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Keeper Security announced two native Atlassian Jira integrations that embed security incident response and privileged‑access governance directly into Jira workflows. The Forge‑based Jira ITSM app auto‑creates tickets from Keeper alerts, while the Jira Workflow app lets teams request and approve access to vault resources without leaving Jira. Both apps keep enforcement, encryption and audit logs centralized in Keeper’s zero‑knowledge platform. The integrations are available now for Jira Cloud, supporting both team‑managed and company‑managed projects.
Australian CX provider Chandler has acquired Novagentic, a specialist in agentic AI tools for the superannuation sector. The deal brings Novagentic’s Microsoft‑cloud based automation platform and AI expertise into ChandlerCX’s customer communications suite. Former Novagentic founder Neil Benson will serve...
Velixo senior product manager and CPA Jim Norton discussed the challenges of year‑end closing in Dynamics 365 Business Central on the MSDW podcast. He warned that weak close processes, reliance on Excel‑based reports, and manual data exports heighten audit friction for...
Agentforce’s Q4 FY26 results reveal that more than 60% of bookings for Agentforce and Data 360 came from existing customers expanding their contracts. This expansion outpaced new‑logo deals, suggesting that early adopters are moving past pilot phases into sustained usage. Despite...
The article outlines how observability, governance, and safe automation together form a resilient IT foundation. Observability leverages metrics, logs, and traces to detect issues before they affect users. Governance establishes policies, RBAC, and compliance monitoring to align technology with business...
Enterprises that synchronize internal skill development with strategic partnerships can accelerate digital revenue growth, cut costs, and shorten time‑to‑market. The proposed framework organizes outcomes, capability architecture, partner categories, and an operating model that blends cross‑functional squads with Centers of Enablement....
Madison Square Garden confirmed a data breach tied to the 2025 Oracle E‑Business Suite hacking campaign. The Cl0p ransomware group exploited a zero‑day vulnerability (CVE‑2025‑61882) to steal over 210 GB of archived files, including employee payroll and Social Security numbers. MSG...
The article evaluates ArchiMate’s practical value for enterprise architecture, arguing that its built‑in meta‑model and shared semantics provide structural clarity that ad‑hoc diagramming lacks. It highlights how a standard notation reduces cognitive overhead, supports repository‑style modeling, and enables tool interoperability...
Salesforce Flow’s delete element throws a fault when the target collection is empty or a single record doesn’t exist, displaying the message “No records in Salesforce match your delete criteria”. This forces admins to add pre‑validation checks, such as confirming...
DealRoom launched a Roll‑Up Bundle aimed at private‑equity‑backed companies that run multiple acquisitions simultaneously. The bundle adds Enhanced Permissions, Multi‑Room Updates, Template Rooms, and a Project Management Suite to automate repetitive M&A tasks. By centralizing access controls, standardizing deal rooms,...
The article presents a practical playbook for Salesforce admins to build a secure, scalable Web‑to‑Lead pipeline. It urges teams to define end‑state outcomes—such as routing, response times, and success metrics—before designing the form. By adopting a minimum viable form, picklist‑driven...
Salesforce’s Data 360 is moving to a consumption‑based pricing model, replacing the traditional seat‑and‑channel fees that have dominated Martech. The new approach charges customers only for actual data ingestion, profile unification, segmentation and activation events, making costs directly tied to...
SAP Ariba announced a full architectural rebuild of its Source-to-Pay suite, targeting a February 2026 release. The new platform will be AI‑native, leveraging SAP Business Technology Platform and introducing Joule agents for tasks like bid analysis and intake management. Existing customers...
HighRadius announced an Outcome Based Pricing (OBP) model for its Office of the CFO platform, eliminating implementation and subscription fees until the solution is live and then charging a share of verified financial gains. The approach stems from a 24‑month...
IT is transitioning from a back‑office system provider to a strategic, customer‑facing partner that drives end‑to‑end change. Leaders are urged to co‑create transformation roadmaps, adopt outcome‑based KPIs, and build modular, API‑first platforms that reduce duplication. Lightweight, proportional governance combined with...
The piece frames generative‑AI coding agents as a complex problem space within the Cynefin framework, emphasizing that prompt‑to‑output behavior is inherently unpredictable. Unlike traditional developer tools that sit in clear or complicated domains, LLM‑driven agents require safe‑to‑fail experiments, rapid feedback,...
