Today's Enterprise Pulse
Workday launches Adaptive Decision Intelligence AI layer
Workday unveiled Adaptive Decision Intelligence, an AI‑driven layer that unifies planning questions, scenario modeling, and decision execution in a single interface. The cloud add‑on lets users pose natural‑language queries across finance, HR and operations data, delivering real‑time insights and recommended actions. It is offered as an optional upgrade for existing Workday customers.
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Don’t Hardcode Content
A client’s outbound communications were locked in Visualforce emails and Apex‑hardcoded SMS, making updates painful. The consultant migrated the emails to Lightning Email Templates (LET) with Enhanced Letterheads, simplifying edits to a Word‑like experience. Order details were moved to a PDF generated by an open‑source SalesforceDocGen tool, and Twilio credentials were shifted to Named Credentials. The overhaul demonstrates how removing hard‑coded content streamlines maintenance and reduces reliance on expensive third‑party generators.
Zero‑click Grafana AI Attack Can Enable Enterprise Data Exfiltration
Security researchers have uncovered GrafanaGhost, a chained exploit that leverages indirect prompt injection in Grafana’s AI dashboards to exfiltrate sensitive enterprise data without user authentication. The attack persists malicious prompts, tricks the AI model into generating outbound image requests, and...
The Next Evolution of ERP - Intelligence Built Around People
Traditional ERP systems are being re‑engineered into AI‑enabled platforms that deliver real‑time, role‑specific intelligence. While 88% of organizations have adopted AI in at least one function, only a third have scaled it enterprise‑wide, often due to trust and data fragmentation....
Vertex Advances AI-Powered Capabilities to Improve How Enterprises Execute Compliance
Vertex announced the next phase of its AI‑first strategy, embedding artificial intelligence directly into the Vertex Cloud platform to automate and orchestrate tax and compliance workflows. The new capabilities let users express intent in plain language, surface anomalies early, and...
Load Shedding and Request Prioritization: Keeping Critical Flows Alive During Outages
A sudden bot flood of 50,000 requests per second can cripple a payment processing service, inflating response times from 50 ms to eight seconds and exhausting CPU and database connections. Load shedding counters this by proactively rejecting low‑priority requests once system...
Circularo Partners with T Cloud Public to Expand Sovereign Digital Trust Services Across DACH and the Netherlands
Circularo has teamed up with Deutsche Telekom’s T Cloud Public to launch its digital‑trust platform on the German‑Austrian‑Swiss‑Netherlands marketplace. The partnership offers both sovereign, dedicated deployments and multi‑tenant options, guaranteeing EU data residency, GDPR and eIDAS compliance. Powered by OpenStack...
Microsoft to Revise Copilot Terms, Dropping ‘Entertainment‑Only’ Clause After Viral Backlash
Microsoft announced it will amend the Copilot Terms of Use to eliminate the legacy “entertainment purposes only” language after the clause went viral on social media. The change, slated for the next update, seeks to align the legal wording with...
Salesforce and Workday CEOs Debate AI's Threat to SaaS Ahead of Earnings
On the eve of Salesforce’s earnings release, Marc Benioff hosted Workday’s Aneel Bhusri for drinks to hash out how generative AI will reshape SaaS. The dialogue comes as both companies grapple with double‑digit stock declines, sizable layoffs and a wave...
Supply Chain Security Is Now a Board-Level Issue: Here’s What CSOs Need to Know
Supply chain security has moved from a niche technical issue to a board‑level priority, driven by stringent regulations like the European Cyber Resilience Act and U.S. EO 14028. Open‑source components now appear in 97% of commercial applications, with 86% harboring vulnerabilities,...
Felix Raises $1.7M to Build Hyperautomation for Professional Services
Felix, an AI workflow platform for professional services, announced a $1.7 million pre‑seed round led by XYZ Venture Capital. The funding will accelerate product development for legal, finance and insurance firms. Felix’s deterministic automation helped a New York risk‑management firm clear a...
Open‑source Tool Simplifies SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, GDPR Compliance
Comp AI: The open-source way to get compliant with SOC 2, #ISO27001, #HIPAA and #GDPR https://t.co/mvwHwvS9mu https://t.co/q7t0s2qhc4
Comp AI: The Open-Source Way to Get Compliant with SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA and GDPR
Comp AI launches an open‑source compliance platform that automates SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA and GDPR readiness. The tool combines an AI‑driven policy editor, automated evidence collection, and a device‑agent that monitors encryption, antivirus, password and screen‑lock settings. Core code is released...
