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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By the numbers: Fortress expands IP portfolio with acquisition of IPValue
Cloud and AI to Ramp up Operational Risk in 2026: Brennan
Brennan’s latest analysis warns that expanding multi‑cloud footprints and rapid AI trials will heighten operational risk in 2026. Seventy‑five percent of surveyed organisations say their attack surface has grown, prompting a move away from pure public‑cloud strategies toward hybrid, repatriated workloads. The firm stresses that continuous governance, FinOps visibility, and standardized architectures are essential to curb cost overruns and security gaps. Executives must balance speed of AI experimentation with disciplined risk controls to capture value without exposing data or budgets.
“It’s Slow” Is Not a Diagnosis: How to Actually Fix Dynamics 365 F&SCM Performance Issues
Dynamics 365 Finance and Supply Chain Management (F&SCM) performance problems stem from interactions across SQL databases, AOS application servers, and the Batch framework, making root‑cause diagnosis challenging. Built‑in tools like Lifecycle Services and Application Insights provide high‑level telemetry but lack...
From the Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance and Supply Chain Management: Accounts Receivable; Feature Management; Performance After Go-Live; Frontier Firm Vision
Microsoft’s Dynamics 365 Finance and Supply Chain Management (D365 F&SCM) is highlighted for its ability to tighten accounts‑receivable cycles, offering dashboards, automation, and predictive insights that accelerate cash collection. The platform also introduces streamlined feature‑management tools that let administrators toggle new updates...
From the Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central Blogs: BCMCPProxy vNext; Set up, Use EFT/ACH; Install, Configure Power BI Apps; Close...
Microsoft’s Dynamics 365 Business Central ecosystem received several practical upgrades. Stefano Demiliani released BCMCPProxy vNext, a cross‑platform .NET proxy that adds browser‑based token caching for AI tool connectivity. The platform also now supports built‑in EFT/ACH processing with NACHA formats, and Microsoft published...
From the Microsoft Dynamics 365 CE/CRM Blogs: Disposition Codes; AI Invoice Approval; Save Time with Email Templates; Create Better Relationships
The latest Dynamics 365 CE/CRM blog roundup highlights four practical upgrades for customer‑service teams. Disposition codes now let agents log conversation outcomes, delivering cleaner data and actionable reporting. Multi‑stage AI invoice approval, powered by Copilot Agents, automates low‑value approvals while routing...
Pilot Automates Your Roadmap: 133 Features in Two Weeks
Pilot v1.0.0 shipped 🎉 133 features. Built in 2 weeks. The last 22 issues of the v1.0 roadmap were executed by Pilot itself — decomposing epics, creating branches, running CI, merging PRs. → Label a ticket "pilot". Get a PR back. GitHub,...
FTC Digs Deeper Into Microsoft’s Bundling and Licensing Practices
The FTC has intensified its antitrust investigation into Microsoft by issuing civil investigative demands to at least six competing firms in the business‑software and cloud markets. Regulators are probing Microsoft’s practice of bundling AI, security and identity tools with Windows,...
Network Jobs Watch: Hiring, Skills and Certification Trends
Network and infrastructure roles are rapidly evolving as AI‑driven automation, multicloud, and zero‑trust solutions gain traction. Recent Foote Partners data show a 1.9% decline in pay premiums for traditional network administration, while network architecture commands an 18% premium and AI‑related...
IT Bonuses Reward Network, Security Skills that Can’t Be Automated
Foote Partners’ Q4 2023 IT Skills and Certifications Pay Index reveals that premium pay is shifting from routine, execution‑level tasks to high‑order engineering, architecture, and risk‑ownership roles. Security‑focused skills such as risk analytics, security architecture, and threat detection command cash...
Microsoft Under Pressure to Bolster Defenses for BYOVD Attacks
Microsoft faces mounting pressure as ransomware groups increasingly leverage bring‑your‑own‑vulnerable‑driver (BYOVD) attacks to neutralize endpoint security tools. While Windows has introduced driver signing enforcement and a vulnerable driver blocklist, legacy compatibility rules allow drivers with expired or revoked certificates to...
Agentic AI: Systemic Design Beats Single‑Prompt Models
“How Agentic AI works” — this diagram gets one thing very right: Agentic AI is not a model. It’s a system. Here’s the deeper reading most people miss 👇 1️⃣ Inputs are not prompts — they’re signals Agentic AI doesn’t...
