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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CrowdStrike Brings Real-Time Cloud Detection and Response to Google Cloud
CrowdStrike announced that its Falcon Cloud Security platform now offers real‑time Cloud Detection and Response (CDR) on Google Cloud Platform, joining AWS and Azure. The new service replaces batch‑processed tools with an event‑streaming engine that can spot attacks in seconds and automatically remediate them. CrowdStrike also rolled out regional Google Cloud infrastructure to satisfy strict data‑residency laws, and the move earned it the 2026 Google Cloud Security Partner of the Year award.
Fintech Mambu, Knowit Partner with Eiendomskreditt to Enhance Core Banking Infrastructure
Norwegian mortgage lender Eiendomskreditt has appointed fintech Mambu and digital consultancy Knowit to replace its legacy core banking system with a cloud‑native, SaaS platform. Mambu will provide the composable core engine while Knowit will handle integration and regulatory customization. The...
Rubrik Rolls Out Cloud SQL Cyber Resilience and Gemini Agent Governance at Google Cloud Next
Rubrik announced two new integrations at Google Cloud Next, extending its Rubrik Security Cloud to protect managed PostgreSQL databases on Google Cloud SQL and adding a governance layer for AI agents on Google’s Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform. The Cloud SQL...
Zuora Adds AI Agents for Quote-to-Cash Workflows and Auditability
Zuora has launched AI agents integrated into its quote‑to‑cash platform, creating a finance‑grade intelligence layer that operates within existing controls, permissions, and audit frameworks. The agents enable read‑only simulations, contract analysis, revenue allocation comparisons, and audit‑ready responses across billing, revenue...
GitLab Shares Drop Over 40% YTD as Analysts Flag Volatility for DevSecOps Platform
GitLab Inc.'s stock has slumped more than 40% year‑to‑date, prompting UBS and Guggenheim to issue neutral or downgraded ratings. Analysts cite lingering AI disruption narratives and a valuation that appears disconnected from the company's mid‑teens revenue growth and strong cash...
GitLab Teams with AWS to Deliver Agentic DevSecOps Workflows via Amazon Bedrock
GitLab and Amazon Web Services have announced a deep integration that routes the GitLab Duo Agent Platform through Amazon Bedrock. The partnership lets enterprise customers run AI‑powered DevSecOps workflows on their existing AWS accounts, leveraging current IAM policies and spending...
Realm Secures €3.8M Seed to Deploy AI Agents in Enterprise Sales, Plans Triple‑Headcount
Realm, the Helsinki AI‑sales startup, closed a €3.8 million ($4.5 million) seed round led by Frontline Ventures with participation from HubSpot Ventures, Slack co‑founder Cal Henderson and Deel co‑founder Alex Bouaziz. The funding will fund a three‑fold headcount increase and a push...
Creative XPS Warns Traffic Alone Won’t Sustain B2B Growth, Pushes Integrated Demand Systems
Creative XPS cautioned that simply increasing website traffic will not deliver lasting B2B growth. The Los Angeles‑based firm urged companies to stitch together marketing, sales and data platforms into a single demand‑generation engine, arguing that integrated systems drive measurable, scalable...
The Changing Face of IT: From Operator to Orchestrator
The article argues that the CIO’s role has shifted from maintaining stable IT systems to orchestrating business value across the enterprise. Modern IT must balance running reliable operations with driving digital transformation, linking every investment to measurable outcomes such as...
L.L. Bean Taps Amerpirty to Revamp Customer Journey, Boost Loyalty
L.L. Bean has partnered with Amperity to overhaul its end‑to‑end customer journeys using the firm’s Customer Data Cloud. The new platform will replace legacy systems, unify data, and enable predictive, real‑time personalization across email, direct mail, web, and catalog channels. By...
Omantel Drafts Cerillion for ‘Major’ BSS/OSS Upgrades
Omantel has selected Cerillion to deliver a major upgrade of its BSS/OSS systems as part of its shift from a traditional telco to a technology‑focused operator. The partnership will implement Cerillion’s pre‑integrated suite—including product catalogue, CRM Plus, convergent charging, service manager,...
How Earnix Elevate Data Accelerates Pricing and Underwriting Decisions
Earnix introduced Elevate Data, a modern data‑management layer that centralizes and automates data preparation for insurers and banks. The platform connects to enterprise sources like Snowflake, Amazon S3, and Databricks, delivering automated profiling, transformation, and governance. By refreshing datasets in...