Maidar Secure, Strike48 Bring Agentic AI to the SOC
Maidar Secure has teamed up with Strike48 to embed the latter’s agentic AI platform into its managed security services and SOC operations. The integration promises autonomous threat detection, real‑time attack simulation and machine‑speed incident response, turning traditional reactive defenses into...
Esetrix Launches to Power the Next Generation of Marketplace Infrastructure
Esetrix, formerly Avasam Enterprise, has rebranded to offer enterprise‑grade marketplace infrastructure. The platform lets retailers, brands and distributors launch multi‑seller marketplaces, automating seller onboarding, order sync, payments and fulfillment. By removing the need for inventory ownership, Esetrix aims to help...
FortiClientEMS Vulnerabilities Under Active Exploitation, Expose Systems to RCE
Fortinet disclosed two critical vulnerabilities in its FortiClientEMS endpoint management platform that are already being exploited in the wild. CVE-2026-21643 is a SQL injection flaw in the admin interface of version 7.4.4, allowing unauthenticated remote code execution. CVE-2026-35616 is an...
BlueDolphin Launches as the First AI-Powered Business Transformation Platform, Marking Strategic Rebrand From ValueBlue
BlueDolphin, formerly ValueBlue, has rebranded and launched an AI‑powered business transformation platform that unifies strategic planning, architecture management, and solution design. The platform tackles the industry‑wide problem of fragmented tools, offering a single AI‑driven workflow that coordinates strategy, design and...
Sona Secures $45 Million Series B to Scale AI Platform for Frontline Workers
Sona announced a $45 million Series B financing round led by N47, with participation from Felicis, Northzone, Gradient and Italian Founders Fund. The funding pushes total capital raised above $100 million and will fuel U.S. expansion of its AI‑native platform that unifies...
Microsoft’s Fragmented GUI Roadmap Undermines Enterprise Desktop Development
Microsoft’s disparate UI frameworks leave enterprise developers without a clear path for building Windows desktop apps, sparking concerns over productivity and long‑term maintenance. The critique highlights a 30‑year drift from the unified Win32 era to today’s confusing mix of WPF,...
How-To Guide to Planning Your Next AP Automation Project
The guide outlines a step‑by‑step methodology for finance leaders to launch an accounts‑payable (AP) automation project, emphasizing strategic alignment with broader business goals. It recommends a phased rollout—starting with invoice capture and validation before adding approval workflows and payment automation—to...
Microsoft Brings Power Apps Closer to M365 Copilot with Structured Data Access
Microsoft announced a public‑preview feature that links Power Apps with Microsoft 365 Copilot, allowing users to interact with model‑driven apps through natural language. The integration lets users view, edit, and create records directly from the Copilot chat interface, eliminating the need to...
SAP Business Data Cloud Explained: A New Model for ERP Data and Analytics
SAP Business Data Cloud (BDC) is a fully managed SaaS that unifies data management, governance, and analytics across SAP and non‑SAP systems, tackling the fragmentation that still plagues most ERP environments. A recent SAPinsider benchmark shows only 3% of organizations...
Building Smarter: The ERP Transformation in Construction
Construction firms are moving from fragmented spreadsheets and siloed tools to unified ERP platforms that combine project management, procurement, finance, and equipment tracking. Integrated systems now deliver real‑time financial visibility, allowing cost overruns to be spotted early and corrected promptly....
Automating Chart Retrieval Transforms Record Requests Into Workflow
Manual record requests still drain time from practices. David Cohen explains how Greenway Health is working with Moxie to automate provider-to-payer data transparency — turning chart retrieval from a task into a workflow. 🔗https://t.co/Nb90e3GrsC @greenway #EHRstrategy #HITSM https://t.co/c3HJsXikz6
Ohpen Forges Strategic Technology Partnership with ASN Bank
Dutch lender ASN Bank has entered a strategic technology partnership with cloud‑native core banking provider Ohpen. The deal will replace ASN Bank’s legacy mortgage systems with an integrated SaaS platform covering origination, servicing and credit management. Ohpen’s solution promises higher...