Top Worktech News From the Week of February 13th: Updates From QAD, Planview, Tata Consultancy Services, and More
The week’s WorkTech roundup highlighted a surge of AI‑driven initiatives across enterprise software vendors. BMC and AWS sealed a five‑year strategic deal to embed generative AI into workflow orchestration, while Dispatch Science unveiled a unified AI logistics platform and DXC...
Transforming QA Efficiency and Transparency in Indonesia’s Financial Services Industry
A leading Indonesian financial services firm adopted TestRail, deployed by IT Group Indonesia, to unify its fragmented QA processes. Leveraging TestRail’s centralized test management, the organization linked requirements, test cases, and results, replacing manual spreadsheet reporting with real‑time dashboards. Forrester’s...
Clorox Completes SAP ERP Overhaul as Purell Acquisition Tests Integration Capacity
Clorox wrapped up a five‑year, multi‑plant SAP rollout, replacing a two‑decade‑old legacy system with a cloud‑based ERP that unifies finance, supply chain, sales and planning. The deployment spanned 21 U.S. and Canadian factories and required over 5,000 employees to complete...
Clear Criteria for Deciding Build vs Buy Solutions
From Clouded Judgement: Build vs Buy https://lnkd.in/dGX7YfrS
Six Shifts that Will Make or Break Enterprise AI
Enterprises are still treating AI as isolated projects, but future success hinges on six concurrent shifts: autonomous agents as digital coworkers, AI‑native applications, enterprise memory foundations, human‑centric interaction, robust trust and integrity, and simulation‑driven change. CIOs must redesign architecture, operating...
Didero Raises $30M Series A for AI Procurement Platform
AI startup Didero announced a $30 million Series A round, co‑led by Chemistry and Headline with participation from Microsoft’s M12 venture fund. The financing will accelerate adoption of its AI‑driven procurement platform, which embeds autonomous agents into existing ERP and communication tools...
Dutch Carrier Odido Discloses Data Breach Impacting 6 Million
Dutch mobile carrier Odido announced a data breach that exposed personal information of more than 6 million customers, including names, addresses, phone numbers, email, dates of birth, bank account and passport or driver‑license details. The intrusion occurred on February 7‑8 and targeted...
Kyndryl Wants to Help Enterprises Keep AI Agents in Line – and Avoid Costly Compliance Blunders
Kyndryl introduced a policy‑as‑code feature that converts corporate rules, regulations, and operational controls into machine‑readable policies for AI agents. The capability, embedded in its Agentic AI Framework, ensures agents act only within pre‑approved boundaries, providing deterministic execution, guardrails, and human‑supervised...
OpenClaw in the Clinic: A Business Plan for HIPAA-Compliant Deployment of Agentic AI at Scale in Payer and Provider Organizations
The episode dissects OpenClaw, an open‑source, agentic AI platform that can autonomously interact with files, commands, and dozens of applications, and evaluates its viability for payer and provider health organizations. It explains why the default, unsecured version violates HIPAA, outlines...
How to Design Salesforce Agent-to-Agent (A2A) Architecture
Salesforce is moving from isolated chatbots to an Agentic Swarm architecture built on the Atlas Reasoning Engine. The model introduces a generalist Orchestrator that parses intent and delegates work to narrow‑focus Specialist agents via Agent Builder and Data 360. Two core...
Intrizen Announces Expanded Executive Team to Build on Rapid Growth and Drive Innovation
Intrizen, an HR and IT transformation firm and SAP partner, announced an expanded executive team, adding Jerold Lack as Chief Revenue Officer and Lyric Everly as Chief Marketing Officer. The leadership boost follows the company's recent inclusion on the Inc....
Simfoni Earns ProcureTech100 Recognition for AI-Driven Analytics and Sourcing Execution
Simfoni has been named to the 2025/2026 ProcureTech100, highlighting its AI-driven Strategic Spend Hub that automates procurement analytics and sourcing execution. The platform, built natively on Snowflake, consolidates spend data, sourcing workflows, and pipeline management into a single, governed application....
Community Survey Reveals Cloud Migration Progress Alongside AI Adoption Gaps
RPI Consultants’ third State of the Infor Community Survey shows Infor users rapidly moving from legacy Lawson to CloudSuite, but many still lack the process redesign and training needed to fully exploit cloud benefits. The report highlights growing interest in...
