
SAP’s Customer Experience unit is pushing industry‑specific AI, tying CX tightly to ERP and supply‑chain data to deliver truly intelligent retail interactions. At NRF 2026 the company announced embedded AI for planning, fulfillment and commerce, and a partnership with N4XT for New York Fashion Week to showcase digital retail infrastructure. Balaji Balasubramanian emphasized that a robust data foundation fuels agentic AI, enabling experiential loyalty that goes beyond points programs. A European retailer case study highlighted autonomous shelf‑scanning robots and omni‑channel click‑and‑collect powered by SAP Cloud ERP.
i-Genie.ai has been accepted into Microsoft’s invite‑only Pegasus Program, unlocking Azure AI credits, dedicated success managers, and marketplace listing. The partnership grants co‑selling rights, early access to Microsoft product updates, and high‑visibility promotion at events like NRF and MWC. Leveraging...
MES platforms are moving to elastic, modular architectures, breaking the monolithic deployment model. Rockwell Automation’s elastic MES framework combines modular components, hybrid edge‑to‑cloud infrastructure, and industry‑specific templates, letting manufacturers add capabilities incrementally. The global MES market is projected to triple...

Enterprise security teams now rely on open source for core infrastructure, development pipelines, and production applications, yet patching cycles remain sluggish. TuxCare’s 2026 Open Source Landscape Report shows that 60% of recent incidents involved known vulnerabilities that were not patched...

Workato is an enterprise‑grade integration and automation platform that connects apps through visual “recipes” and targets large organizations with complex ERP, legacy, and data‑warehouse systems. It emphasizes centralized IT governance, role‑based access, and custom connector development, resulting in longer implementation...
Global Shop Solutions launched two AI‑driven modules—AI Accounts Payable Automation and AI Sales Order Entry—integrated into its ERP platform. The AP tool scans invoices, extracts key data and matches them to purchase orders, eliminating manual entry and reducing errors. The...

Amsterdam‑based Orq.ai has launched its AI Router as a standalone product, turning the previously hidden routing layer into a strategic control point for enterprise AI. The move addresses growing complexity as firms run multiple large language models to balance cost,...

Singapore’s Cyber Security Agency and the nation’s four major telcos (M1, Simba Telecom, Singtel, StarHub) launched the "Cyber Guardian" operation, expelling the China‑linked threat actor UNC3886 after an 11‑month campaign. The attackers breached critical network segments but did not steal...
Red Hat and SAS have released a reference architecture for deploying the SAS Viya analytics platform on Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS (ROSA). The guide details a workload‑placement strategy using dedicated machine pools, integration with AWS services such as RDS for PostgreSQL,...
Red Hat has rebranded its Insights service as Red Hat Lightspeed, keeping core advisor, vulnerability and compliance capabilities while emphasizing AI‑driven speed. New Image Builder integrations now auto‑register RHEL images to Red Hat Satellite and Ansible Automation Platform, and allow compliance profiles...
GitLab announced a 99.9% availability service‑level agreement for Ultimate customers on GitLab.com and GitLab Dedicated, backed by service credits when monthly uptime falls short. The SLA covers core DevSecOps experiences such as issues, merge requests, Git operations, Container and Package...
Australian firms are pouring money into AI, yet many projects stall in pilot mode, not because of the technology but due to weak experience design, unclear ownership, and poor integration into customer journeys. Cognizant’s AI‑native agency, Cognizant Moment, was launched...
Temporal announced a Series D financing round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, bringing new capital to the open‑source durable execution platform. The round includes Lightspeed partners Anoushka Vaswani, Ravi Mhatre, Bucky Moore and Justin Shen. Temporal’s technology underpins mission‑critical services at...

Camunda’s blog outlines how the open‑source Agent2Agent (A2A) protocol can be embedded in BPMN‑based processes to enable reliable, auditable communication between heterogeneous AI agents. It explains Camunda’s three A2A connectors—client, polling and webhook—and when each fits a deterministic service task...
CompTIA unveiled SecAI+, its first Expansion Series certification, aimed at securing AI systems and leveraging AI tools within cybersecurity operations. The credential builds on foundational certifications such as Security+, CySA+ and PenTest+, requiring three to four years of IT experience...

Dicker Data has expanded its telco business unit to include a broader unified communications (UC) portfolio, targeting both Microsoft Teams Calling and multi‑vendor voice solutions. The new offering adds Switch Connect, Symbio, GoTo and IPscape, while InTele delivers end‑user training...