Allianz Turkiye Uses Nettle AI to Speed up Risk Engineering Reports
Allianz Turkiye has partnered with Nettle to automate its commercial‑property risk engineering workflow. A pilot showed the AI platform can process inspections up to three times faster, delivering same‑day structured reports, risk scores and underwriting guidance. The mobile app, built for...
Silverfort and SentinelOne Partner to Tackle AI-Era Identity Security
Silverfort and SentinelOne announced a partnership that merges Silverfort’s identity discovery and runtime enforcement with SentinelOne’s AI‑powered Singularity Platform. The joint solution extends real‑time protection to human users, machine identities and autonomous AI agents, enabling automatic detection, blocking and isolation...
Jeff Bezos’ Project Prometheus Nears $38 Billion Valuation, Targets Industrial AI and ERP-Linked Execution
Jeff Bezos’ Project Prometheus, a "physical AI" lab co‑led with former Google X scientist Vik Bajaj, is nearing a $10 billion funding round that values the venture at roughly $38 billion. Launched in November 2025 with $6.2 billion of initial capital, the startup...
NinjaOne Unified Backup Surpasses Fifteen Thousand Customers
NinjaOne announced that its Backup solution now protects endpoints, servers and SaaS applications for over 15,000 customers worldwide. The service is embedded in the NinjaOne Unified IT Operations Platform, offering a single console for device and cloud data protection. Recent...
Tırsan Taps ZF SUMS Suite for UNECE R156 Compliance
Turkish trailer maker Tırsan has signed a deal with ZF to implement its Software Update Management System (SUMS) Service Suite, specifically the Scalar software manager, to comply with the upcoming UNECE R156 regulation. The regulation, effective July 7, 2026, transfers...
The AI Agent Race Is on – and Google Wants to Win It
Google CEO Sundar Pichai used the Las Vegas cloud conference to unveil Gemini Enterprise, a unified branding for the company’s AI suite aimed at enterprise customers. The move repositions Vertex AI as the core platform for building custom AI agents...
Syntax Equips Fenix Gold Mine with ‘Future-Ready Digital Core’
Syntax, a global technology solutions provider, completed a six‑month SAP Cloud ERP transformation for Rio2 Limited’s 100%-owned Fenix gold mine in Chile. The new digital core unified finance, procurement and project accounting across Canada, Chile and Peru, delivering real‑time visibility,...
Infor’s April Update Sharpens CloudSuite WFM for Frontline Reality
Infor released its April 2026 Cumulative Update for CloudSuite Workforce Management, delivering a suite of user‑experience upgrades across the multi‑view scheduler and time‑and‑attendance modules. New autosave and exception‑alert features protect rotation work and surface scheduling conflicts before publication, while configurable...
AirTrunk’s Lumina Deal Raises Stakes For APAC Cloud ERP
AirTrunk has acquired Lumina CloudInfra, securing a 600 MW pipeline valued at up to $5 billion and instantly gaining footholds in Mumbai, Chennai and Hyderabad. The deal lifts AirTrunk’s total capacity to more than 3 GW across roughly 20‑23 campuses in six APAC...
Can Europe Ever Compete with California?
At Salesforce’s TDX developer conference, the company showcased a new AI‑first strategy aimed at turning customers into "agentic companies" through tools like Slackbot agents, agentic scripting and integrated large‑language‑model services. The event featured deep collaborations with Anthropic and OpenAI, underscoring...
Enterprise AI Agents Create Massive Consulting Opportunities
If you read this and don’t understand why it’s happening it’s an opportunity to reset your understanding of how the real world works. The real world will need a ton of help actually getting agents going in the enterprise. Companies...
UiPath Rolls Out AI-Powered Connectors on Salesforce AgentExchange to Streamline Sales Workflows
UiPath announced two AI‑driven connectors—Maestro and CX Companion—on Salesforce AgentExchange on April 16. The tools embed robotic process automation directly into Salesforce’s CRM, aiming to cut manual steps, improve SLA compliance and give sales teams real‑time context. The launch signals...
Adobe Debuts AI‑Powered Brand Visibility Suite at Summit, Tackles 269% AI Traffic Surge
Adobe announced a new AI‑powered Brand Visibility solution at Adobe Summit 2026, expanding Experience Manager with agentic tools to monitor and control brand presence across AI discovery channels. The launch responds to a 269% year‑over‑year jump in AI‑driven traffic to...
