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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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. The posts stress that postponing updates can turn routine patches into costly projects, that migration is neither a simple lift‑and‑shift nor an impossible risk, and that planning for reporting continuity is essential to avoid data loss.
From the Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central Blogs: Cloud Migration; External Storage; Better Reporting; Critical Security Practices
Microsoft’s Dynamics 365 Business Central blog series highlights four critical topics for ERP users: cloud migration, external storage for attachments, reporting evolution, and essential security practices. Author Stefano Demiliani warns partners not to reuse the same self‑hosted Azure Integration Runtime during...
SAP Embeds AI and Joule Into SAP Ariba To Transform Enterprise Procurement
SAP announced the next‑generation SAP Ariba, built on SAP Business Technology Platform, that embeds its Joule AI engine directly into procurement workflows. The AI capabilities automate supplier evaluation, bid comparison and contract support, delivering real‑time decision intelligence and a unified...
States Deploy Desktop as a Service To Standardize Endpoints and Boost Security
State IT leaders in Kansas, Indiana and New Mexico are rolling out Desktop as a Service (DaaS) platforms to centralize device provisioning, patching and security across thousands of endpoints. Kansas is deploying Tanium Endpoint Management on Dell hardware, while Indiana...
3 Practical Ways AI Threat Detection Improves Enterprise Cyber Resilience
Enterprises are overwhelmed by thousands of low‑value security alerts, prompting a shift to AI‑driven threat detection. By building behavioral baselines for users, devices, identities and cloud workloads, AI reduces noise and surfaces genuine threats faster. Cross‑telemetry correlation and automated triage...
ServiceNow Seals $7.75 B Armis Deal, Bolstering Cyber‑exposure Portfolio
ServiceNow closed a $7.75 billion cash acquisition of cyber‑exposure platform Armis, adding real‑time asset visibility to its workflow engine. The deal, the largest cyber‑security M&A this quarter, aims to triple ServiceNow's addressable market for security and risk products.
Opsera Launches Forge AI Software Factory to Cut Legacy Costs
Opsera announced Forge, an intent‑ and context‑aware AI software factory that claims to generate production‑grade applications in minutes. The platform aims to reduce the roughly 40% of enterprise IT spend tied up in legacy maintenance by embedding governance and compliance...
Google Launches AI‑Led Cyber‑Defense Agents at Cloud Next, Promising Minute‑Scale Threat Detection
At Cloud Next in Las Vegas, Google announced three new AI agents that automate threat hunting, detection engineering and third‑party context enrichment. The rollout expands an existing AI stack that already processes millions of alerts, shrinking manual analysis from half...
Dynamic Privilege: Balancing Access and Security
Enterprises are plagued by static permissions that linger as employees shift roles, inflating the attack surface especially in business applications. Dynamic privilege, also called Privilege Security Posture Management, replaces role‑based grants with continuous, context‑driven decisions based on identity, entitlement and...
Juniper Square Automates DDQs
Juniper Square announced the acquisition of Sightglass, a data‑analytics firm, to embed AI capabilities into its due‑diligence questionnaire (DDQ) platform. The combined solution links investor data, compliance workflows and machine‑learning models, allowing fundraisers to generate DDQs in minutes instead of...
Diligent Debuts AI Board Member, Agentic GRC Workforce at Elevate 2026
Diligent unveiled AI Board Member, a secure AI assistant for directors, and a network of autonomous agents embedded in its Diligent One Platform at Elevate 2026. The AI Board Member can instantly recall board materials, industry news, and provide specialist perspectives,...
SentinelOne Profits by Selling AI Agents per Endpoint
Day 11 of 30: How $S SentinelOne actually makes money Most people think it's "the AI version of CrowdStrike" That's a positioning slide. Not how the money flows Their revenue isn't from selling software. It's from selling AI agents that hunt threats on...
Orkes Raises $60M to Scale AI Workflow Orchestration
Orkes announced a $60 million Series B round, led by AVP with new investor Prosperity7 Ventures joining existing backers. The funding follows a $20 million Series A in 2024 and brings total capital raised to roughly $80 million. Orkes, built by the engineers behind Netflix’s...
