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. The company launched Autonomous Security and Risk, integrating 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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By the numbers: Informotion acquires inReach Software's product suite
Anthropic Unveils Claude Managed Agents, Promising 10× Faster AI Agent Deployment
Anthropic opened a public beta of Claude Managed Agents on April 8, 2026, a hosted service that claims to shrink AI‑agent development from months to days. Priced at $0.08 per runtime hour plus token costs, the platform’s launch sent Cloudflare, Fastly and Akamai shares tumbling and highlighted a shift toward managed AI‑agent infrastructure in the DevOps stack.
Enterprise Architects Become Critical for Scaling Headless CMS Deployments
CIOs and CDOs are elevating enterprise architects from a supporting role to a strategic imperative as headless CMS initiatives move from pilot to mission‑critical. The shift addresses scaling friction that slows feature delivery, stretches roadmaps and inflates budgets. Industry observers...
Two Boxes Raises $3.2M to Accelerate AI‑Driven Returns Platform
Two Boxes announced a $3.2 million funding round led by Assembly Ventures, bringing its total capital to $13 million. The cash will fund product expansion and deeper penetration into retail, DTC and B2B markets as the company processes nearly $1 billion of returned...
Apax Digital Funds Injects $60 Million Into MillTech, Valuing It at $325 Million
Apax Digital Funds has committed $60 million to MillTech in a minority growth‑stage round that values the London‑based fintech at $325 million. The capital will fund MillTech’s North American expansion and broaden its suite of treasury‑automation tools, underscoring continued VC appetite for...
Certes Unveils V7 Quantum‑Safe Edge Protection, Urges UK Firms to Act
Certes released version 7 of its data protection platform, adding post‑quantum cryptography to edge, cloud and on‑premise environments. The update promises rapid deployment without application rewrites, a claim that aligns with heightened UK regulatory focus on quantum readiness. The move...
From the Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central Blogs: Quality Management; Self-Billed Invoices; E-Invoice Draft Page
Microsoft announced three major updates to Dynamics 365 Business Central. Version 28 introduces a native quality management module, ending the need for separate add‑ons in manufacturing implementations. The 2026 Release Wave 1 adds full self‑billed invoice capability to the purchasing workflow. A...
From the Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance and Supply Chain Management: Elastic Compute; Deferred Revenue; License Usage Summary Reports; Turn Compliance...
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance and Supply Chain Management introduces elastic compute, moving from fixed‑size tiers to a shared, auto‑scaling architecture that adds AOS instances as demand spikes. The platform now supports multi‑currency deferred revenue, addressing prior gaps in revenue recognition for...
Intuit Cuts Tax‑Code Rollout to Hours with AI‑Driven Workflow
Intuit’s TurboTax team leveraged large‑language models, a proprietary domain‑specific language and a custom unit‑test framework to compress a multi‑month tax‑code implementation into a matter of hours. The workflow, built around the 2023 “One Big Beautiful Bill,” demonstrates a repeatable process...
Adeptia Launches Automate 5.2 with MCP Server, Making Enterprise Integrations AI‑Queryable
Adeptia released Automate 5.2, embedding a native Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that lets AI assistants and users query integration environments in natural language. The move aims to turn static data pipelines into observable, conversational systems, improving real‑time visibility for...
Snowflake's 'Spider‑Man' Theory Pushes Open Standards for AI Data Access
Snowflake’s director of product management James Rowland‑Jones told The Register that the company’s new “Spider‑Man” theory places responsibility on AI agents accessing data, while championing open standards like Apache Iceberg. The strategy seeks to lower token costs, improve AI performance,...
Persistent Deploys AI‑Driven Merchant Fraud Tool on Databricks, Aiming for Up to 40% Loss Reduction
Persistent has introduced a Merchant Risk Management and Fraud Detection platform built on Databricks, targeting banks, acquirers and payment service providers. The solution claims to lower chargeback and fraud losses by 20%‑40% and cut manual review work by up to...
Raiffeisen Bank Hungary Extends Three‑Decade Core Banking Alliance with Finastra
Raiffeisen Bank Hungary has renewed its core‑banking partnership with Finastra, a relationship that spans more than three decades and supports millions of retail customers. The extension underscores the bank’s commitment to modernising legacy systems while preserving operational continuity in a...
