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Walmart AI Pricing Patents Signal Shift Toward Real-Time Retail Execution
NewsMar 20, 2026

Walmart AI Pricing Patents Signal Shift Toward Real-Time Retail Execution

Walmart has filed two patents that combine AI‑driven demand forecasting with dynamic pricing, and is rolling out digital shelf labels across U.S. stores. The patents cover real‑time price updates on e‑commerce platforms and predictive pricing recommendations tied to demand models....

By Logistics Viewpoints
Bonfy ACS 2.0 Helps Organizations Control Data Use in AI Environments
NewsMar 20, 2026

Bonfy ACS 2.0 Helps Organizations Control Data Use in AI Environments

Bonfy.AI unveiled Bonfy Adaptive Content Security (ACS) 2.0, a platform that extends enterprise data protection to AI agents, copilots, and generative applications across cloud, SaaS, and on‑premises environments. The solution adds real‑time, context‑aware controls—including a data‑in‑use guardrail, browser extension for...

By Help Net Security
Nile Adds Microsegmentation and Native NAC to Its Secure NaaS Platform
NewsMar 19, 2026

Nile Adds Microsegmentation and Native NAC to Its Secure NaaS Platform

Nile has upgraded its subscription‑based NaaS platform, Nile Access Service, with built‑in network access control (NAC) and identity‑driven microsegmentation. The new native NAC eliminates the need for separate appliances, while the microsegmentation feature can isolate each device individually, a capability...

By Network World
AvidXchange Expands AppFolio Partnership with Embedded AP Automation Solution for Property Management
NewsMar 19, 2026

AvidXchange Expands AppFolio Partnership with Embedded AP Automation Solution for Property Management

AvidXchange has launched an embedded accounts‑payable‑as‑a‑service (APaaS) solution for the AppFolio Property Manager platform, now listed in the AppFolio Stack Marketplace. The integration lets property‑management teams initiate and approve supplier payments directly within AppFolio, eliminating the need for separate finance...

By ERP News
Pulumi IAM Expands: Manage Access at Scale with Tags, Roles, and Teams
NewsMar 19, 2026

Pulumi IAM Expands: Manage Access at Scale with Tags, Roles, and Teams

Pulumi has added three major IAM capabilities—tag‑based access control, team role assignments, and user role assignments—to its existing custom‑role framework. Tag rules let permissions be granted automatically when stacks, environments, or accounts carry matching tags, eliminating manual selection. Teams can...

By Pulumi Blog
SAP Moves to Refresh Business Model Around AI Workflow
NewsMar 19, 2026

SAP Moves to Refresh Business Model Around AI Workflow

SAP is overhauling its business model, product architecture, and leadership to place AI at the core of its enterprise software offering. CEO Christian Klein now directly oversees AI strategy and has introduced a hybrid pricing model that adds consumption‑based AI...

By Gestalt IT
Amex Soups up Cards for Concur
NewsMar 19, 2026

Amex Soups up Cards for Concur

American Express announced integration of its virtual‑card solution into SAP’s Concur expense management platform. The new capability lets corporate users generate single‑use card numbers, set spending limits and automatically reconcile transactions, initially rolling out to select U.S. customers with a...

By Payments Dive
Why Most ERP Modernization Projects Die Before They Start
NewsMar 19, 2026

Why Most ERP Modernization Projects Die Before They Start

Food manufacturers recognize legacy ERP systems erode profitability, but most modernization projects stall before funding. The primary obstacle is translating operational pain points—such as manual workarounds and slow closes—into a concrete financial case that satisfies CFOs and boards. Without a...

By Food Industry Executive
Versa Extends SASE Platform with Inbound SSE and Secure Enterprise Browser
NewsMar 19, 2026

Versa Extends SASE Platform with Inbound SSE and Secure Enterprise Browser

Versa announced two major extensions to its VersaONE Universal SASE platform: Inbound Security Service Edge (SSE) and a Secure Enterprise Browser. Inbound SSE routes external traffic through Versa’s cloud gateways, applying policy controls before it reaches on‑premise or cloud applications,...