Wesfarmers Hedges AI Bets with Multi-Year Deals with Both Microsoft and Google
Australian retailer Wesfarmers has signed multi‑year agreements with both Microsoft and Google Cloud to accelerate AI adoption across its portfolio. The Microsoft deal brings Azure OpenAI, M365 Copilot and Copilot Studio to divisions such as Bunnings, Kmart and Priceline, while...
Bringing End-to-End AP Automation Into Dynamics 365 Business Central: What Partners Need to Know
Mekorma and Continia announced a joint solution that delivers end‑to‑end accounts payable automation directly inside Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central for North American customers. Continia provides OCR‑driven invoice capture, approval routing, and document management, while Mekorma adds vendor onboarding, compliance validation,...
MSDW Podcast: Understanding 2026 Tax Changes with Avalara's Scott Peterson
Avalara released its 2026 Tax Changes Report, highlighting “off the charts” growth in U.S. transaction taxes. In a sponsored MSDW podcast, Avalara VP Scott Peterson explained how federal income‑tax reforms will affect state tax structures. He noted that many states...
From the Microsoft Power Platform Blogs: Power Apps MCP; Data Change Request Architecture; Build Reusable Component Collection; Power Apps Error...
Microsoft announced a public preview of Power Apps MCP (Model Context Protocol) and a redesigned agent feed, allowing AI agents to automate routine tasks within low‑code business applications. The AI assistants can ingest emails or documents, extract key data, and...
Introducing the Terraform State Provider for Pulumi ESC
Pulumi has launched a new Terraform State provider for its ESC platform, allowing teams to import Terraform output values directly into ESC environments. The provider reads state files from local, S3, or Terraform Cloud backends and exposes outputs as first‑class...
Microsoft Dynamics Partner Roundup: New Microsoft Clients; Housing Services Win; Manufacturing Industry Lead
Microsoft Dynamics partners announced several strategic moves this week. Endeavor4 added over 60 former DataSys clients, extending its ERP support across North America. Solvares Field Service and Infinity Group secured Saxon Weald as their first joint housing customer, deploying a scheduling...
Unify Systems, Consolidate Vendors, Make AI Measurable
The next phase of growth requires unifying systems, consolidating vendors, and finally making AI deliver measurable results. We explore how with Benjamin Conant, Chief Product Officer at @alkamitech and Co-Founder of @Mantl_tech. Watch the full episode: https://t.co/Jamreeb077 https://t.co/pwP81bugEI
Why We’ve Built the Future of CRM in Slack
Salesforce is embedding its CRM directly into Slack, creating a unified workspace where customer data and real‑time conversation coexist. The integration leverages AI agents, including the new Slackbot, to read both structured records and chat context, enabling automatic updates, risk...
Infrastructure Maturity Defines the Next Phase of AI Deployment
Hitachi Vantara’s State of Data Infrastructure Global Report 2025 finds that infrastructure maturity, not sheer scale, is the primary barrier to reliable AI workloads. Surveying 1,200 large‑enterprise IT leaders, the study classifies firms into Emerging, Defined and Optimized, with only...
Announcing: Enhancements to Quality Gates and Embedded Launch Activities for HCM and SAP Cloud ERP
SAP announced upgrades to its Quality Gate framework and introduced Embedded Launch Activity support for both HCM and SAP Cloud ERP. The enhancements include new CQC (Continuous Quality Check) reports that deliver real‑time visibility into gate compliance. Embedded launch activities...
Identity Security Looks Different by Industry. Here’s How MSPs Can Keep Up
Identity attacks remain the top breach vector, yet only 33 % of leaders trust their identity providers to stop them. With 82 % increasing spend and 85 % shifting to security‑first identity strategies, execution gaps are widening. Modern identity now includes machines, APIs...
Real Results: 3 Enterprise Projects Powered by Reliable Controls Solutions
Reliable Controls showcases three enterprise building‑automation projects that demonstrate scalability, sustainability, and long‑term compatibility. In Washington, D.C., the Constitution Square portfolio leveraged backward‑compatible controls across an 11‑year build without replacing legacy devices. In Australia’s Gold Coast, integration of a 312 kW...
Where Do You Rank on Time-to-Pay, P2P, and O2C?
The episode examines how finance, credit, and treasury leaders can gauge their organization’s readiness for high‑level automation in Time‑to‑Pay, Procure‑to‑Pay, and Order‑to‑Cash, noting that over 75% agentic automation is the target within three years. It highlights findings from the North...
