Barclays, FIS Sign Multi-Year Extension of Their Core Banking Agreement
Barclays US Consumer Bank announced a multi‑year extension of its core‑banking partnership with FIS, deploying the cloud‑ready FIS Profile platform. The solution will manage deposits, accounts and balances while delivering real‑time, multi‑currency processing, supporting Barclays’ ambition to grow its retail deposits, now exceeding $25 billion. The upgrade is positioned to accelerate product innovation, improve the digital customer experience and lower risk and operational costs. Both firms frame the extension as a cornerstone of Barclays’ ongoing digital modernization in the United States.
DataVisor Brings Conversational AI Agents to Fraud and AML Operations
DataVisor unveiled Vera, a conversational AI agent suite that lets financial institutions manage fraud and AML tasks through plain‑language commands. The platform automates detection, investigation, and regulatory reporting, promising up to three‑fold gains in detection coverage and a 20‑30× reduction...
Wolseley's CTO on Oracle Fusion and AI - Start with the Easy 80%, and Bring up the Bottom Third
Wolseley Group, the UK’s largest specialist trade merchant with roughly $3.2 billion in annual revenue, is modernising its 700‑branch network using Oracle Fusion SCM. After eight years on Oracle Cloud for finance and recent supply‑chain upgrades, the company will pilot a...
SAP Patches Critical ABAP Vulnerability
SAP released 20 new and updated security notes on April 14, 2026, including two critical CVEs. The most severe, CVE‑2026‑27681 (CVSS 9.9), is a SQL‑injection flaw in Business Planning and Consolidation and Business Warehouse that enables arbitrary code execution. SAP mitigated the issue...
Why Design Is the Secret Weapon in AI-Powered Compliance
Quantifind argues that design is as critical as AI for financial‑crime compliance, shaping how investigators interact with complex models. By unifying risk signals, evidence and relationships in a single visual graph, the platform cuts cognitive load and replaces the “enterprise...
Inspectorio AI Platform to Enhance Gap Supply Chain Oversight
Inspectorio announced its AI platform will be deployed across Gap Inc.'s portfolio—including Old Navy, Gap, Banana Republic and Athleta—to deliver end‑to‑end product traceability. The system automates task execution and centralises supplier data, enabling faster, data‑driven decisions. The move follows Gap's...
Sumsub and ComplyAdvantage Deepen AML Screening Partnership as Compliance Demands Rise
Sumsub and ComplyAdvantage have deepened their partnership by embedding ComplyAdvantage’s Mesh intelligence layer directly into Sumsub’s verification and monitoring platform. The integration adds real‑time sanction and watch‑list updates—delivered within minutes—and a Bring‑Your‑Own‑Key option that lets clients connect their own Mesh...
The AI Inflection Point: What Security Leaders Must Do Now
AI has moved from experiment to production in cybersecurity, forcing security leaders to treat it as an operating‑model shift rather than a bolt‑on tool. Threat reports show AI‑enabled adversaries accelerating attack timelines to under 30 minutes, outpacing human‑only triage. CISOs...
Appear Takes Its X Platform to the Edge
Appear announced the launch of Appear XM, a self‑hosted management console for its X Platform, aimed at simplifying operations across large, distributed broadcast deployments. The company also made its X5 edge appliance generally available, bringing broadcast‑grade AVC/HEVC encoding, Dolby audio,...
Vault Enterprise 2.0 Modernizes Identity Security at Scale
HashiCorp announced Vault Enterprise 2.0, now generally available, adding identity‑first secret distribution, expanded Linux credential rotation, and high‑performance envelope encryption for streaming workloads. The release also introduces a new versioning and support model aligned with IBM’s lifecycle policies, guaranteeing at...
Choosing the Right Integration Strategy and Framework for Manufacturers
Manufacturers increasingly confront integration bottlenecks as they layer ERP, MES, WMS, e‑commerce and AI tools. While point‑to‑point connections are quick to deploy, they become fragile and costly once three or more critical systems interconnect. Integration platform as a service (iPaaS)...
CRM System Examples: What CRMs Do (with Real Workflows)
The article explains how modern CRM platforms turn fragmented customer data into a single source of truth by centralizing contacts, deals, and support interactions. It highlights essential features such as pipeline tracking, task automation, reporting, and AI‑driven insights, stressing that...
Pointerra Wins Major Three-Year Western Power Digital Twin Contract
Pointerra Limited (ASX: 3DP) secured a three‑year contract with Western Power to deploy its Pointerra3D digital twin platform across 50 transmission substations in Western Australia. The agreement is valued at a minimum of A$413,442 (about $273,000 USD) and is designed...
GitLab and Vertex AI on Google Cloud: Advancing Agentic Software Development
GitLab has made its Duo Agent Platform generally available and integrated it with Google Cloud’s Vertex AI, creating an AI‑driven orchestration layer that spans the entire software development lifecycle. The partnership lets developers invoke specialized agents for planning, coding, security...