By Network World
Cloud ERP Vs. On-Premises ERP: Key Differences
NewsMar 19, 2026

Cloud ERP Vs. On-Premises ERP: Key Differences

The article contrasts cloud‑based SaaS ERP with traditional on‑premises solutions, outlining twelve critical differences such as deployment speed, customization, update frequency, and total cost of ownership. It highlights that vendors are channeling innovation—especially AI and blockchain—into cloud offerings, while on‑prem...

By TechTarget SearchERP
Shipsy Launches AgentFleet, an AI Workforce for Logistics Operations
NewsMar 19, 2026

Shipsy Launches AgentFleet, an AI Workforce for Logistics Operations

Shipsy has unveiled AgentFleet, an AI‑driven workforce that assigns virtual agents to core logistics roles such as customer experience, driver support, finance and dispute resolution. The agents monitor signals, make rule‑based decisions and execute tasks across TMS, ERP and third‑party...

By SalesTech Star
Carroll University Goes Live with Ellucian Student, HCM and Finance, Unifying Core Technology Systems on a SaaS-Native, AI-Powered Platform
NewsMar 19, 2026

Carroll University Goes Live with Ellucian Student, HCM and Finance, Unifying Core Technology Systems on a SaaS-Native, AI-Powered Platform

Carroll University has gone live with Ellucian’s Student, Human Capital Management and Finance solutions, unifying its SIS and ERP on a SaaS‑native, AI‑powered platform. The deployment was completed in less than 12 months, replacing legacy systems and delivering role‑based self‑service...

By HR Tech Series
Composable ERP: Architectural Reality or Executive Imperative?
NewsMar 19, 2026

Composable ERP: Architectural Reality or Executive Imperative?

Enterprise resource planning is moving from monolithic, upgrade‑centric models to composable architectures that prioritize speed and modularity. Volatile supply chains, AI disruption, and rapid M&A activity force executives to ask whether their ERP can adapt in real time. Early adopters...

By ERP Today
Agentic Code Reviews for $0.25 Each
NewsMar 19, 2026

Agentic Code Reviews for $0.25 Each

GitLab Duo Agent Platform’s Code Review Flow introduces an agentic AI reviewer priced at a flat $0.25 per merge request, tackling the growing code‑review bottleneck that has surged 91% on AI‑assisted teams. Engineers now wait a median 13 hours for PR...

By GitLab Blog
Okta Made a Nightmare Micromanager for Your AI Agents
NewsMar 18, 2026

Okta Made a Nightmare Micromanager for Your AI Agents

Okta announced the general availability of Okta for AI Agents, a platform that lets enterprises locate, monitor, and disable autonomous AI agents. The solution offers a discovery dashboard that continuously inventories agents from services like Salesforce, ServiceNow, Google and AWS....

By The Register – AI/ML (data-related)
IT Values AI in Security, but Human Oversight Remains Key
NewsMar 18, 2026

IT Values AI in Security, but Human Oversight Remains Key

Enterprises are drowning in an average of 4,330 security alerts each day, yet they investigate only 37% of them, according to Crogl’s 2026 SOC survey. While 62% of organizations have incorporated AI into their security operations, just 44% believe AI...

By CIO Dive
Druva Delivers Critical Identity Intelligence?for Okta, Active Directory, and Entra ID
NewsMar 18, 2026

Druva Delivers Critical Identity Intelligence?for Okta, Active Directory, and Entra ID

Druva launched Identity Resilience, extending its SaaS platform to protect identities across Okta, Microsoft Active Directory and Microsoft Entra ID. The solution unifies protection, cyber‑recovery and threat detection, using a graph‑based engine called Dru MetaGraph to map relationships in real...

