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
SAP Unveils Autonomous Enterprise for AI-Driven Business Operations
SAP unveiled its Autonomous Enterprise, a unified AI platform and suite that embeds intelligent agents into core business processes. The offering includes the SAP Business AI Platform, the Autonomous Suite with 50+ domain‑specific Joule Assistants, and a new Joule Work interface. SAP also announced a €100 million ($109 million) fund to accelerate partner‑driven AI deployments and tools that can slash ERP migration effort by more than 35 percent.
Oracle Integrates Eightfold AI to Boost HR Suite Capabilities
Oracle announced a strategic integration of Eightfold's AI talent platform into its Human Capital Management suite, a move analysts say could lift Oracle's valuation. The partnership deepens AI-driven hiring and workforce planning tools for enterprise customers.
City of London Launches $6.7 B Digital ID Orchestrator Push to Curb Financial Fraud
The City of London Corporation has issued a call for technology partners to build a Digital Verification Orchestrator (DVO) that could slash fraud costs by up to £5 bn ($6.7 bn). The voluntary, reusable identity service aims to let consumers verify once...
Tenable CFO Buys 12,000 Shares at $21.54, Boosting Stake 65%
Tenable's chief financial officer, Matthew Brown, purchased 12,000 shares of the company at a weighted average price of $21.54 per share on May 4, 2026. The transaction lifted his direct ownership from 18,541 to 30,541 shares, a 64.7% increase, and...
Shoplazza Launches Athena AI Agent to Automate E‑Commerce Back‑Office Tasks
Shoplazza introduced Athena, an AI‑native admin agent that lets merchants execute back‑office e‑commerce tasks via natural language. Built on a platform serving over 650,000 global sellers, Athena aims to cut the time merchants spend navigating multiple dashboards and reduce operational...
Canvas Outage During Finals Linked to ShinyHunters Breach Affecting 9,000 Schools
Instructure temporarily shut down its Canvas learning platform during final exams after detecting unauthorized activity tied to a ShinyHunters breach. The group claims to have stolen data from 9,000 schools and 275 million individuals, forcing Instructure to suspend its Free‑For‑Teacher accounts...

‘Will SAP Be a Software Company in the Future?’ Sapphire 2026 Keynote Maps SAP’s New ERP Stack
At SAP Sapphire 2026, CEO Christian Klein announced SAP’s shift from a traditional ERP software vendor to a business‑AI company, unveiling the Autonomous Suite built around data‑centric AI agents. The new Joule Studio 2.0 acts as an agent factory, letting...

Veeam CEO: We Have Defined A Missing ‘Data AI Trust Layer’
Veeam CEO Anand Eswaran announced a new “data AI trust layer” at VeeamON 2026, a unified fabric that sits between data/analytics and AI models to combine security, privacy, compliance, governance and resilience. The company also launched a Data and AI Trust...

Norm Ai Launches Compliance Agent for Microsoft 365 Copilot
Norm AI has introduced a Compliance Agent that plugs directly into Microsoft 365 Copilot, giving regulated enterprises a built‑in layer of policy enforcement, verification and auditability. The add‑on works alongside Copilot to review content, flag disclosures, validate information against approved...

Fisent Technologies Puts the Power of Applied GenAI Process Automation in the Hands of the Enterprise with Fisent BizAI Studio
Fisent Technologies has launched BizAI Studio, a self‑service portal that puts its Applied GenAI Process Automation platform directly in the hands of enterprise users. The low‑code interface lets non‑technical teams design, test, and manage AI‑driven workflows in under 30 seconds...
RoadrunnerAI Reimagines CPQ with AI‑Native Deal Desk
CPQ is one of those enterprise categories everyone complains about and almost no one wants to rebuild. That’s why @RoadrunnerAI stood out. @Joubinmir, @ajnatarajan, and @eshao18 are rebuilding CPQ from first principles, starting with an AI-native deal desk and aiming at revenue...
Red Hat Opens Ansible to AI Agents, Within Limits
Red Hat announced the general availability of its Model Context Protocol (MCP) server, letting external AI agents interact with the Ansible Automation Platform. The company also introduced a technology‑preview orchestrator that forces AI‑generated actions through pre‑approved, deterministic playbooks. Support now...