ServiceNow Rolls Out Generative AI Across Entire Portfolio, Boosting Sales Automation
ServiceNow announced that its complete product lineup now includes generative AI, data connectivity, and autonomous workflow capabilities. The upgrade, highlighted by the new Context Engine and AI Control Tower, aims to cut deployment time for sales and CRM teams and...
How to Use the Radio Button Group Screen Component in Flow
Salesforce’s Summer ’26 release adds a native Radio Button Group screen component to Flow, displaying selection options as horizontal boxes rather than a dropdown. The component mirrors Picklist configuration, supporting individual choices, picklist, record, and collection choice sets. All options...
Remote Acquires Bravas to Add Identity and Device Management for Global Teams
Remote announced the acquisition of French identity‑and‑device management startup Bravas, extending its global employment platform into the security layer of remote work. The deal, whose financial terms were not disclosed, marks Remote’s third workforce‑management acquisition and signals a broader convergence...
Atlassian Launches Confluence Remix with AI‑generated Visuals and Partner Agents
Atlassian has rolled out Confluence Remix, an open‑beta update that embeds generative‑AI tools for turning written content into visual formats and introduces third‑party agents that link directly to design, coding and presentation services. The move expands Confluence from a documentation...
C3.ai Unveils C3 Code, a Natural‑Language Platform to Speed Enterprise AI Production
C3.ai announced the launch of C3 Code, a natural‑language‑driven platform that automates large parts of the AI model lifecycle for enterprise customers. The tool aims to accelerate MLOps and DevOps workflows, while the company’s shares have fallen 38% over the...
Minor Hotels Teams with Google to Deploy Global AI Platform Across 640 Properties
Minor Hotels announced a partnership with Google Cloud to build a global AI and data platform that will connect guest information across its 640‑plus properties in 63 countries. The system, slated for full deployment in 2026, is designed to give...
Analyst Picks CrowdStrike as Top B2B Cybersecurity Growth Stock Amid AI‑Driven Threats
A market analyst has highlighted CrowdStrike as the premier B2B cybersecurity growth stock, pointing to a 30% slide from its peak, a 21‑times price‑to‑sales ratio, and a total addressable market expected to double by 2030. The recommendation rests on the...
How to Design Bullet-Proof Conditional Access Policies in Microsoft Entra ID
In this episode, Microsoft MVP Per Torben‑Sansson discusses the fundamentals of building resilient Conditional Access (CA) policies in Microsoft Entra ID, starting with the critical role of break‑glass (emergency) accounts. He explains how to properly configure these accounts—using cloud‑only identities,...
AI Reveals CRM Value Lies Beyond Data Entry
Friday evening. A bench. Three LinkedIn articles from SugarCRM's leadership team. I found them through Becca Toth, who was engaging thoughtfully with each one , not just sharing links, but adding her own perspective. That is exactly the kind of LinkedIn...
Salesforce Halts Updates Since 2017, Citing Overpowering Features
JUST IN: Salesforce says updates to their product have been “too powerful” to be released to the public, has halted updates since 2017 to ensure sales reps still have to do data entry.
SoundHound AI Teams with Associated Carrier Group to Bring Agentic AI to Tier‑2/3 Telecom Operators
SoundHound AI has signed a partnership with Associated Carrier Group (ACG) to provide its agentic AI platform to ACG’s Tier 2 and Tier 3 telecom members. The deal gives smaller carriers access to autonomous AI agents that can resolve customer issues end‑to‑end,...
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Rolls Out AI‑Powered BOSS Platform for 2,500 Agents
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices The Preferred & Stouffer Realty launched AI BOSS, an AI‑infused evolution of its Business Operating Success System, to equip its 2,500+ agents with practical AI tools. The rollout targets low public trust in AI—76% of Americans admit...
Five9 Expands Fusion Platform with AI Ties to ServiceNow, Google Cloud and Salesforce
Five9 announced a major expansion of its Five9 Fusion platform, adding AI‑powered integrations with ServiceNow, Google Cloud and Salesforce. The moves aim to deliver a single, intelligent customer‑experience layer across the leading enterprise ecosystems, leveraging the company’s Intelligent CX Platform...