By Database Trends & Applications (DBTA)
How to Implement Just-in-Time (JIT) User Provisioning with SSO and SCIM
NewsMar 18, 2026

How to Implement Just-in-Time (JIT) User Provisioning with SSO and SCIM

The article explains how Just-in-Time (JIT) provisioning creates user accounts on‑the‑fly during SSO login, contrasting it with SCIM’s pre‑login API‑driven synchronization. JIT leverages SAML or OIDC attributes to eliminate manual onboarding, while SCIM offers full lifecycle management, including deprovisioning. Implementation...

By Security Boulevard
Small Team, Big Game: How We Built Mr. Beast’s AI-Powered Puzzle in 27 Days
NewsMar 18, 2026

Small Team, Big Game: How We Built Mr. Beast’s AI-Powered Puzzle in 27 Days

Salesforce built an AI‑powered puzzle for MrBeast’s $1 million game in just six weeks, handling over 275,000 registrations and processing 4.5 billion tokens. The team deployed 78 production orgs and engineered a multi‑org sharding architecture capable of 1.5 million concurrent users without downtime....

By Salesforce Blog (Sales/CRM)
Fortinet’s AI-Driven Defense for a Machine-Speed Era
NewsMar 18, 2026

Fortinet’s AI-Driven Defense for a Machine-Speed Era

At Fortinet Accelerate 2026, the company unveiled FortiOS 8.0 and previewed FortiSOC, its cloud‑delivered Security Operations Platform. The new OS adds AI‑aware controls, deep OCR‑based DLP, expanded SASE capabilities and built‑in post‑quantum cryptography to protect the growing shadow‑AI surface. FortiSOC consolidates...

By Network World
Commvault Extends Enterprise Resilience to Structured and AI Data with Real-Time Governance Controls
NewsMar 18, 2026

Commvault Extends Enterprise Resilience to Structured and AI Data with Real-Time Governance Controls

Commvault announced an expansion of its Cloud platform to include data security posture management for structured data and real‑time access governance, leveraging its recent acquisition of Satori. The new features automatically classify sensitive information, monitor usage of structured and vector...

By MarTech Series
Adaptiva Introduces Aida, an Enterprise-Safe AI Advisor for Autonomous Endpoint Management
NewsMar 18, 2026

Adaptiva Introduces Aida, an Enterprise-Safe AI Advisor for Autonomous Endpoint Management

Adaptiva unveiled Aida, an enterprise‑safe AI advisor that lets IT and security teams query endpoint data in plain English and receive instant dashboards, charts, and risk insights. Designed for environments with hundreds of thousands of devices, Aida leverages Adaptiva’s autonomous...

By MarTech Series
Interpack 26: COPA-DATA Presents Automation Software for Transformation
NewsMar 18, 2026

Interpack 26: COPA-DATA Presents Automation Software for Transformation

COPA‑DATA will showcase its zenon automation platform at interpack 26 in Düsseldorf from May 7‑13, 2026, highlighting smart manufacturing solutions for the packaging sector. The no‑code/low‑code system supports standards such as MTP, PackML and OMAC, enabling flexible, data‑driven production. Live...

By Manufacturing Tomorrow
Future-Proof Your AP with Precoro | E-Invoicing Made Effortless
NewsMar 18, 2026

Future-Proof Your AP with Precoro | E-Invoicing Made Effortless

Governments worldwide are mandating e‑invoicing, forcing companies to replace PDF‑based invoice workflows. Precoro responded by embedding native e‑invoicing into its AP platform, automatically ingesting XML, UBL, CFDI and other formats. The system extracts data with near‑perfect accuracy, matches invoices to...

By Precoro Blog
Polygraf AI Launches Desktop Overlay for Real-Time AI Behavior Control in Enterprise Operations
NewsMar 18, 2026

Polygraf AI Launches Desktop Overlay for Real-Time AI Behavior Control in Enterprise Operations

Polygraf AI unveiled Desktop Overlay, a real‑time compliance assistant that monitors user input at the desktop level. The edge‑deployed overlay flags sensitive information within 100 ms using on‑premise small language models, requiring only modest CPU and memory resources. Pilot results showed...