An AI factory is an operational model that industrializes artificial‑intelligence development by linking high‑performance compute, data pipelines, orchestration, governance and deployment into a continuous production system. The concept, popularized by NVIDIA, moves AI from isolated experiments to repeatable, scalable outputs....

A new vulnerability, CVE‑2026‑25903, affects Apache NiFi versions 1.1.0 through 2.7.2 and was patched in 2.8.0. The flaw allows users with limited privileges to modify the configuration of already‑deployed restricted components, bypassing the platform’s authorization checks. While it does not...

Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) dominates the managed Kubernetes market with roughly 50% share, offering a fully managed control plane, deep AWS integration, and serverless compute via Fargate. EKS Anywhere, launched in 2020, extends the same open‑source distro to on‑premise...
Japanese telecom KDDI selects Oracle Cloud Scale Charging and Billing to replace its legacy billing system. The cloud‑native platform on OCI will handle real‑time charging for mobile, broadband and digital services, aiming to cut costs and boost agility. KDDI expects...
HashiCorp announced that HCP Packer now offers SBOM vulnerability scanning in public beta, while its package‑visibility feature has moved to general availability. The new scanning capability cross‑references each artifact’s software bill of materials against the MITRE CVE database and flags...

Microsoft has brought two new data halls online in São Paulo, marking the first operational facilities under its $2.7 bn AI and cloud commitment to Brazil through 2027. The launch was announced at the Microsoft AI Tour by country president Priscyla Laham,...

Quest Software unveiled the Trusted Data Management Platform, a unified suite that combines data modeling, cataloging, governance, quality, and a marketplace to deliver AI‑ready data across enterprises. The solution promises up to 54% faster data‑product delivery, up to 40% cost...

Bluefin and Basis Theory have formed a strategic partnership to deliver a unified token strategy that bridges digital and in‑person payment channels. By integrating Bluefin’s PointConex platform with Basis Theory’s API‑driven tokenization and vaulting, merchants can capture, tokenize, and reuse...

Microsoft Azure’s latest blog delineates three core continuity concepts—reliability, resiliency and recoverability—explaining how each fits into the Cloud Adoption Framework and the Azure Well‑Architected Framework. It describes reliability as the ultimate service‑level goal, resiliency as the ability to stay operational...

Dynatrace announced accelerated growth by surpassing $1 billion in AWS Marketplace sales and earning the AWS Financial Services Competency. The company reported sustained triple‑digit growth over three years, driven by cloud‑native procurement demand. It also secured the AWS Agentic AI Specialization,...

SS&C Blue Prism is guiding customers from traditional robotic process automation (RPA) toward agentic AI automation. The firm highlights the limitations of rule‑based RPA for handling unstructured, context‑driven data and showcases its emerging platform that embeds large‑language‑model agents into workflows....

MindBridge, an AI‑powered financial intelligence firm, announced a global partnership with Genpact to embed its analytics platform into Genpact’s Enterprise Risk Consulting engagements. The collaboration will allow Genpact to deliver full‑population risk scoring, anomaly detection, and continuous controls monitoring for...

London‑based AI startup Fyld has closed a £32 million Series B round, led by Energy Impact Partners with participation from Partech’s Growth Impact Fund. The funding will fuel the expansion of its real‑time safety and compliance platform for frontline workers into the...

Intruder scanned five million JavaScript bundles and uncovered more than 42,000 exposed secrets, including active GitHub, GitLab, and SaaS API tokens. The research revealed 688 repository tokens that granted full access to private code and CI/CD pipelines. Traditional static and...

Palo Alto Networks announced it will acquire AI‑agent security startup Koi, a move aimed at strengthening visibility and protection for AI‑driven workloads on endpoint devices. While the purchase price was not disclosed, a prior report suggested a $400 million valuation. Koi’s...

SpendRule has launched an AI‑driven contract intelligence platform that adds a fourth validation layer—contract terms—to traditional three‑way matching in hospital accounts payable. The solution targets the $323 billion purchased‑services spend category, where industry analysts estimate $32 billion in preventable overpayments each year....

Teleport’s 2026 State of AI in Enterprise Infrastructure Security report reveals that AI workloads with excessive access rights suffer a 4.5‑times higher incident rate than those governed by least‑privilege controls. Seventy percent of surveyed security leaders say AI systems enjoy...