SAP ECC Is Still Running Your Enterprise. Here’s How to Modernize Around It
SAP ECC still powers core finance and supply‑chain functions for many enterprises, but data flowing in from CRM, HR and other cloud platforms often arrives with quality gaps that ripple through the ecosystem. Syncari positions itself as a governed data...

Red Hat Establishes Ansible Automation Platform as the Trusted Execution Layer for IT Operations in an Agentic Era
Red Hat unveiled Ansible Automation Platform 2.7, adding a technology‑preview automation orchestrator, Model Context Protocol server, and AI‑aware features that blend deterministic, event‑driven, and AI‑driven workflows. The update introduces a “bring‑your‑own‑knowledge” assistant, a universal AI bridge, and a performance dashboard...

SAP Unveils Agentic AI for Joule
Next up - the Agentic AI of SAP - nie all parts of Joule Work. #SAPSapphire https://t.co/hXRWKYrbpx
The Right Humans in the Loop: Why Fundraising AI Belongs Inside Your CRM
Fundraising teams face rising donor expectations and tighter budgets, driving interest in AI‑powered tools. Many vendors offer bolt‑on solutions that operate outside the CRM, creating data delays and governance gaps. Blackbaud’s Development Agent embeds AI directly within Raiser’s Edge NXT,...
Financial Close Agent Automates Intercompany Reconciliation
Next up - a demo of the Financial Close Agent - here agents take care of intercompany reconciliation. #SAPSapphire https://t.co/atlYTOMm4t
Commerzbank to Cut 3,000 Jobs as €600M AI Push Aims to Boost Efficiency
Commerzbank announced it will eliminate 3,000 positions – roughly 8% of its workforce – while committing €600 million to artificial‑intelligence projects over four years. The move is part of the Momentum 2030 plan and is intended to free up 10% of...
Project44 Launches Autopilot, a $1 B No‑code AI Logistics Platform
Project44 introduced Autopilot, a no‑code AI‑enabled logistics operating system built on a data layer that cost more than $1 billion. The platform promises a 4% drop in freight spend, a 70% cut in manual coordination and faster sourcing, positioning the company...

Tanium Atlas Brings AI Into Endpoint Operations, Gives MSPs a New Services Play
Security firm Tanium unveiled Atlas, an autonomous operating system that merges AI models with its real‑time endpoint data platform. The solution surfaces relevant information, recommends actions, and lets users interact via natural language, aiming to cut manual investigation and context‑switching...
SAP Launches Managed Joule Studio with Cursor and Claude Code Support
SAP unveiled a fully managed version of Joule Studio at Sapphire 2026, eliminating the need for customers to configure or provision infrastructure. The update adds support for coding tools like Cursor and Claude Code and expands agent frameworks with AutoGen...

SAP CEO: The AI Race Is Being Fought in the Wrong Place
SAP CEO Christian Klein argues that the enterprise AI race is being fought on the wrong battlefield – the interface layer – rather than within operational context. He stresses that AI must be embedded in core systems that capture processes,...
DTCC Partners with Chainlink to Advance 24/7 Collateral Management
DTCC announced that its digitally native Collateral AppChain will integrate Chainlink’s Runtime Environment and data standard to automate eligibility, valuation, margining, and settlement processes. The CRE provides a resilient, institution‑scale data and orchestration layer, enabling 24/7, near real‑time collateral management...
Behavox Extends Polaris Trade Surveillance to Prediction Markets, Expanding Risk Coverage to 10 Asset Classes
Behavox announced that its Polaris trade‑surveillance platform now includes prediction markets, expanding its out‑of‑the‑box coverage to ten asset classes. The new asset class is available in beta to existing customers, with general availability planned for summer 2026. The move responds...
Red Hat Adds Support for Agentic AI Development
Red Hat unveiled a suite of agentic AI development tools at its Summit, including the generally available Red Hat Desktop with sandboxed AI agent testing, an enhanced Advanced Developer Suite, dedicated AI skill bundles, and the free rolling‑release Fedora Hummingbird...
As Agentic Dev Tools Boom, Workflow Auditability Becomes the Constraint
AI coding agents are rapidly entering CI/CD pipelines, accelerating merge request velocity but leaving a critical audit gap. When an agent opens a merge request, the platform cannot show the inputs, prompts, policy checks, or the human sponsor behind the...