QBotica Acquires Automatiga to Boost Global Agentic AI Automation Platform
qBotica announced the acquisition of automation specialist Automatiga, creating a single platform that combines agentic AI, hybrid decisioning and RPA. Financial terms were not disclosed, but the deal expands qBotica’s global delivery footprint and deepens its AI‑first strategy for enterprise...
Google Launches Deep Research Max, Enterprise AI Agent Built on Gemini 3.1 Pro
Google introduced Deep Research Max, an autonomous AI research agent built on Gemini 3.1 Pro, aimed at high‑complexity enterprise workflows. The tool integrates web and proprietary data, supports multimodal inputs, and is now in public preview via the Gemini API.
Fivetran Processes 18 Trillion BigQuery Rows, Boosting Enterprise AI on Google Cloud
Fivetran announced that its customers ingested more than 18 trillion rows per month into Google BigQuery in 2025, a 30% year‑over‑year increase. The milestone reflects expanding enterprise AI workloads and positions Fivetran as a key data‑integration partner for Google Cloud.
VTEX Unveils AI‑Native Commerce Suite and Google UCP Integration
VTEX announced an AI‑native commerce suite that adds autonomous agents, a personal shopper storefront, B2B quotation tools and a Google Universal Commerce Protocol integration. The upgrade targets the 24 retailers on its platform that generated $5.55 billion in 2025 sales, promising...
Moonshot AI's Kimi K2.6 Runs Agents for Five Days, Exposing Enterprise Orchestration Limits
Moonshot AI unveiled Kimi K2.6, a model that kept autonomous agents running for five straight days and coordinated up to 300 sub‑agents across 4,000 steps. The marathon run underscored how most enterprise orchestration platforms, built for short‑lived tasks, are cracking...
How to Build a Successful Future-Ready E-Invoicing ERP
Enterprises are confronting rapidly expanding e‑invoicing mandates and continuous transaction controls across multiple jurisdictions. A new on‑demand webinar hosted by Vertex, Ecosio, and KPMG walks buyers through crafting a future‑ready e‑invoicing ERP request for proposal, emphasizing compliance, integration, scalability, and...
AI Sparks Rapid Shift From Legacy Tools to Innovation
For the last 20 years, sales leaders insisted on Salesforce. Same with NetSuite and finance. A terrible UI was not a dealbreaker since it's what they knew and trusted. Less than 6 months of being Claude-pilled and those same people...
Sekuro, The Missing Link Celebrated as Top CrowdStrike JAPAC Partners for 2026
CrowdStrike announced that Sekuro, an Insight company, and The Missing Link, an Infosys affiliate, were named among its top-performing partners in the Japan and Asia‑Pacific (JAPAC) region for 2026. Sekuro secured the JAPAC Partner of the Year award for the...
ServiceNow Seals $7.75 Bn Deal for Cyber‑exposure Leader Armis
ServiceNow has closed a $7.75 bn cash acquisition of Armis, a cyber‑exposure management firm. The deal adds real‑time, agent‑less monitoring of billions of connected devices to ServiceNow’s workflow platform, reinforcing its push into security after the earlier Veza purchase.
Fujitsu Unveils GLOVIA One, AI‑Ready Cloud ERP for Japan’s Mid‑Market
Fujitsu announced GLOVIA One, a cloud‑based ERP suite tailored for Japanese mid‑market companies. The platform embeds AI agents, supports local legal and business practices, and uses a composable, API‑driven design to reduce custom code.
Matsui Securities Deploys Broadridge SaaS JASDECPS to Modernize Securities Lending
Matsui Securities announced the adoption of Broadridge Financial Solutions' JASDEC Processing Solution (JASDECPS) on a SaaS platform, aiming to automate securities lending, cut manual steps and meet upcoming JASDEC2025 standards. The move signals a broader shift toward cloud‑based infrastructure in...
Snowflake Boosts AI Control Plane with New Intelligence and Cortex Code Features
Snowflake announced enhancements to Snowflake Intelligence and Cortex Code, positioning the platform as the control plane for the "agentic enterprise." The upgrades let business users and developers connect more data sources, enterprise apps and AI models, while preserving governance and...
Chillisoft Clinches A/NZ Distribution Deal with LogicMonitor
LogicMonitor has signed specialist cyber‑security distributor Chillisoft to serve Australia and New Zealand, creating a two‑tier distribution model that taps Chillisoft’s reseller, consulting and MSP network. The deal makes Chillisoft the vendor’s first dedicated observability and AI‑driven IT‑operations partner. LogicMonitor also...
