestrate workflows, cutting alert processing time by...
Iridius Raises $8.6M Seed Round to Build Compliance-by-Design AI Platform for Regulated Enterprise Workflows
Iridius announced an $8.6 million seed round led by Chalfen Ventures, with participation from Osage Venture Partners, Accenture Ventures, and Rock Yard Ventures. The startup is building a compliance‑by‑design AI platform that embeds regulatory rules directly into enterprise workflows, turning compliance...
Merging Sales Capacity & Marketing Attribution Solves RevOps Divide
Lative acquiring Mperativ is one of the more interesting RevOps moves I've seen this yearbecause it's making a structural argument most of the industry has quietly accepted as unfixable. Your CMO and CRO have spent years arguing over numbers that were...
Digital Realty Q1 2026 Earnings Show 16% Revenue Jump as AI Data‑center Demand Surges
Digital Realty reported Q1 2026 revenue of $1.635 billion, up 16.2% year‑over‑year, and core FFO per share of $2.04, a 15% increase. The company highlighted a $707 million annualized leasing book, driven by a record 200 MW AI inference lease and a 40%...
India's Finance Minister Calls for AI‑Driven Cybersecurity Overhaul in Banks
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman told Indian banks to adopt new, AI‑centric defenses after a high‑level meeting on April 24. She warned that advanced models such as Anthropic's Claude Mythos could weaponise software vulnerabilities, prompting the Indian Banks Association to lead...
85% of Enterprises Are Running AI Agents. Only 5% Trust Them Enough to Ship.
Eighty‑five percent of enterprises are running AI‑agent pilots, yet only five percent have moved those agents into production, highlighting a massive trust gap. Cisco’s President Jeetu Patel blamed the lack of a trust architecture and announced a suite of security...
NAB Show 2026: Quantum CatDV Showcases Automated Live Sports Production with North Shore Automation’s Stats Injector
Quantum Corp. announced that North Shore Automation’s Stats Injector now integrates fully with its CatDV media‑asset platform, automating play‑by‑play metadata insertion during live‑sports ingest. The solution is already live with the Miami Heat, pulling league‑API data to tag clips across every...
Rise with SAP Vs. S/4HANA Cloud: What Are the Differences?
SAP is urging ECC customers to move to the cloud through its subscription‑based Rise with SAP program, which packages S/4HANA Cloud ERP with migration services, hosting options and the SAP Business Network. While S/4HANA Cloud is the core ERP component,...
ServiceNow Shares Tumble 13% After Earnings, Despite Raised Subscription Outlook
ServiceNow’s shares dropped 13% after its Q1 2026 earnings, despite the company raising full‑year subscription revenue guidance and announcing a $2 billion share‑repurchase acceleration. Investors flagged slower deal closures tied to Middle‑East conflict and margin headwinds from the Armis integration.
VA’s $10 Billion EHR Swap Falters, Highlighting Enterprise Health‑IT Risks
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ $10 billion contract to replace its home‑grown VistA system with Oracle‑Cerner’s electronic health record has reached only 10 hospitals—6% of the network—after eight years. The stalled deployment has driven staff turnover, a GAO warning, and...
Broadcom Teams with Google on Cloud Network Insights, Shifting Capital Toward Observability
Broadcom announced a partnership with Google Cloud to launch Cloud Network Insights, a first‑party observability service built on Broadcom's AppNeta technology. The deal, which also extends a custom TPU supply agreement through 2031, marks a notable pivot in Broadcom's capital...
ServiceNow Posts 22% Subscription Revenue Growth, Lifts Full‑year Guidance
ServiceNow reported a 22% year‑over‑year increase in subscription revenue for Q1 2026 and raised its full‑year subscription revenue guidance to $15.735‑$15.775 billion. The results underscore robust demand for enterprise SaaS, even as geopolitical tensions dent short‑term share performance.
Shadow AI Morphs Into Shadow Operations
The cybersecurity focus is shifting from data leakage in LLM prompts to the uncontrolled deployment of autonomous AI agents, termed “shadow operations.” Organizations are rapidly adopting open‑source agentic frameworks like Moltbot, often granting them high‑privilege API keys without proper oversight....