France Defines a New Model for Managing Technology Dependencies
France unveiled a digital‑sovereignty program to curb reliance on non‑European technology, beginning with the migration of the central digital authority (DINUM) from Microsoft Windows to Linux. The plan obliges every ministry to submit a technology‑dependency reduction roadmap by autumn 2026,...
Why Your QMS and Regulatory Information Management Systems Should Talk to Each Other
Life‑science firms risk costly customs holds, destroyed goods and delayed registrations when quality‑management systems (QMS) and regulatory‑information‑management systems (RIMS) operate in silos. The article illustrates a scenario where manufacturing deemed a change “nonsignificant,” yet the lack of data flow between...
Dynamics 365 Gains Momentum: Franklin Sports, Zwilling Highlight ERP Standardization and Finance Automation
Microsoft Dynamics 365 is experiencing double‑digit growth as enterprises seek unified, cloud‑based ERP platforms. Franklin Sports chose Dynamics 365 Finance and Supply Chain Management, partnering with Sunrise Technologies to replace fragmented legacy systems and gain real‑time visibility across its global...
Kastle AI Integrates with ICE's Mortgage Servicing System
Kastle AI announced a native integration with Intercontinental Exchange’s mortgage servicing platform, MSP, enabling servicers to deploy its AI agents without building custom infrastructure. The connection lets the AI agents, such as Avery, access loan data and execute workflows directly...
Designing AI-Assisted Integration Pipelines for Enterprise SaaS
AI‑assisted integration pipelines are emerging as a solution for connecting enterprise SaaS platforms such as Workday to downstream systems. By automating schema alignment through rule‑based logic, machine‑learning models, and large language models, these pipelines dramatically reduce manual mapping and maintenance....
Cloudcomputing Targets 1.5M Identities in Spain and Finalizes Innovate IT Acquisition
Cloudcomputing, the Portuguese IAM specialist owned by Allurity, announced a push to manage over 1.5 million digital identities in Spain by 2027, backed by a 10% revenue jump in Q1 2026 versus the prior full year. At the same time, it completed...
Standard ERP in 2026: The Power of a Fully Integrated Software Suite
HansaWorld’s Standard ERP received its 2026 upgrade, expanding its all‑in‑one architecture with AI‑driven Insights, a self‑service MyStandard cloud portal, and a revamped Rental module. The suite now unifies sales, purchasing, inventory, accounting, CRM and vertical tools on a single platform,...
SugarCRM Unveils New Brand Identity as SugarAI
SugarCRM announced a rebrand to SugarAI, positioning the company as an AI‑first provider of customer‑relationship‑management solutions. The new identity emphasizes "precision selling," where artificial intelligence turns CRM data into proactive sales guidance rather than a passive record. CEO David Roberts...
AI Compliance Startup Haast Closes $12m Series A
AI‑native compliance platform Haast announced a $12 million Series A round, bringing its total US capital to $17.05 million. The round was led by Peak XV Partners with participation from DST Global and Airtree, among others. Haast will use the funds to scale its agentic...
Mailbox Rule Abuse Emerges as Stealthy Post-Compromise Threat
Security researchers have uncovered a sharp increase in the abuse of Microsoft 365 mailbox rules, with Proofpoint reporting that roughly 10% of compromised accounts in Q4 2025 contained malicious rules created within seconds of initial access. These rules, often given trivial names,...
Veterans Affairs Has Lost Track of Software Licenses Amid $985M Bill
The GAO report reveals the Department of Veterans Affairs struggles to accurately track software licenses within its roughly $985 million annual software budget. The VA has identified its five biggest vendors but cannot determine if it is over‑ or under‑licensed. Preliminary...
Top Considerations for Your E-Invoicing RFP Process
The article outlines how to craft an e‑invoicing RFP that unites tax, finance, and IT around a scalable compliance framework. It warns against treating the RFP as a short‑term procurement task and instead recommends starting with broader business problems, securing...
Seven IBM WebSphere Liberty Flaws Can Be Chained Into Full Takeover
Security researchers disclosed seven interrelated flaws in IBM WebSphere Liberty, a modular Java application server, that can be chained to achieve full server takeover. The chain begins with a pre‑authentication remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in the SAML Web SSO...
N‑able Makes UEM AI-Native with MCP Server Launch
N-able unveiled its Model Context Protocol (MCP) server, a secure bridge that connects everyday AI tools directly to live data within its Unified Endpoint Management (UEM) platforms, N‑central and N‑sight. Alongside the server, the company introduced N‑zo, an in‑product AI...
Kornit Digital Acquires PrintFactory to Accelerate the Industry’s Transition to Digital, On-Demand Production
Kornit Digital announced the acquisition of Netherlands‑based PrintFactory, a cloud‑native workflow and color‑management software provider. The deal integrates PrintFactory’s automation platform with Kornit’s digital printing hardware, creating an end‑to‑end ecosystem that links demand generation, production workflow, and fulfillment. PrintFactory’s technology...
Why Securing GenAI Use Starts in the Browser
Enterprise adoption of generative AI has exploded, with daily usage rising nearly 60% in a year and weekly use tripling over two years. Employees now spend more than 80% of their workday in browsers, turning the browser into the primary...