Circle and Setramar Launch Digital Logistics Project in Ravenna
Circle Group and Setramar have launched a joint digital logistics project at the Port of Ravenna, upgrading the terminal operating system (TOS) and transport management system (TMS). The initiative introduces electronic transport documents such as e‑CMR and e‑DDT to comply...
Compliance AI Startup Haast Secures $17.2M Series A to Expand Globally
Sydney‑born compliance platform Haast closed a $17.2 million Series A round, bringing total funding to $24.4 million. Led by Peak XV Partners, the capital will accelerate product development and international sales as enterprises grapple with an eight‑ to tenfold rise in AI‑generated content....
Katalon Unveils True Platform, AI‑Driven Quality Layer Built on AWS
Katalon announced the launch of True Platform, a unified software quality solution that pairs autonomous AI agents with built‑in governance, traceability and human oversight. Deployed on Amazon Web Services and powered by Amazon Bedrock, the platform aims to eliminate testing...
Revenue‑Based SaaS Pricing Meets Customer Resistance
Companies like Oracle tried pricing based on a percentage of revenue or SG&A. Customers pushed back, questioning why they should pay more just because their business was more successful. #SaaS #PricingStrategy https://t.co/0OzGNsgkzY
AI Masks Bad Data, Making Broken Pipelines Invisible
Snowflake is trending this week. Not because of a new feature. Because AI made broken data transformation pipelines impossible to ignore. An LLM does not know your data is bad. It just makes it sound confident. That is worse than a bad dashboard. At...
Variance Secures $21.5 Million Series A to Deploy AI Agents for Enterprise Risk and Compliance
Variance raised $21.5 million in a Series A round led by Ten Eleven Ventures to expand its AI‑driven investigative agents for risk and compliance. The funding will accelerate platform growth for financial institutions and Fortune 500 companies facing rising fraud and regulatory...
Intruder Launches Container Image Scanning on Cloud Platform for Enterprises
Intruder has rolled out container image scanning across its cloud security platform, covering AWS Elastic Container Registry, Google Cloud Artifact Registry and Azure Container Registry. The feature, available on all tiers, runs daily scans and surfaces vulnerabilities alongside existing attack‑surface...
Nutanix, NetApp and MongoDB Certify Deep Integration to Streamline Enterprise Data Stacks
Nutanix announced certified integrations with NetApp's ONTAP storage and MongoDB Ops Manager, creating a single stack that automates provisioning, backup and point‑in‑time recovery for enterprise workloads across on‑prem, cloud and container environments.
Workday Says Updates Too Powerful, Stays 1986 Version
JUST IN: Workday claims updates to their product have been “too powerful” to be released to the public, has not changed its software since 1986 to protect humanity.
Simpplr Topped Forrester Intranet Wave 2026, Scoring Perfect 5s on AI Features
Simpplr was named a Leader in Forrester’s Intranet Platforms Wave Q2 2026, receiving perfect 5‑out‑of‑5 scores in 14 of 28 criteria, including AI‑enabled search and enterprise integration. The accolade highlights the rapid evolution of intranets into AI‑driven digital workplace hubs that...
Oracle Unveils AI Database with Platinum‑Tier Availability and New Quantum‑Resistant Security
Oracle announced its AI Database 26ai on Exadata, delivering Platinum‑tier availability with disaster failover under 30 seconds and introducing Diamond‑tier availability for ultra‑critical workloads. The release also adds security features aimed at AI‑driven breaches and quantum‑computing threats, a move that...
Fusemachines CEO Unveils Agentic AI Roadmap in Shareholder Letter
Fusemachines founder and CEO Dr. Sameer Maskey used a shareholder letter to announce a focused push into agentic AI, highlighting the company’s debt‑free balance sheet and a growth outlook for 2026. The roadmap centers on expanding the AI Studio platform,...
From the Microsoft Dynamics 365 CE/CRM Blogs: M365 Copilot Vs. Copilot Chat for CRM Users; CRM for Manufacturing; D365 Sales...