Executive Leaders Must Trust Yet Verify SAP Projects
SAP projects require executive leadership to 'trust but verify.' It's not solely on the organization or the system integrator; leadership must ensure projects stay on track. #SAP #ProjectManagement #Leadership https://t.co/kvqfcjI37d
CRM Will Power AI Agents' Front‑end Data
The Great Martech Inversion: Why your CRM will become the grounded data for your AI Agents front end by @Timothy_Hughes https://t.co/UKGgwTdHVC @DLAIgnite #SocialSelling #DigitalSelling #Sales #Marketing #Leadership #ArtificialIntelligence #AI #CX #CRM #MarketingSuccess #MarketingStrategy #AIAgents
Security by Design – Cornerstones of Security and Compliance in an AI-Driven BSS
Telecom operators are rapidly adopting AI‑driven, SaaS‑based Business Support Systems, but the shift brings heightened security and compliance risks. Etiya’s Agentic BSS tackles these challenges by embedding security‑by‑design principles across architecture, AI governance, and data privacy. The platform leverages certified...
Infor Launches New AI Orchestration Tools as Research Highlights Scaling Challenges
Infor unveiled upgrades to its Velocity Suite and a limited‑release Agentic Orchestrator, aiming to move AI from pilot projects to production. The launch is backed by the Infor Enterprise AI Adoption Impact Index, which found 49% of surveyed firms remain...
Zapier Extends Enterprise AI Governance Across Every Surface Where Building Happens
Zapier announced an enterprise‑wide AI governance expansion that blankets no‑code workflows, AI agents, and SDK‑built applications with a single policy layer. The rollout introduces app access controls, action restrictions, managed connections, a BYOM option, workspace isolation, and real‑time log streaming...
GoTo Now Offers a Direct Integration with DriveCentric to Modernize Dealership Operations
GoTo announced a direct integration of its AI‑powered GoTo Connect platform with DriveCentric’s dealership engagement system. The partnership lets automotive dealers manage calls, texts and AI‑driven insights entirely within DriveCentric, eliminating the need to toggle between separate tools. Features include...
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Workato Vs. Zapier for Large Businesses: Which Is Best? [2026]
Workato and Zapier are the two leading automation platforms for large enterprises, but they cater to opposite governance models. Workato emphasizes IT‑led, centralized integration with over 1,000 deep connectors for ERP and legacy systems, using a quote‑based pricing structure that...
ZINFI Unveils AI Partner Onboarding Platform, Slashing Activation Time by 60%
ZINFI announced an AI-powered partner onboarding platform that shortens channel partner activation by 60%. The tool automates data collection, training, and compliance steps, aiming to accelerate revenue generation for partner-led sales. The launch positions ZINFI as a technology‑focused player in...
Tredence Unveils Agentic AI Suite on Google Cloud, Promising Up to 40% Cost Cuts for Retailers
Tredence announced a new agentic AI suite on Google Cloud aimed at e‑commerce and retail decision‑makers. The platform promises to cut total cost of ownership by up to 40%, automate up to 98% of manual processes, and shrink deployment cycles...
LexisNexis and Luminance Unite AI to Transform Enterprise Contract Workflows
LexisNexis and Luminance announced a strategic alliance that embeds LexisNexis’s Protégé AI into Luminance’s contract analysis platform, giving corporate legal departments instant access to over 220 million verified legal documents. The integration promises end‑to‑end contract review and deeper legal research within...
Aspect Software Launches AI Platform and Names New CEO, Accelerating HRTech Growth
Aspect Software rolled out Aspect Intelligence™, its AI‑native workforce intelligence platform, and appointed Jeff Kupietzky as permanent chief executive officer. The moves underscore the company's shift toward AI‑enabled HR tools amid rising demand for real‑time workforce coordination.
Payslip and Deloitte Accelerate Global Payroll Centralisation Amid EU Pay‑Transparency Rules
Payslip and Deloitte unveiled a joint initiative that now automates over 1.3 million payslips a year across 125+ countries, processing roughly €5 billion ($5.5 billion) in payroll. The partnership, marking its two‑year anniversary, aims to meet tightening EU pay‑transparency directives with a unified,...