A Decade of Governance: Cloud Custodian at 10 and Its Role in the Agentic AI Era
Cloud Custodian, an open‑source, stateless policy engine, celebrates its 10‑year anniversary as a CNCF incubating project. The tool now serves as a foundational cost‑optimization and security layer for the emerging agentic AI era, where autonomous agents provision GPU fleets, model‑serving...
Consultants Rush to Tame 'Shadow AI' As Unapproved Tools Surge in Enterprises
A Business Insider investigation reveals that 71% of UK employees have used unapproved consumer AI tools at work, with many doing so weekly. The rise of “shadow AI” is forcing consulting firms to develop governance frameworks to mitigate data‑leak and...
Everlaw Launches Automated Legal Holds Workflow to Streamline E‑Discovery
Everlaw unveiled an upgraded Legal Holds solution that adds integrated questionnaires, a native Workday connector, expanded preservation‑in‑place integrations, and richer reporting and API tools. The enhancements turn a traditionally manual task into an automated, data‑centric workflow for enterprise legal departments.
FDA Deploys Elsa 4.0 AI Tool and HALO Data Platform to Modernize Operations
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration unveiled Elsa 4.0, an upgraded internal AI assistant, and completed the HALO data‑platform consolidation that unifies more than 40 disparate data sources. The moves are designed to cut manual work, accelerate regulatory reviews and...
Application Security Shifts to Secure‑by‑Design as Continuous Deployment Outpaces Patching
Enterprises are abandoning the traditional find‑and‑fix security treadmill in favor of secure‑by‑design operating models. Continuous integration and continuous deployment pipelines now demand board‑level accountability and new tooling to curb mounting security debt.
SAP and Cyberwave Deploy Fully Autonomous AI Robots in Live German Warehouse
SAP SE and Cyberwave announced the successful rollout of fully autonomous, AI‑powered robots in SAP's St. Leon‑Rot logistics center in Germany. The deployment demonstrates that Physical AI can operate at scale in a live fulfillment environment, promising faster training and...
Neglecting Change Management Drives ERP Implementation Failures
ERP implementation failures often stem from neglecting organizational change management. Focusing too much on tech and not enough on people aspects is the leading cause, especially in litigated cases. #ERP #ChangeManagement https://t.co/WUG3PD4D0h
Saudi Aramco Deploys AI Refinery System with Emerson
Saudi Aramco has rolled out an AI‑driven refinery optimisation platform built with Emerson’s Aspen Hybrid Models, creating one of the world’s largest multi‑site, multi‑period optimisation models. The system, initially applied to Continuous Catalyst Regeneration and Platformer units, delivers up to...