The episode examines how AI is reshaping revenue technology (revtech) stacks, contrasting two dominant narratives: AI as a replacement that could shrink seat‑based pricing, and AI as an augmentor that boosts productivity without major headcount cuts. It highlights that AI’s...
In a healthsystemCIO webinar, senior IT leaders from RWJBarnabas Health, Ardent Health Services, and the University of Maryland Medical System discussed how to manage the flood of application requests while fostering innovation. They emphasized establishing a single, standardized intake point,...
London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) and Bank of America have entered a multi‑year partnership to embed LSEG’s data, analytics and workflow solutions across BofA’s platforms. The deal gives BofA clients governed, rights‑cleared data and AI‑ready content, powered by LSEG Workspace,...
Cloud On Demand and South African backup specialist StorVault have announced a partnership that combines scalable cloud delivery with locally‑grounded, immutable data protection. The joint offering targets ransomware, hardware failures and endpoint vulnerabilities that threaten hybrid workforces, while delivering point‑in‑time...

Dragos’ 2026 Year in Review OT/ICS report adds three new adversaries—Sylvanite, Azurite and Pyroxene—targeting industrial control systems in 2025. Sylvanite acts as a rapid‑exploitation broker, weaponising n‑day flaws within 48 hours and handing access to the Voltzite group across power, oil,...

Rapid IT incident resolution is essential for digital availability, as downtime erodes revenue, brand trust, security posture, and compliance. The article outlines five strategic practices—unified dashboards, automation, clear escalation procedures, robust documentation, and business‑driven incident prioritization—each tied to measurable KPIs....

Mondrian, a European asset manager, has selected FundGuard’s cloud‑based investment ledger to replace its legacy accounting system. The new platform will provide real‑time transaction processing, automated regulatory reporting, and seamless integration with tokenisation workflows. Migration includes historic data transfer and...
FluidCloud’s new Cloud Cloning service tackles the chronic shortcomings of existing cloud‑migration tools by taking a comprehensive snapshot of a source public‑cloud environment and automatically translating it into an equivalent target cloud configuration. The approach captures more than 60% of...

Internal AI copilots are being deployed across enterprises as search and decision‑aid layers, inheriting every permission granted to users. Their ability to index, retrieve, and combine data from email, file shares, and SaaS tools exposes vast amounts of previously hidden...

Johannesburg‑listed iOCO is expanding its cloud practice in Saudi Arabia through a partnership with Amazon Web Services. The move targets Saudi government agencies and enterprises as the kingdom pushes its Vision 2030 digital modernization agenda. iOCO will invest in local delivery...

Artificial intelligence is reshaping identity management, with machine and AI agents now surpassing human users in many environments. This surge creates a broader attack surface, as each automated identity demands governance yet often appears outside IT‑approved systems. Channel partners are...

Choosing a password manager is now a strategic security decision, not just a convenience tool. While consumer‑focused apps handle basic storage, enterprise‑grade solutions add centralized provisioning, role‑based access, and detailed audit trails. Decision‑makers must evaluate encryption models, zero‑knowledge architecture, MFA...

n8n is a fair‑code, self‑hosted workflow automation platform that lets sales teams replace per‑task pricing models like Zapier with unlimited actions. Its visual node‑based editor supports branching, loops, and advanced error handling, enabling complex lead‑routing and CRM upsert workflows. By...
Red Hat has announced the general availability of its own build of Podman Desktop, delivering an enterprise‑grade, secure‑by‑design local container development environment. The offering bridges the long‑standing gap between developers’ laptops and hardened OpenShift clusters, leveraging the same trusted RHEL components....
Bradesco, one of Brazil’s largest banks, has moved its automation strategy from pure execution to a governance‑focused observability model using Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform. The platform’s open APIs now feed execution data into enterprise‑wide dashboards, linking automation metrics with ITSM...

Close’s native Forms and Workflow tools let inbound teams capture a prospect’s information and instantly trigger a series of automated actions. When a form is submitted, a lead is created or updated in the CRM, assigned to an owner, set...
The article outlines a second phase in supply‑chain technology that moves beyond isolated AI models toward networked decision orchestration. While the first phase improved forecasting, routing and visibility, the new focus is on collapsing coordination latency across functional nodes. Real‑time,...