Alrajhi Medicine Replaces Legacy Systems with Oracle Cloud ERP and EHR
Alrajhi Medicine, a Saudi private healthcare network, has chosen Oracle to replace its legacy clinical and enterprise systems with Oracle Health Foundation electronic health record (EHR) and Oracle Fusion Cloud Applications. The unified cloud platform will integrate patient records, finance,...
Globecast, Synamedia to Help Distribute Emirates FA Cup to Broadcasters
Globecast and Synamedia have launched a cloud‑based workflow that lets broadcasters receive Emirates FA Cup matches via IP or satellite for the first time. The solution combines Synamedia’s Quortex Link SaaS platform with Globecast’s managed services, covering Western Europe, the...
Oracle Deploys Agentic AI for Retail Banking Operations
Oracle bets big on agentic AI for retail banking: pre-built agents for credit decisioning, collections, compliance—human-in-the-loop governance at the core. Hundreds more agents planned in 12 months. Oracle launches Agentic AI platform for retail banking https://t.co/Rdq57xCcOd https://t.co/UjiB7TV4tX
Keeper Commander Introduces SuperShell™
Keeper Security launched SuperShell™, a full‑screen terminal user interface for Keeper Commander, available from version 17.2.7 onward. The TUI provides a split‑view vault browser with vi‑style keyboard shortcuts, searchable panes, raw JSON inspection, and live TOTP display. Designed for developers,...
The Dangers of a CCaaS Monoculture – Interview with Paul Hughes of Mitel
In the latest Punk CX podcast, Paul Hughes of Mitel argues that hybrid CX solutions are now the enterprise default, especially for regulated firms that need both cloud and on‑premise capabilities. He warns that a CCaaS monoculture—relying on a single...
2026 Lease Management Trends: Strategic Evolution in the Office of the CFO
In 2026 lease management is shifting from compliance‑only tools to strategic platforms that combine AI, automation, and deep integration across the CFO office. Vendors are delivering AI‑enhanced onboarding, multi‑standard reporting for IFRS 16, ASC 842 and FRS 102, and unified data flows linking...
A Guide to the Best Disaster Recovery Solutions for Health Care Organizations
Healthcare providers face heightened risk from cyber attacks and natural disasters, making robust disaster recovery essential. Vendors such as Dataprise, Veeam, Acronis, Zerto, and Carbonite offer cloud, hybrid, and on‑premises solutions that promise rapid recovery, HIPAA compliance, and proactive monitoring....
RxERP Integrates Embedded Microtransponder Technology for Improved Pharmaceutical Traceability
RxERP has signed a licensing agreement with p‑Chip Corporation to embed light‑activated microtransponder tags into its pharmaceutical ERP serialization workflows. The embedded tags provide a permanent, tamper‑resistant digital ID that links directly to RxERP’s receiving, inventory, verification and reporting records,...
What It Really Means: Supply Chain Control Towers
Supply chain control towers are organizational hubs that combine people, data, and decision rights to manage complexity, rather than merely software platforms. Enabled by integrated digital tools, they can focus on logistics, planning, or end‑to‑end execution across varying time horizons....
Unanet Introduces AI Copilot to Turn ERP Complexity Into Actionable Intelligence for Architecture and Engineering Firms
Unanet has launched Champ™ for ERP, an AI‑first copilot built on Wyatt’s natural‑language engine and embedded directly into its AE ERP platform for architecture and engineering firms. The solution lets finance leaders and project managers ask plain‑language questions, receive real‑time...
AI PoC to Production: A Practical Guide to Scaling Artificial Intelligence in the Enterprise
Enterprises often excel at AI proofs‑of‑concept but stumble when scaling to production, where reliability, governance, and measurable ROI are mandatory. The guide outlines a seven‑step framework—starting with early success criteria, strengthening data pipelines, building cloud‑native infrastructure, adopting MLOps, enforcing governance,...
Embridge Consulting Introduces “Elastic Change” To Tackle Why ERP and Transformation Projects Fail
Embridge Consulting launched the Elastic Change framework to address the high failure rate of ERP and digital transformation projects. The model replaces rigid, project‑led approaches with a flexible structure that scales with organisational maturity and emphasizes emotionally intelligent leadership. By...
Beyond the Legacy PaaS: Choosing Between Heroku and Upsun in the 2026 Cloud Ecosystem
Heroku announced an End‑of‑Sale for new enterprise customers and a feature freeze, signalling no further roadmap investment for large‑scale users. Existing accounts can still renew, but growth‑focused teams face stagnation. Upsun positions itself as the next‑generation PaaS, retaining a Git‑centric...