Agent Sprawl Is Here. Your IaC Platform Is the Answer.
Enterprises are rapidly adopting AI agents—96% run them in production, yet only 12% have centralized management. This sprawl creates security, compliance, and audit challenges as agents proliferate across cloud accounts with unmanaged credentials. Pulumi argues that an Infrastructure‑as‑Code (IaC) platform...
Unauthorized Group Has Gained Access to Anthropic’s Exclusive Cyber Tool Mythos, Report Claims
Anthropic’s newly announced AI cybersecurity tool, Mythos, was reportedly accessed by an unauthorized group through a third‑party vendor. The breach was uncovered after members of a Discord channel posted screenshots and a live demo of the tool. Anthropic says no...
Why Migrating Your ERP Could Be a Risky Move in Government IT
Government agencies are under pressure to modernize legacy ERP systems, but large‑scale migrations often run over budget and schedule, draining scarce resources. Most public‑sector ERPs—typically SAP or Oracle—have proven reliable for a decade or more. Experts argue that extending the...
SAP's AI Teams Blend Support with Value‑Engineering Sales
SAP's AI adoption teams: genuine support or a sales tactic in disguise? For complex products like SAP, this 'value engineering' approach helps customers navigate features and unlock more value, especially for underutilized legacy systems. #SAP #AI #CustomerSuccess https://t.co/nfoo4U8z3w
How Zero Networks Is Closing the Network Enforcement Gap for AI Agents
Zero Networks, founded in 2019, offers an agentless, automated microsegmentation platform that eliminates manual policy creation. The solution discovers assets via directories and third‑party tools, then enforces label‑based policies using native firewalls and switch ACLs. Its new AI Segmentation feature...
Thousands of Apache ActiveMQ Instances Still Unpatched, Weeks After an Actively Exploited Hole Discovered
Researchers at Horizon3.ai used Anthropic's Claude AI to uncover a remote code execution flaw (CVE‑2026‑34197) in Apache ActiveMQ within ten minutes. The vulnerability affects versions before 5.19.4 and 6.0‑6.2.2, exposing nearly 6,500 internet‑facing instances two weeks after disclosure. CISA has...
KPMG Report Finds Integration Gap Stalls Growth for Most Companies
KPMG released a report based on a survey of 300 executives that reveals a widespread integration gap preventing most companies from realizing a key growth opportunity. The study links integrated operations to higher revenue and outlines a five‑step roadmap for...
Lime Technologies Q1 Profit Rises 8% as SaaS Adoption Fuels Growth
Lime Technologies AB posted a first‑quarter profit of SEK30.37 million ($3.3 million), up 8% year‑over‑year, and revenue of SEK199.86 million ($22 million), a 6.2% increase. The gains reflect stronger adoption of its SaaS platform for B2B customer engagement, underscoring rising enterprise demand for digital...
Sage Intacct Advisory Puts AI To Work For CAS
Sage has launched an AI‑enhanced Sage Intacct Advisory module that turns its core financial platform into a service‑delivery engine for client accounting services (CAS). The upgrade adds AI‑driven workflows, industry templates and data‑migration tools, enabling partners to standardize advisory work...
Rotterdam’s Secure Chain Expands in Shortsea Sector
In 2026 Rotterdam’s shortsea sector accelerated its shift to the Secure Chain digital container release system, with eleven shipping lines now involved. Four lines—CMA CGM Short Sea, Boluda, Mann and Sea‑Cargo Agencies—have fully transitioned away from PIN‑based releases, using Secure Chain...
7 Best Regulatory Change Management Software in 2026
Regulatory volume is surging, forcing organizations to replace spreadsheets and email alerts with dedicated change‑management platforms. A G2‑based review identified seven top tools—Optro, Visualping, Ideagen Policy Logic, Ncontracts, Apptega, Axeptio and Hyperproof—each catering to distinct compliance workflows. The guide highlights...
Why Microsoft Is Betting on Temporary Identities to Stop Autonomous Agents From Going Rogue
Microsoft is introducing temporary, scoped identities for AI agents running on Azure Kubernetes Service, ensuring agents receive only the permissions needed for a specific task before automatic revocation. At KubeCon Europe 2026, the company demoed an agent that diagnosed and...