Miebach and Solventure Partner to Address the Execution Gap in Supply Chain Planning
Miebach Consulting and Solventure have formed a strategic partnership to close the execution gap that many firms face after investing in advanced supply‑chain planning tools. The collaboration shifts focus from technology deployment to strengthening data, orchestration, and decision‑making layers that...
Digital Identity Research Warns of ‘Password Debt’ as Enterprises Delay IAM Rollouts
Enterprises recognize identity threats but large‑scale passwordless rollouts are stalling. Hypr’s State of Passwordless Identity Assurance 2026 report shows only 43% of firms use passwordless methods while 76% still rely on passwords, with 32% citing legacy‑app incompatibility as a barrier....
AI Supercharges FISA 702 Renewal, Raising Enterprise Surveillance Risks
The pending renewal of FISA Section 702, set to expire on April 20, is now being framed as an AI‑enabled surveillance tool. Experts warn that machine‑learning can accelerate mass‑data searches, heightening compliance burdens for corporations that handle foreign communications.
MODEX 2026: Rockwell Automation to Highlight End-to-End Autonomous Operations Platform
Rockwell Automation will unveil its end‑to‑end autonomous operations platform at MODEX 2026 in Atlanta, the first time the company presents a fully connected production logistics solution on the Material Handling Industry stage. The platform ties digital‑twin simulation, orchestration software, OTTO...
Turn Conversations Into Actionable CRM Data With the In-Person Meeting Assistant
Salesforce’s 260.030 release adds an In‑Meeting Transcription feature to the mobile app, enabling on‑device capture and transcription of face‑to‑face conversations. The assistant prompts users before meetings, tags speakers automatically, and syncs transcripts to Conversation Intelligence for AI‑driven insights. A mandatory...
Vectra AI Supercharges Network Observability with Proactive Exposure Management
Vectra AI unveiled new exposure management capabilities on its platform, targeting AI‑driven enterprises operating in hybrid, multi‑cloud environments. The suite adds continuous, agentless asset inventory, proactive detection of security and compliance gaps, and broader environment observability covering zero‑trust and post‑quantum‑crypto...
Application-as-a-Service Pushing ERP Toward Composable Stacks
Application‑as‑a‑Service (AaaS) is moving from a niche buzzword to a mainstream architectural choice, with research forecasting robust growth through 2033. Enterprises are abandoning monolithic ERP suites in favor of composable stacks that stitch together best‑of‑breed SaaS applications for CRM, HR,...
Hormel Modernizes Supply Chain with AI Planning Platform
Hormel Foods has rolled out the o9 artificial‑intelligence planning platform across more than 70 of its facilities, linking demand, supply and inventory in a single system. The deployment, completed between March and December 2025, aims to shift the company from...
RevOps Roundup: Week 14, 2026
This week’s RevOps roundup highlights Salesforce’s Open CTI sunsetting with full end‑of‑support slated for February 28 2028, urging sales teams to begin migration to alternatives like Service Cloud Voice or Revenue.io’s RingDNA. It also spotlights three approval failures that cripple deal velocity,...
Why Security Researchers and Red Teams Are Turning to Workflow Automation
Security teams are increasingly adopting workflow automation to combat alert fatigue and accelerate investigations. Automated pipelines now enrich indicators of compromise, aggregate threat intelligence, and run continuous recon for red teams and bug bounty hunters. Open‑source, self‑hosted platforms such as...
The Etch-A-Sketch Theory of Technology
Enterprises repeatedly replace ERP, HR, and recruiting platforms, yet operational results stay flat. The article argues the root cause is not the technology itself but flawed process design, illustrated with an Etch‑A‑Sketch analogy and the formula O = T × D². Real‑world...
The Work Beneath the Work: How J.P. Morgan, BofA, U.S. Bank, and Citi Are Rebuilding Their Internal Systems
Major U.S. banks are overhauling their internal operating platforms, shifting focus from product launches to the infrastructure that creates value. JPMorgan unveiled its American Dream Initiative, aiming to support 10 million small businesses and extend roughly $80 billion in loans over ten...
Hybrid Cloud and AI: The New Enterprise Architecture
Enterprises are shifting from cloud‑first to strategic hybrid cloud to support AI production at scale. AI‑native platforms combined with centralized governance enable modular, continuously evolving architectures that integrate with ERP, CRM, and edge systems. Deloitte and PwC research highlights that...