Why Cedents Still Buy Reinsurance Blind | TRP #169
In this episode, hosts Jared and Ben talk with Tom about why cedents (insurance companies buying reinsurance) still often purchase reinsurance "blind" and how SuperSeed’s technology is changing that. They explain the historical reliance on big‑bang, multi‑year tech projects and...
Screendragon Launches AI Hub to Embed Custom AI Agents in Live Workflows
Screendragon announced the AI Hub, a new capability that lets enterprise marketing and agency teams create and run custom AI agents directly inside live workflows. The launch aims to shift AI use from ad‑hoc experiments to controlled, revenue‑impacting execution across...
TrustCloud Launches AI‑driven TrustLens, Cutting Third‑party Risk Assessments by 90% for Enterprises
TrustCloud unveiled an upgraded TrustLens platform that uses an agentic AI engine to replace questionnaire‑based third‑party risk management. The new system let a Global 2000 life‑sciences firm assess 5,000 suppliers in six months—a ten‑fold speedup—while expanding coverage to 92% and...
Broadridge Deploys Agentic AI, Offering Up to 30% Cost Savings
Broadridge Financial Solutions announced that its agentic AI platform is now live in production across capital markets and wealth management workflows, promising up to 30% day‑one operational cost reduction. The service is available as a fully managed operation or as...
Standard Chartered CIO Guillermo Vega Maps Bold Innovation to Enterprise Resilience
Standard Chartered’s Group CIO Guillermo Vega outlined a roadmap that pairs aggressive digital innovation with a focus on operational resilience. The strategy emphasizes AI‑driven services, cloud migration, and risk‑aware governance to keep the global bank competitive while safeguarding core systems.
Anthropic and FIS Deploy AI Agent to Slash AML Investigation Time at BMO and Amalgamated Bank
Anthropic and FIS have unveiled a Financial Crimes AI Agent that can compress anti‑money‑laundering investigations from hours to minutes. Bank of Montreal and Amalgamated Bank will be the first to deploy the tool, while FIS shares jumped about 7% after...
Red Hat Launches AI 3.4 Platform to Power Enterprise Inference and Agents
Red Hat announced the release of Red Hat AI 3.4 at its Summit in Atlanta, a platform built for large‑scale inference and AI agents across hybrid clouds. The update adds a model‑as‑a‑service gateway, speculative decoding that can triple text‑generation speed,...
[Sponsor] Drata
Drata is a compliance‑automation platform that connects to over 130 SaaS tools, enabling continuous evidence collection for more than 25 regulatory frameworks such as SOC 2, HIPAA, PCI and GDPR. The solution provides a library of 40+ auditor‑approved security policies that...
Include a Business Architect to Align ERP with Blueprint
Most ERP implementations overlook the crucial role of a business architect. This person bridges end-to-end business processes and the technology that supports them, ensuring all actions trace back to the core business blueprint. #BusinessArchitecture #ERP https://t.co/VkoPBFm4Rp
IBM Launches AI Ops Suite at Think 2026 to Tame DevOps Complexity
IBM announced the Concert AI operations suite at its Think 2026 conference in Boston, aiming to automate the management of an estimated one billion new enterprise applications over the next five years. The platform integrates existing IBM tools and adds...
Yum Brands Deploys AI Backbone, Digital Sales Hit 70% of Taco Bell Revenue
Yum Brands chief digital and technology officer Jim Dausch detailed an AI‑centric overhaul that now drives 70% of Taco Bell’s sales, up from 1% in 2019. The company has deployed AI tools across 35,000 restaurants and partnered with AWS, Microsoft...
Belgian AI Startup Tekst Secures $12.4M Series A to Automate Enterprise Workflows
Belgian AI firm Tekst announced a €11.5 million ($12.4M) Series A round led by US venture firm Elephant, aiming to scale its process‑intelligence platform that automatically maps work across emails, PDFs and enterprise systems. The funding will fuel product development, hiring...
Alation Launches AI Governance Platform to Streamline Enterprise Compliance
Alation Inc. unveiled its AI Governance solution at the Gartner Data & Analytics Summit in London, creating a centralized system of record for AI model compliance. The offering maps AI assets to regulations such as the EU AI Act and...
Digital Asset Secures $300 Million From A16z Crypto, Valued at $2 B
Digital Asset Holdings announced a $300 million Series round led by Andreessen Horowitz’s a16z Crypto, valuing the blockchain infrastructure firm at roughly $2 billion. The funding backs the Canton Network and Daml platform, positioning the company as a key player in private‑grade,...
Strengthening Security and Consistency in the Cloud with Red Hat and HashiCorp
Red Hat and HashiCorp have deepened their partnership by embedding HashiCorp Vault and Terraform into Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, and by introducing OIDC‑based authentication in the upcoming 2.7 release. The new capability lets Ansible act as an OpenID Connect...
SAP Rollout Derails Glico's Chilled‑product Supply Chain
Ezaki Glico, known for Puccin Pudding and distributing Kirin beer, faced major operational disruptions after a costly SAP S/4HANA implementation. For chilled products, efficient inventory planning and timely delivery are crucial. #SupplyChain #SAP #Business https://t.co/9Z5jgGVeS8