Why Agentic AI Is Emerging as the Next Layer of the Modern TMS
Logistics teams are drowning in repetitive, high‑fatigue tasks such as shipment tracking, invoice reconciliation, and carrier performance monitoring. Shipwell’s new transportation management system (TMS) embeds agentic AI that automates these “invisible” workflows, delivering real‑time alerts and optimization suggestions while keeping...
Axiom: Vendor Analysis — Marketplace and Tail Spend Platform Overview, Roadmap, Competitors, User Considerations, Analyst Summary
Axiom, a UK‑based tech firm founded in 2020, launched its enterprise‑grade marketplace and tail‑spend platform publicly in 2023. The solution layers onto existing ERP or source‑to‑pay systems to unify catalog, free‑text, and inventory‑driven purchases into a single managed marketplace. By...
Check Point Launches WA PoP for Workplace Security SASE
Check Point Software Technologies has opened a Western Australia point of presence (PoP) for its Workplace Security SASE platform, delivering local data residency and compliance with WA‑specific legislation. The Perth PoP joins existing sites in Sydney, Melbourne and Auckland and...
Designing the Agentic AI Enterprise for Measurable Performance
EdgeVerve outlines a production‑grade framework for deploying semi‑autonomous AI agents across enterprise workflows. It stresses starting with business outcomes, decomposing tasks, and building a governed, observable platform that balances autonomy with risk. A finance pilot delivered over $32 million cash‑flow lift,...
Best MDM Solutions for 2026: 9 Tools Worth Considering
Enterprises now juggle over 10,000 endpoints, with mobile devices comprising about 60% of the fleet, according to IDC. A new G2‑based evaluation of 20+ MDM platforms highlights nine solutions that excel in policy deployment, security enforcement, and remote lock‑down capabilities....
Bringing Governance and Visibility to Machine and AI Identities
AppViewX’s CEO Archit Lohokare says the rapid rise of enterprise AI has merged machine and AI‑agent identities into a single, exponentially growing security problem. To address this, AppViewX has partnered with Eos to layer agentic governance on top of its...
Australian Payments Plus Continues "Operating Model Harmonisation"
Australian Payments Plus (AP+) has consolidated its IT, risk and customer service functions onto a single ServiceNow instance, creating a unified digital front door for its three core businesses—BPAY Group, eftpos and NPP Australia. The move merged previously separate ServiceNow...
The Unstructured Data Revolution in CRM – Interview with David Roberts of SugarCRM
In a recent Punk CX interview, SugarCRM CEO David Roberts argues that today’s CRM platforms function more as management dashboards than true seller tools. He predicts AI will ingest unstructured data—emails, calls, texts—to deliver real‑time contextual guidance, eliminating manual data entry....
Your Developers Are Already Running AI Locally: Why On-Device Inference Is the CISO’s New Blind Spot
The rise of on‑device large language model inference is turning the CISO’s focus from cloud‑based data exfiltration to hidden risks on employee laptops. Advances in consumer‑grade accelerators, mainstream quantization, and frictionless model distribution now let engineers run 70‑billion‑parameter models locally...
NetSuite Rolls Out AI Updates to Help Finance Teams Automate with Control
At its SuiteConnect London event, Oracle NetSuite unveiled major upgrades to its AI Connector Service, aimed at giving finance teams tighter control while automating tasks. The new AI Connector Service Companion includes a curated library of more than 100 finance‑specific...
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...
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....
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...
Cynomi Unveils CISO AI Agents, Go-To-Market Academy As CEO Pushes To Become ‘AI-First Company’
Cynomi announced a major platform upgrade that adds AI‑driven CISO, auditor, analyst and communicator agents, effectively creating a virtual security team for managed service providers (MSPs). Simultaneously, the company launched a Go‑to‑Market Academy to help partners package, price and sell...
Clear’s Reusable Biometric Digital ID Platform Joins FedRAMP Marketplace
Clear’s reusable biometric digital ID platform, CLEAR1, has been listed in the FedRAMP Marketplace with an “In Process” designation at the Moderate impact level, signaling progress toward full federal authorization. The platform, already certified for IAL2 and AAL2 under NIST...
Enterprises Must Revamp IAM for Comprehensive Security
Enterprises are confronting a surge in credential‑based attacks that bypass traditional identity and access management (IAM) controls. A new Omdia white paper, commissioned by ID Dataweb, argues that legacy IAM frameworks can no longer protect customer, workforce, and third‑party environments. It...
Context Graphs Are A Convergence, Not An Invention
ServiceNow’s new Context Engine has revived talk of “context graphs,” but the idea is not new. For four decades enterprise architecture, APM, process mining and other IT disciplines have been building fragmented graphs of assets, dependencies and workflows. The emerging...
Bangladesh’s Digital Tax Push Reshapes Compliance for RMG Supply Chains
Bangladesh’s National Board of Revenue has moved corporate tax, VAT, customs and payments fully online, automating returns, audits and refunds. The shift targets a tax base where fewer than 25,000 of roughly 288,000 registered firms file returns, exposing a compliance...