AI Cuts Through IT Helpdesk Logjams
Fixify’s analysis of over 50,000 tickets across 30+ firms shows AI‑driven automation resolves support requests sixteen times faster than manual processes. Average initial response fell from five minutes to four, while fully automated tickets were closed in 4.4 hours versus roughly...
Ask These Five Questions for Data Resilience
The CISO’s Mandate: Five Critical Questions to Ask Your Storage Provider for Data Resilience https://t.co/O79CRe7P1i
UK Immigration Judges Deploy Microsoft Copilot Chatbot to Draft Decisions
Hundreds of immigration tribunal judges in England and Wales have begun using a restricted version of Microsoft’s Copilot chatbot to generate case outlines, bundle summaries and draft decision templates. The Ministry of Justice hopes the tool will speed up a...
Fortinet Deploys Emergency Patches for Actively Exploited FortiClient EMS Zero‑Day (CVSS 9.1)
Fortinet rolled out out‑of‑band hotfixes for CVE‑2026‑35616, a critical 9.1‑CVSS pre‑authentication API bypass in FortiClient EMS that is already being exploited in the wild. The patches cover versions 7.4.5 and 7.4.6, with a full fix slated for the upcoming 7.4.7...
Escaping the COTS Trap
Enterprise cybersecurity teams have amassed large fleets of commercial off‑the‑shelf (COTS) tools, driving complexity, cost, and risk. While COTS promises rapid deployment and lower upfront spend, dependence creates structural lock‑in that hampers future changes and migration. The article highlights how...
How Order.co Is Modernizing Procurement and Spend Management at Scale
Order.co, a procurement platform for distributed teams, tackled two scaling hurdles: enforcing spend controls and automating high‑volume payments. By integrating Lithic’s payment infrastructure and Mastercard network, Order.co now issues single‑use and multi‑use virtual cards at scale while applying granular, real‑time...
#354 Beyond BI: Decision Intelligence with Graphs with Jamie Hutton, CTO at Quantexa
In this episode, CTO Jamie Hutton of Quantexa explains how decision intelligence extends beyond traditional business intelligence by using graph‑based context and entity resolution to create a single, trustworthy view of people, companies, and relationships. He details how Quantexa’s platform...
Chat With Your Data: Introducing AI Assistant for Web Supply Chain Defense
Reflectiz has launched AI Assistant, a conversational AI built directly into its web supply‑chain security platform. The tool lets analysts ask natural‑language questions and receive answers drawn from live security data, eliminating the need to toggle between dashboards. It also...
Inside How the World’s Largest Biscuit Brand Transformed ERP and Cut Costs 30%
Parle Products, the world’s top‑selling biscuit brand, has migrated its legacy SAP ECC system to SAP Cloud ERP Private hosted on IBM’s hybrid cloud. The clean‑core architecture and integrated AI tools have streamlined finance, supply chain and manufacturing processes. Early...
IBM and ElevenLabs Add Watsonx Orchestrate Voice AI
IBM and ElevenLabs have integrated ElevenLabs' text‑to‑speech and speech‑to‑text engines into the watsonx Orchestrate platform, delivering over 10,000 synthetic voices across 70 languages. The joint offering targets enterprise‑grade voice agents for customer service, internal support, sales and public‑service workflows. IBM...
Navigating ERP Migrations Without the Usual Pitfalls
Aptean warns that ERP migrations fail more often due to data, process and people issues than software flaws. It proposes a disciplined four‑step data migration framework—scope definition, cross‑functional team, data standardization and incremental testing—to curb scope creep and poor data...
AI Agents Are Arriving, But Proven Scale Remains Uncertain
Big software vendors like SAP, Salesforce, and Oracle are deploying AI agents. But is it too soon? Practitioners need to distinguish hype from reality, as many AI capabilities aren't proven at scale yet. #AI #TechStrategy https://t.co/2pnihMFzk8
Accenture Sells Mortgage Cadence, Frees 20% Cash with AI and Lifts Dividend 10%
Accenture completed the sale of its Mortgage Cadence subsidiary to PartnerOne, unlocking 20% of idle cash and saving 57,000 work hours through internal AI. The move coincides with a 10% dividend hike and new stakes from Norges Bank and Capital...