Google Pitches Agentic Data Cloud to Help Enterprises Turn Data Into Context for AI Agents
Google unveiled the Agentic Data Cloud, an architecture that layers a unified semantic Knowledge Catalog atop its existing data services—BigQuery, Dataplex and Vertex AI. The offering adds preview tools such as a LookML‑based agent, a BigQuery feature for embedding business...
Pegasystems Posts Strong Q1 2026 Cloud Growth, Forecasts Renewals Amid Macro Headwinds
Pegasystems announced that its Pega Cloud annual contract value (ACV) topped $900 million in Q1 2026, accounting for 56% of total ACV. The software firm returned more than 80% of free cash flow to shareholders through buybacks and dividends, while flagging...
Workday Evolves Into AI Platform, Avoiding Shadow ERP
And @Gabe_Monroy shares the @Workday Bet in the AI era · Transforming the System of Record into a Platform for Agents · Turning Workday's Configuration, Data, and Processes Into Enterprise Rails for Al Agents · Letting Customers Move Fast on Al Without Building...
Beware Hidden Costs Before Locking Into Low‑cost ERP
Don't underestimate the long-term total cost of ownership, especially with free or low-cost ERP versions. Changing an ERP is difficult, so understand your commitment before you lock in. #ERP #BusinessTech https://t.co/e2FOONrKu9
Clorox Shows What SAP S/4HANA Transformations Require Before 2027
The Clorox Company completed a five‑year, $580 million SAP S/4HANA transformation, treating it as an enterprise reinvention rather than a simple system swap. Early decisions around strategic framing, realistic benchmarking, and a built‑in adoption network shaped the program’s stability after go‑live....
How AI Orchestration Is Reshaping Enterprise Software
Enterprise software is undergoing a shift as agentic AI moves from chat‑based assistance to cross‑system orchestration. Human agents currently navigate 4‑10 applications per interaction, inflating costs and causing burnout. Gartner predicts 33% of enterprise apps will embed agentic AI by...
Joget Introduces AI Composer for Conversational Enterprise App Composition with Built-In Governance
Joget Inc. has launched Joget AI Composer, a conversational AI layer inside its Joget DX low‑code platform that lets developers and business users build or modify enterprise apps using natural‑language prompts. Unlike typical AI code generators, the tool creates governed...
Construction ERP Survey Shows Demand for Cloud, but the Gains Remain Uneven
A Lumber survey of 26 construction professionals found that nearly 70% consider real‑time data a top ERP requirement, while mobile access remains a major gap. Seventy‑three percent of respondents already use a cloud‑based, construction‑specific ERP, yet only 11% report significant...
Compare SAP Greenfield Vs. Brownfield Approach for S/4HANA
Enterprises migrating from SAP ECC to S/4HANA face a pivotal choice between greenfield, brownfield, or hybrid implementation paths. A greenfield project builds a brand‑new system, offering maximal process redesign at higher cost and potential loss of historical data. Brownfield upgrades...
Rubrik Introduces Cyber Resilience Protection for Google Cloud SQL
Rubrik announced a new integration that brings its Security Cloud cyber‑resilience capabilities to Google Cloud SQL, protecting managed PostgreSQL databases with immutable, automated backups. The solution adds air‑gapped backup copies, cross‑region recovery and unlimited retention without changing existing database architectures....
CPQ Vendors Face A New Test: Handling Real-World Complexity
Configure‑price‑quote (CPQ) platforms have moved from simple quoting tools to the central hub of modern commercial ecosystems. Forrester’s Q2 2026 CPQ Landscape shows that differentiation now hinges on handling real‑world complexity rather than feature breadth. Vendors that specialize by industry, embed...
Syntax Introduces GenAI-Powered Retail and Apparel Migration Offering for SAP AFS Customers
Syntax announced a GenAI‑powered migration service that moves retail and apparel firms from SAP Apparel and Footwear Solution (AFS) to SAP S/4HANA for fashion. The offering leverages the proprietary Syntax AI CodeGenie Suite to analyze legacy code, generate clean‑core replacements,...