Microsoft’s Power Platform blog roundup highlights four key updates. Computer‑using agents in Copilot Studio now offer tighter security, visibility and scalability for UI automation. A preview of the Power Platform Test Engine brings automated UI testing to model‑driven apps. Additional...
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central’s latest blog roundup highlights four key areas: configuring purchase return orders to handle damaged or incorrect shipments, retrieving AL symbols from Microsoft’s public NuGet feed, preparing for the upcoming 28.0 release, and leveraging the platform’s...
Microsoft’s Dynamics 365 Customer Engagement suite is highlighted across recent blog posts for its evolving service request management, AI capabilities, and sales automation best practices. Vidit Gholam emphasizes moving from email and spreadsheets to a centralized request system to meet...
Enterprises now manage 500‑plus applications, creating sprawling, costly tech landscapes that often dictate business direction. The article argues that Enterprise Architecture (EA) tools can tame this complexity, but only if they address core requirements such as visual process‑to‑application mapping, cost‑of‑ownership...
Hybrid cloud has become essential for AI‑driven operations, yet many enterprises face mounting complexity, fragmented architectures, and unpredictable costs. A recent CIO WaterCooler session argues that clarity, control and trust must replace chaos, positioning sovereignty as a strategic advantage rather...
In Salesforce, tracking binary outcomes is often done with boolean fields. However, using a picklist instead offers a blank default, indicating the question wasn’t asked. Picklists also allow more descriptive answers and easier future modifications. Consultants should evaluate data needs...
Deutsche Telekom unveiled CoMind, a modular conversational AI platform that delivers voice and chat bots acting as digital colleagues for enterprises. The solution combines Retrieval‑Augmented Generation, multilingual support and seamless integration with legacy and cloud systems, while adhering to strict...
Anthropic’s Claude Code introduces a CLI‑based AI agent that can navigate repositories, draft patches, and run tests, turning code remediation into a near‑instant process. While the speed gains are compelling, the tool also grants autonomous execution rights that blur traditional...
CIQ announced Rocky Linux from CIQ Pro (RLC Pro), a commercially supported Enterprise Linux subscription that bundles long‑term support, FIPS 140‑3 validation, indemnification and direct bug‑fix services. The offering targets AI, high‑performance computing and regulated industries, promising 3‑5 year lifecycle stability without forced...
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff announced that five enterprises, including Sunrun, Cornerstone and CoolSys, have migrated from ServiceNow to Salesforce's newly launched IT Service Management product. The IT Service platform, introduced in October, now serves over 180 customers. Benioff framed the...
LeanIX announced a native integration with Jira Service Management (JSM) that automatically surfaces end‑of‑support technology within service tickets. The connector pulls real‑time data from LeanIX’s enterprise architecture repository, flagging legacy SAP components that are no longer supported. By embedding this...
CIOs are modernising AI, cloud, and security but often ignore the quote‑to‑cash layer, where pricing and configuration first shape revenue. This architectural blind spot turns the quoting process into a source of margin leakage, forecast errors, and integration debt. Treating...
Enterprises must first secure master data, integrate applications via open APIs, and modernize processes before chasing generative‑AI projects. Proven technologies such as adaptive robotic process automation, predictive analytics, and point‑based neural networks deliver reliable, low‑risk outcomes. Talent acquisition and continuous...
In a recent MIT CISR interview, Summer Collins, One NZ’s Chief AI and Data Director, detailed the telco’s enterprise‑wide push to embed artificial intelligence into its core operations. The initiative centers on a unified data platform, AI‑driven customer service tools,...
One New Zealand is undertaking a company‑wide transformation to embed artificial intelligence into every layer of its operations, as explained by Chief AI and Data Director Summer Collins. The initiative centralises data from network, customer, and service systems onto a...
The 2026 AI Survey targets the rapid rise of Agentic AI within IT service management, launching just four months after the 2025 edition to capture fast‑moving adoption trends. Agentic AI is defined across low, mid, and high autonomy levels, emphasizing...
Partner portals marketed as "seamlessly integrated" with Salesforce often rely on shallow field‑mapping, leading to data drift, sync failures, and constant admin overhead. A mirroring integration replicates the Salesforce schema and IDs, keeping Salesforce as the single source of truth...