By Help Net Security
Enterprise AI Agents Keep Operating From Different Versions of Reality — Microsoft Says Fabric IQ Is the Fix
NewsMar 18, 2026

Enterprise AI Agents Keep Operating From Different Versions of Reality — Microsoft Says Fabric IQ Is the Fix

Microsoft announced a major upgrade to its Fabric IQ semantic layer, making the business ontology accessible via the Machine‑Controlled Protocol (MCP) to any AI agent, regardless of vendor. The update also adds enterprise planning capabilities and introduces a Database Hub...

By VentureBeat
Rewst Launches RoboRewsty AI Workflow Builder, Making Automation Easier for MSP Teams to Build and Manage
NewsMar 18, 2026

Rewst Launches RoboRewsty AI Workflow Builder, Making Automation Easier for MSP Teams to Build and Manage

Rewst introduced the RoboRewsty AI Workflow Builder, letting managed service providers (MSPs) craft and edit automation workflows through natural‑language conversation inside the Rewst platform. The AI generates fully configured, ready‑to‑run automations—including triggers, tasks, and code—in minutes, cutting manual build steps....

By AiThority » Sales Enablement
Supplier Management as a Continuous Signal
NewsMar 18, 2026

Supplier Management as a Continuous Signal

The article argues that traditional supplier management—treating suppliers as static records after onboarding—fails in modern procure-to-pay (P2P) environments with thousands of suppliers and dynamic risk profiles. It advocates a continuous‑signal approach where supplier data is constantly enriched by transactional evidence...

By Spend Matters
Trustero AI Reimagines Compliance Evidence Management with Unified, Multi-Agent System
NewsMar 18, 2026

Trustero AI Reimagines Compliance Evidence Management with Unified, Multi-Agent System

Trustero AI has relaunched its Evidence Management platform as a unified, multi‑agent system that automates evidence collection, centralizes storage, and adds AI‑driven analysis. The solution pulls data from sources such as AWS, Jira, SharePoint and Google Drive, then uses machine...

By AiThority » Sales Enablement
Agriculture ERP Market Projected for Double-Digit Growth
NewsMar 18, 2026

Agriculture ERP Market Projected for Double-Digit Growth

Research projects double‑digit growth for the agriculture ERP market, with a 12‑13% CAGR through 2033, lifting it from a low‑single‑digit billion‑dollar base to well above that threshold globally. The surge is driven by precision agriculture, tighter regulatory traceability, labor constraints...

By ERP Today
SA Is Off the FATF Grey List – Now It’s Time to Modernise Compliance
NewsMar 18, 2026

SA Is Off the FATF Grey List – Now It’s Time to Modernise Compliance

South Africa exited the Financial Action Task Force grey list in October 2025 after completing a 22‑point AML/CFT action plan. The removal lifts cross‑border restrictions and restores investor confidence, giving local banks a chance to expand. Analysts argue that compliance...

By TechCentral (South Africa)
Cloud Storage Security Best Practices
NewsMar 18, 2026

Cloud Storage Security Best Practices

The article outlines best‑practice controls for securing cloud storage, emphasizing enterprise‑wide identity governance, centralized telemetry, and hardened backup domains. It recommends federated authentication, automated credential rotation, and least‑privilege role mapping across providers. It also advises consolidating logs into SIEM/XDR platforms,...

By TechTarget SearchERP
Salesforce Partners Double Down on ROI as ‘Agentic Enterprise’ Push Accelerates
NewsMar 17, 2026

Salesforce Partners Double Down on ROI as ‘Agentic Enterprise’ Push Accelerates

Salesforce’s Australian‑New Zealand partner network is pivoting toward quantifiable return‑on‑investment as AI‑driven "agentic enterprise" initiatives gain momentum. Executives from OSF Digital and Xenai Digital highlighted enterprise demand for clear business outcomes, while Salesforce reports that 70% of Agentforce AI deployments...