Cytora and LexisNexis Risk Solutions Announce Strategic Relationship to Enhance Risk Selection and Automation for U.S. Commercial Insurers
Cytora and LexisNexis Risk Solutions have formed a strategic partnership to embed LexisNexis' extensive data and analytics directly into Cytora's AI‑enabled underwriting platform. The integration allows U.S. commercial insurers to automatically enrich risk submissions with firmographic and entity‑resolution data, reducing...
Goldman Sachs Backs BLP Digital with $50m Investment
Goldman Sachs Alternatives has injected $50 million into Zurich‑based BLP Digital, a startup that uses agentic AI to automate enterprise resource planning (ERP) finance workflows. The funding will accelerate BLP’s push to replace manual accounts‑payable processes with a unified AI execution...
Inogic Launches AI-Powered Solutions for Dynamics 365 CRM: Predictive Analytics, AI Document Search & Next Best Action
Inogic, a Microsoft Gold ISV Partner, unveiled three AI‑powered add‑ons for Dynamics 365 CRM—Predict4Dynamics, SharePoint Knowledge AI Search, and Next Best Action. Built on Azure Machine Learning and Azure OpenAI, the tools embed predictive analytics, natural‑language document search, and context‑aware...
Modernizing KYC with AWS Serverless Solutions and Agentic AI for Financial Services
Financial institutions are turning to AWS serverless services and agentic AI to overhaul legacy Know Your Customer (KYC) processes. By leveraging Amazon MSK for real‑time event streaming, Amazon Bedrock for AI‑driven document analysis, and AWS Lambda for on‑demand compute, the...
Google Launches Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform to Scale AI Agents
Google unveiled the Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform at its Cloud Next conference, bundling more than 200 AI models into a single, secure environment for building, deploying and governing enterprise‑wide AI agents. The move consolidates Vertex AI services and adds low‑code...
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Insight Works, a top provider of warehouse and shipping tools for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, announced the launch of Dynamic Ship 2.9. The update introduces a suite of new features that let users manage outbound and inbound shipping directly...
The End of One-Size-Fits-All Enterprise Software
Generative AI is rapidly reshaping enterprise software, with spending soaring from $1.7 billion in 2023 to $37 billion in 2025. Companies are replacing standardized SaaS tools with custom AI‑built applications, driving a sharp compression in SaaS valuations. The transition creates four strategic...
Aeropuertos Mexicanos and Amadeus Strengthen Relationship to Implement the ACUS System at Saltillo International Airport
Aeropuertos Mexicanos (AME) and Amadeus reaffirmed their partnership at Routes Americas 2026 to deploy Amadeus' Airport Cloud Use Service (ACUS) at Saltillo International Airport (SLW). The ACUS platform, already active at AME’s Puerto Escondido and Tepic‑Riviera Nayarit airports, streamlines check‑in,...
“Africa Is the Next Industrial Growth Frontier” — AVEVA’s Jesus Hernandez on AI, Data, and Digital Transformation
AVEVA is positioning Africa as the next frontier for industrial growth, emphasizing the continent’s massive energy‑access gap and the need for digital infrastructure. Senior Vice President Jesus Hernandez highlighted AVEVA’s CONNECT cloud platform, which can be deployed in days to...
Manhattan Associates Shares Surge 6% on Record Q1 Earnings, Cloud Revenue Jumps 24%
Manhattan Associates (MANH) posted a record first‑quarter, with total revenue of $282 million and cloud subscription revenue up 24% to $117 million. The results sent the stock up almost 6% and underscored accelerating demand for its supply‑chain software and AI‑driven tools.
Adobe Launches CX Enterprise, Agentic AI Platform Aimed at Retail CX Orchestration
Adobe announced CX Enterprise, an end‑to‑end agentic AI system designed to coordinate retail customer‑experience workflows, at its Summit in Las Vegas on April 20, 2026. Built on the Adobe Experience Platform, the suite promises reusable AI agents, brand‑guarding intelligence and...
New Framework Allows EU Firms to Check if 'Sovereign' Cloud Services Are Truly Sovereign
The Cloud Infrastructure Services Providers in Europe (CISPE) has unveiled a Sovereign and Resilient Cloud Services Framework that issues certification badges to verify a provider’s data‑control claims. The scheme distinguishes "sovereign" services, which are owned and operated entirely within the...