A Parallels survey of 600+ global IT leaders found 94% fear vendor lock‑in, especially in health systems where platforms now underpin clinical, security and data functions. The study shows a shift from cost‑avoidance to protecting organisational freedom, prompting hybrid and...
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) projects continue to suffer cost overruns and muted business value, not because of technology limits but due to weak governance structures. Rajesh Arangamany proposes a five‑layer, governance‑centric framework that aligns strategic objectives, capability models, architectural accountability,...
Microsoft announced a suite of telco‑focused services ahead of Mobile World Congress 2026. The company is rolling out Azure Local, Microsoft 365 Local, and Foundry Local to deliver sovereign‑cloud and edge capabilities for disconnected operations. In March, Databricks Lakebase will reach general availability,...
Organizations using Azure Government Cloud struggle to balance automated security assessments with the nuanced architectural requirements of regulated environments. Third‑party compliance tools can scan thousands of resources against NIST, FedRAMP, and CIS benchmarks, delivering speed and broad visibility. However, these...
SolarWinds has issued patches for four critical Serv‑U vulnerabilities (CVE‑2025‑40538, 40539, 40540, 40541), each scoring 9.1 on the CVSS scale. The flaws—broken access control, two type‑confusion bugs, and an IDOR issue—enable remote code execution that can grant attackers full root...
Barndoor.ai unveiled Venn.ai, an agentic AI platform that grants controlled, permissioned access to a wide range of workplace applications such as Salesforce, Jira, Google Workspace, and Notion. The service enables AI agents to perform read‑write actions—updating records, sending messages, and...
Salesforce categorizes fields as either indexed or non-indexed, with indexed fields offering faster query execution. System‑generated fields such as lookups, master‑detail relationships, audit dates, and RecordTypeId are indexed automatically. Administrators can manually index custom fields by marking them as External...
Salesforce announced that its Open CTI JavaScript API will be retired on February 28, 2028, and will no longer receive new features or enhancements. Existing Service Cloud orgs can continue using Open CTI until the end‑of‑life date, but new agent‑force...
Planview’s Chief Data Scientist outlines why most AI pilots stall, citing low AI maturity as the core barrier. MIT’s four‑stage maturity model shows the biggest financial gains when firms move from pilot‑centric Stage 2 to enterprise‑wide Stage 3. Planview’s Anvi platform tackles...
Broadcom released security updates fixing three critical flaws in VMware Aria Operations, including a remote command injection (CVE-2026-22719) with a CVSS score of 8.1, a stored cross‑site scripting issue (CVE-2026-22720) rated 8.0, and a privilege‑escalation bug (CVE-2026-22721) scored 6.2. The...
The fifth installment of the Microservices Platforms series introduces an Observability platform that centralizes metrics, logs, and tracing for microservices. It explains how a dedicated platform team delivers shared observability capabilities, allowing service teams to concentrate on their core domain...
Ardoq announced its 2025 Partners of the Year, honoring a select group of firms that have successfully embedded the Ardoq platform into enterprise transformation initiatives. The awards spotlight five global partners across consulting, technology, and integration services that helped clients...
LexisNexis announced the U.S. general availability of Lexis+ with Protégé, a unified legal platform that supersedes its earlier Lexis+ AI offering. The new solution integrates advanced generative AI, workflow automation, and analytics into a single end‑to‑end environment for research, drafting,...
Avalara’s Vice President of Government Relations, Scott Peterson, warns that the 2026 tax environment will be dominated by state‑level changes rather than federal adjustments. New sales‑tax regimes in Iowa, Kentucky and Alaska, along with broader service‑tax experiments in Maryland, signal...
Trimble has launched its cloud‑based ProjectSight platform in the United Kingdom, Ireland and the Benelux region, extending a tool that is already entrenched in the U.S. market. The solution offers real‑time capture and sharing of drawings, RFIs, submittals and site...
The article argues that a Salesforce Design Authority (DA) is essential for maintaining architectural intent and preventing technical debt. It explains how architectural drift occurs when decisions are implicit and not revisited, and how a DA provides a forum for...
Sirion, an AI‑native contract lifecycle management platform, completed a majority investment from Austin‑based private‑equity firm Haveli Investments, giving Haveli a controlling stake and buying out earlier backers such as Sequoia and Tiger Global. The recapitalization, described as a strategic board‑level simplification...