By ARN (Australia)
SAP Launches New AI, Integrated Travel and Expense Enhancements
NewsMar 17, 2026

SAP Launches New AI, Integrated Travel and Expense Enhancements

SAP Concur is embedding its Joule AI assistant into Microsoft 365 Copilot, letting employees create expense reports, book travel and query policies without leaving familiar apps. Two new Joule agents – Expense Automation and Expense Pre‑Submit Audit – automate report...

By CPA Practice Advisor
CBA Builds Two AI Agents to Boost Cyber Defences
NewsMar 17, 2026

CBA Builds Two AI Agents to Boost Cyber Defences

Commonwealth Bank of Australia has deployed two custom AI agents to augment its cyber‑defence operations. The threat‑hunt agent automates up to 70% of routine investigations, shrinking a multi‑day analysis to roughly 30 minutes and even launching hunts overnight. A second...

By iTnews (Australia) – Government
SAPinsider Las Vegas Q&A with David Robinson: Why SAP Customers Need Faster, Smaller, More Continuous Transformation
NewsMar 17, 2026

SAPinsider Las Vegas Q&A with David Robinson: Why SAP Customers Need Faster, Smaller, More Continuous Transformation

David Robinson, SAP North America President, urged customers to replace monolithic ERP migrations with continuous, incremental transformation powered by AI‑assisted toolchains. He emphasized separating core processes from differentiating extensions to reduce technical debt and lower the total cost of innovation....

By ERP Today
Optimum Selected as ERP Training Partner for Asahi’s Multi-Country SAP S/4HANA Transformation
NewsMar 17, 2026

Optimum Selected as ERP Training Partner for Asahi’s Multi-Country SAP S/4HANA Transformation

Optimum has been chosen by Asahi Europe & International to lead user training for its multi‑year SAP S/4HANA migration, dubbed Project Odyssey. The initiative will replace SAP ECC with a standardized S/4HANA template across ten European markets, rolling out through...

By ERP News
Vulnerability Exploitability eXchange: Smarter Patching for State and Local IT Teams
NewsMar 17, 2026

Vulnerability Exploitability eXchange: Smarter Patching for State and Local IT Teams

The Vulnerability Exploitability eXchange (VEX) is a machine‑readable format that lets software vendors declare whether a CVE actually affects a product. By delivering exploitability data—affected, not affected, fixed, or under investigation—VEX enables state and local government IT teams to filter...

By StateTech Magazine
Salesforce Teams with NVIDIA to Bring AI Agents Into the Flow of Work
NewsMar 17, 2026

Salesforce Teams with NVIDIA to Bring AI Agents Into the Flow of Work

Salesforce and NVIDIA have announced a partnership to embed AI agents directly into everyday workflows. The collaboration leverages Salesforce's Agentforce platform and Slack alongside NVIDIA's Nemotron 3 Nano model, which features a 1 million‑token context window for deep reasoning. Organizations can run these...

By destinationCRM (CRM Magazine)
LivePerson Partners with Coral Active to Launch LivePerson Sync
NewsMar 17, 2026

LivePerson Partners with Coral Active to Launch LivePerson Sync

LivePerson announced LivePerson Sync, a real‑time integration platform developed with Coral Active. The solution links the Conversational Cloud to major CRMs such as Salesforce, Microsoft Dynamics and ServiceNow, delivering customer data directly within the agent workspace. Sync supports four deployment...

By destinationCRM (CRM Magazine)
Global Trade Management Is Becoming a Control System
NewsMar 17, 2026

Global Trade Management Is Becoming a Control System

Global Trade Management (GTM) platforms are evolving from pure compliance tools into a comprehensive control layer for cross‑border operations. Rising trade complexity and fragmented legacy systems are prompting organizations to adopt integrated GTM solutions that combine customs automation, shipment visibility,...