Choosing the Right Tax Automation Solution for Oracle
Vertex released a white paper that outlines an executive framework for selecting an end‑to‑end indirect tax automation solution within Oracle Cloud ERP. It warns that treating tax automation as an afterthought leads to fragmented architectures, inconsistent data, and limited scalability...
KPMG Deploys Gemini‑Powered AI Assistant to Accelerate Month‑End Close
KPMG introduced the Ignite Financial Close Companion, an AI assistant built on Google Cloud’s Gemini Enterprise and integrated with Workday, to automate repetitive month‑end close tasks. The tool also expands into Gemini‑powered agents that tackle complex regulatory workflows, signaling a...
Markets CRM Partners with Sumsub for Native KYC and AML Verification
Markets CRM announced a technology partnership with Sumsub to embed full KYC and AML verification directly into its broker‑focused CRM platform. The integration automates document checks, liveness detection, sanctions screening and ongoing monitoring, and will be included in the next release...
System Change Without Process Clarity: A Guaranteed Failure Point
System change projects often fail because organizations lack process clarity. Without a shared, documented understanding of workflow steps, responsibilities, and decision points, new software merely exposes existing gaps. The article outlines a typical failure pattern—from design based on assumptions to...
Merck Partners with Google Cloud in ~$1B Deal to Build AI-Enabled Enterprise Platform
Merck has signed a multi‑year agreement with Google Cloud valued at up to $1 billion to build an AI‑driven, agentic enterprise platform covering research, manufacturing, commercial and corporate functions. The collaboration will embed Google’s Gemini Enterprise and other generative AI tools...
Bridging the Trust Gap: Unified Public CA Orchestration with IBM Vault
HashiCorp Vault, now rebranded as IBM Vault, adds native public‑CA integration, allowing enterprises to manage both internal and externally trusted X.509 certificates from a single platform. The feature leverages the ACME protocol and supports Let’s Encrypt, DigiCert, GlobalSign (beta) and...
IFS Starts 2026 Strong As Industrial AI Embeds In Ops
IFS opened 2026 with a third consecutive quarter of double‑digit growth, reporting a 25% year‑over‑year rise in annual recurring revenue (ARR) and a 24% jump in cloud revenue for Q1. Recurring revenue now represents 84% of total revenue, underscoring the...
SimCorp Introduces Agent Launchpad, Agentic AI Ecosystem for Investment Managers
SimCorp announced Agent Launchpad, an agentic AI ecosystem embedded in its SimCorp One platform, enabling investment managers to deploy pre‑built and custom AI agents across front‑to‑back workflows. The launch includes a partnership with Orbit, which contributes its AI‑driven research agent...
SAP Rollout Backfires, Derailing Inventory Visibility and Revenue
An SAP implementation intended to boost inventory visibility backfired, causing chaos in distribution centers. This led to missed orders, affected invoicing, scheduling, and transportation, ultimately impacting revenue. #SAP #SupplyChain #BusinessImpact https://t.co/NDKJmvbned
Luminance and LexisNexis Unite AI Tools to Streamline Contract Lifecycle Management
Luminance and LexisNexis announced a strategic alliance that embeds LexisNexis Protégé and Lexis+ research capabilities inside Luminance’s contract workflow platform. The integration gives corporate legal departments instant access to a combined data set of over 200 billion legal documents, aiming to...
Covered California Teams with Google and Deloitte to Cut Eligibility Work by 40%
Covered California announced an expanded partnership with Google Public Sector and Deloitte to embed Google Cloud's Document AI into its CalHEERS platform. The AI upgrade reduces manual processing by 40%, delivering real‑time eligibility verification for millions of Californians and strengthening...
Hanoi Targets 95% E‑ID Coverage by Year‑End in New Digital Transformation Plan
Hanoi has approved a sweeping digital transformation plan that will require all municipal agencies to adopt artificial intelligence from Oct. 1 and aims to issue electronic IDs to 95% of its residents by the end of 2026. The initiative also sets...
AI Gives Enterprises Real‑Time Visibility Across Supply Chains
Enterprise visibility is no longer a dream. AI is supercharging ERP and SCM systems, enabling real-time pricing optimization, predicting supply chain disruptions, and managing supplier risks. #AI #SupplyChain #TechTrends https://t.co/xb3RlqqV6T