CleanStart Launches Shell‑less, Read‑only Containers to Harden DevOps Pipelines
CleanStart introduced a statically compiled init binary, clnimg-init, that automatically converts Docker images into shell‑less, read‑only containers. The change requires no modifications to Dockerfiles, CI/CD pipelines or deployment processes, removing the migration barrier that has kept many enterprises from adopting...
Kubernetes 1.36 Rolls Out 70 Enhancements, Boosting AI‑Driven DevOps
Kubernetes 1.36 was released with 70 enhancements, cementing its role as the backbone of AI‑driven infrastructure. The update brings fine‑grained Kubelet API authorization to GA, a beta Resource Health State for Dynamic Resource Allocation, and an alpha Workload Aware Scheduling...
Petual Secures $20 Million to Automate Enterprise Audit and SOX Compliance
Petual, an AI‑driven audit and compliance startup, announced a $20 million Series A round led by Andreessen Horowitz, First Round Capital, Cowboy Ventures and Elad Gil. The funding will accelerate product development and expand go‑to‑market efforts for its platform that claims...
Bedrock Data Extends ArgusAI Governance to Google Vertex AI, Unifying AI Data Controls
Bedrock Data announced today that its ArgusAI governance platform now supports Google Vertex AI Search and Dialogueflow, enabling a single policy model for AI agents across Amazon Bedrock, Snowflake Cortex AI, ChatGPT Enterprise and Google's AI services. The move aims...
Fivetran Unveils Benchmark Highlighting API Limits and Throttling for AI Workloads
Fivetran launched the Open Data Infrastructure (ODI) Data Access Benchmark, a new industry standard that measures how software vendors restrict data access for AI workloads. The benchmark spotlights API limits, throttling, and egress fees as critical bottlenecks for enterprises scaling...
IDC Study Sponsored by SAP Says HR AI Gains Stall Amid System Fragmentation
IDC, in a study sponsored by SAP, warns that fragmented HR, time and payroll systems are throttling AI value, with unified platforms delivering insights up to 60% faster and cutting payroll errors by 64%. The findings push vendors and enterprises...
CrowdStrike Unveils Project QuiltWorks Coalition to Tackle AI‑Driven Vulnerabilities
CrowdStrike announced Project QuiltWorks, a cross‑industry coalition that includes Accenture, EY, IBM Consulting, Kroll and AI model providers OpenAI and Anthropic. The initiative will deliver continuous AI‑vulnerability assessments, board‑level risk reporting and guided remediation for enterprises facing a surge in...
SUSE and NVIDIA Unveil AI Factory: GitOps‑Driven Stack for Sovereign Enterprises
SUSE and NVIDIA announced the SUSE AI Factory at SUSECON in Prague, a GitOps‑driven software stack that combines SUSE AI and NVIDIA AI Enterprise for secure, sovereign AI workloads. The solution targets regulated enterprises and is slated for general availability...
Snowflake Unveils AI Automation Upgrades to Power the Agentic Enterprise
Snowflake rolled out major upgrades to its Snowflake Intelligence and Cortex Code platforms, adding AI‑driven automation, new integrations and a mobile app. The enhancements aim to turn the data cloud into a control plane for an "agentic enterprise," with more...
Salesforce and Google Cloud Expand Partnership to Deploy AI Agents Across Platforms
Salesforce and Google Cloud unveiled an expanded partnership at Cloud Next ’26, allowing AI agents to execute end‑to‑end workflows across Salesforce, Slack, Google Workspace and other services. The deal introduces deeper integration of Agentforce and Gemini Enterprise, promising unified data...
Compliance Startup Delve Tied to New Vercel Data Breach via Context AI Client
Compliance firm Delve, already under fire for alleged audit fraud, is now linked to Vercel's latest data breach after its former client Context AI was used as an entry point. The incident underscores how trusted certification vendors can become supply‑chain...
From the Microsoft Dynamics GP Blogs: Cost of Not Investing in GP Now; Myths of GP to BC Migration; Migrating...
Recent Microsoft Dynamics GP blog round‑up warns SMBs that delaying investment in GP drives rising maintenance and upgrade costs, outlines five common myths surrounding migration to Dynamics 365 Business Central, and highlights an often‑overlooked gap in moving GP reporting tools....