Microsoft highlighted the distinction between Microsoft 365 Copilot, a paid add‑on, and Copilot Chat, a free conversational tool, emphasizing their divergent capabilities within Dynamics 365 CRM. The blog also outlined five growth‑focused CRM strategies for manufacturers, showcased AI‑driven sales agents that automate lead qualification,...
COVU Launches COVU OS, the AI-Native Operating Layer Rebuilding How Insurance Work Gets Done
COVU unveiled COVU OS, an AI‑native operating layer that restructures insurance agency workflows around discrete tasks rather than layering AI onto legacy processes. The platform automatically enriches inbound service requests, decomposes them into structured tasks, and routes each to the...
SIEM Alert Fatigue Has Five Root Causes. Tuning Fixes Zero of Them.
Enterprises now face an average of 4,400 SIEM alerts per day, with large firms seeing 10,000 or more across dozens of tools. Analysts investigate only about 37% of those alerts, leaving the rest triaged superficially or ignored. Traditional SIEM tuning...
SAP GRC for SAP HANA Update Signals Real-Time Processing Shift and 2027 Transition Timeline
SAP announced an updated SAP GRC for SAP HANA that introduces Fiori‑based workflows, AI‑assisted automation, and real‑time risk, access, and control analysis. The release is currently in a limited Early Adoption Care program and targets general availability in Q3 2026. SAP...
NVIDIA Toolkit Could Unite ERP and CRM Systems
NVIDIA's success hinges on big tech adopting their platform. But if SAP and Salesforce build on the same NVIDIA toolkit, does that pave the way for deeper ERP and CRM integration? Shared infrastructure could unlock true system convergence. #NVIDIA #AI...
Sitetracker Launches Scout AI Platform to Automate Infrastructure Workflows
Sitetracker introduced Scout, an agentic AI platform, on April 8 to automate complex infrastructure workflows. The tool promises faster operations, cost cuts and new custom‑agent capabilities, positioning the company against rivals like Google Vertex AI and Kore.ai.
Oracle Unveils Fusion Agentic HR Apps, Adding Generative AI to Core Processes
Oracle announced the launch of eight Fusion Agentic Applications for Human Capital Management, embedding coordinated AI agents that can reason, decide, and act within HR workflows. The new suite promises to shift routine HR tasks from manual coordination to proactive...
AWS Launches Bedrock Agent Registry to Tame Enterprise AI Agent Sprawl
Amazon Web Services announced the Bedrock Agent Registry, a managed service that catalogs, governs, and controls AI agents in enterprise environments. The offering aims to curb “agent sprawl,” a growing operational risk as organizations scale generative‑AI workloads, and positions AWS...
Avalara Adds Integration with Clover for Tax Compliance
Avalara announced a new integration that embeds its DAVO automated tax compliance tool directly into Fiserv's Clover point‑of‑sale platform. The solution will automatically set aside sales‑tax amounts each day, track obligations in real time, and file returns on merchants’ behalf....
Data Leaders Turn to AI Automation to Tame Enterprise Integration Hurdles
Data chiefs at Thomson Reuters, Create Music Group and Booking.com say AI‑driven automation is cutting integration pain points that slow HR analytics. Their pilots promise faster, more consistent insights for talent and workforce decisions.
CISA Flags Second Ivanti EPMM Flaw as Actively Exploited, Urges Immediate Patch
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added a second critical Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile vulnerability, CVE‑2026‑1340, to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The flaw, a code‑injection bug with a 9.8 CVSS score, is being leveraged in the wild, and...
Oracle Database@AWS Reaches 12 Regions, Broadening Multicloud Database Footprint
Oracle Database@AWS is now generally available in 12 AWS regions across North America, Europe and Asia‑Pacific, adding Dublin, London, Mumbai, Hyderabad and Seoul. The rollout also upgrades high‑availability in Canada Central and Sydney with two Availability Zones. These additions give...
Oracle AI Database Redefines Mission-Critical Architecture Standards
Analyst Perspectives on @Oracle AI Database Mission-Critical Capabilities https://t.co/SxxjXWkJrC "This clearly raises the bar for what a true mission-critical data architecture needs to resemble in the AI era…” @holgermu @ConstellationR https://t.co/ViUk7IWbvp