By Logistics Viewpoints
AppZen Completes Workday Integration for AI-Powered Expense Audit
NewsMar 17, 2026

AppZen Completes Workday Integration for AI-Powered Expense Audit

AppZen has completed a Workday Design Approved Integration, adding its AI‑driven Expense Audit app to the Workday Marketplace. The integration creates a bi‑directional, near‑real‑time link between Workday Expenses and AppZen’s Mastermind AI platform, enabling autonomous compliance checks and fraud detection....

By CPA Practice Advisor
Workday Rolls Out Sana, Its Conversational AI Gateway to Enterprise Work
NewsMar 17, 2026

Workday Rolls Out Sana, Its Conversational AI Gateway to Enterprise Work

Workday announced the general availability of Sana, an AI‑powered conversational interface that replaces traditional menus for its HR and finance applications. The launch includes three components: Sana for Workday, the Self‑Service Agent that automates routine queries and complex workflows, and...

By Diginomica
Why IT Service Management Platform Migrations Fail — And What IT Leaders Must Do Before Switching Platforms
NewsMar 17, 2026

Why IT Service Management Platform Migrations Fail — And What IT Leaders Must Do Before Switching Platforms

IT service management platforms are increasingly seen as strategic liabilities as legacy tools fail to meet modern business demands. Rising costs, fragmented vendor relationships, and integration challenges push leaders toward migration, framing it as a business transformation. However, many initiatives...

By Forrester Blog – CIO Insights
Nvidia's Agentic AI Stack Is the First Major Platform to Ship with Security at Launch, but Governance Gaps Remain
NewsMar 17, 2026

Nvidia's Agentic AI Stack Is the First Major Platform to Ship with Security at Launch, but Governance Gaps Remain

Nvidia unveiled its agentic AI stack at GTC, marking the first major AI platform to ship with security baked in rather than added later. Five security vendors—CrowdStrike, Palo Alto Networks, JFrog, Cisco, and World Wide Technology—each cover a distinct layer...

By VentureBeat
Cato Networks Unveils GPU-Powered SASE with Native AI Security Controls
NewsMar 17, 2026

Cato Networks Unveils GPU-Powered SASE with Native AI Security Controls

Cato Networks introduced Cato Neural Edge, a GPU‑powered SASE platform, and Cato AI Security, an AI governance and runtime protection suite. Nvidia GPUs are deployed across more than 85 global points of presence, enabling real‑time traffic inspection, semantic analysis, and...

By Network World
Alibaba Just Launched an Enterprise Agent Platform, and a Whole Token Business Around It
NewsMar 17, 2026

Alibaba Just Launched an Enterprise Agent Platform, and a Whole Token Business Around It

Alibaba Cloud has introduced an enterprise agent platform designed to run multiple AI agents securely on real‑world workloads. The platform emphasizes document editing and workflow automation, and is paired with a token‑based business model that charges per agent interaction. Tokens...

By The Stack (TheStack.technology)
Podcast: The Future of Procurement: Embracing Automation, Integration and AI
NewsMar 17, 2026

Podcast: The Future of Procurement: Embracing Automation, Integration and AI

The podcast highlights a shift toward connected procurement, where the entire source‑to‑pay cycle is unified into a data‑driven workflow. Accenture experts note that manual, siloed processes leave firms vulnerable to supply‑chain shocks, while real‑time visibility boosts agility and resilience. A...

By Material Handling & Logistics
Emerging AI Laws in Asia Are Raising New Questions for ERP Systems
NewsMar 16, 2026

Emerging AI Laws in Asia Are Raising New Questions for ERP Systems

AI regulations are rapidly moving from voluntary guidance to binding rules across Asia, directly affecting how ERP systems incorporate artificial intelligence. Countries such as China, South Korea, and Vietnam have enacted laws covering AI‑generated content, high‑impact decision support, and governance...

By ERP Today