How Bissell Homecare Is Cleaning up Supply Chain Planning
Bissell Homecare teamed with o9 Solutions to replace Excel‑based processes with a cloud‑native supply‑chain platform, deploying demand planning, supply‑chain planning, supplier collaboration and inventory‑optimization modules. Three years into the rollout, the company cut scenario‑analysis time from two‑to‑three weeks down to 48 hours and lifted forecast accuracy, allowing it to trim safety stock and lower logistics costs. The integrated system now supports proactive, data‑driven decisions and is moving toward touchless orders that feed directly to suppliers. This overhaul positions Bissell to scale efficiently as home‑care demand rebounds post‑COVID.
Oracle Will Patch More Often to Counter AI Cybersecurity Threat
Oracle announced it will move from quarterly to monthly security patch cycles for its ERP, database and other software, beginning May 28, 2026. The first Critical Security Patch Update (CSPU) will be released on the fourth Thursday of May, with subsequent patches...
IFS Connect - How Poka Connects the Shopfloor Workforce, Improves Quality and Saves Time at Trivium Packaging
Trivium Packaging has rolled out the Poka shop‑floor communication platform to 45 manufacturing sites across its 57 global locations, saving thousands of labor hours each year. The digital solution replaces paper forms, PowerPoint work instructions and Excel checklists with real‑time,...
OpenGov Expands AI-Native Platform to Unify ERP, HCM, and Public Sector Operations
OpenGov announced a major upgrade to its Public Service Platform, merging its ERP system with human capital management (HCM) on a single data foundation. The AI‑native suite now includes OG Assist, an embedded assistant that guides users through tasks, data...
Modernization Is Not Migration
Modernization now means re‑architecting the release and observability processes, not just moving workloads to the cloud. A financial firm replaced a single‑threaded Jenkins‑driven DataStage migration with three parallel migration servers, shrinking weekly release windows from two hours to 45 minutes....
Broadcom Bets Big on VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1
Broadcom unveiled VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1, branding it as an AI‑ and Kubernetes‑native private cloud that supports AMD, Intel and Nvidia hardware. The release targets three pillars: mitigating hardware supply constraints, accelerating AI‑enabled application delivery, and enforcing zero‑trust security. New...
Post Office Acknowledges ECCO+ User’s Calls for Help Three Decades Ago
The UK Post Office has admitted it ignored subpostmaster Janette Armour’s 1990s pleas for help with accounting shortfalls caused by its ECCO+ software. Armour, who ran a Crown branch in East Kilbride, says the system forced her and her husband to...
FinScan Expands AML Screening to Digital Wallets
FinScan has upgraded its Payments solution to screen stablecoin transactions and digital‑wallet addresses against global sanctions lists. The enhancement lets banks and fintechs run AML checks on both traditional rails and emerging digital assets through a single API. FinScan’s platform...
Temenos Widens Cloud Banking Offering with AWS Expansion and FAB Saudi Arabia Project
Temenos announced an expanded SaaS suite on Amazon Web Services that now includes digital banking and payments alongside its core banking platform. The new model lets banks adopt individual components or a full‑stack solution, offering flexibility for varied modernization strategies....
Microsoft, Google Push AI Agent Governance Into Enterprise IT Mainstream
Microsoft and Google have launched enterprise‑focused AI governance tools—Microsoft’s Agent 365, now generally available, and Google’s AI Control Center for Workspace. Both solutions let IT and security teams discover, monitor, and secure AI agents that operate across SaaS, cloud, and...
Sage Agentic ERP Shifting From Passive Recording to Active Prevention
Sage unveiled an "agentic" ERP vision at Sage Future 2026, moving the platform from passive data recording to proactive, autonomous problem prevention. The company framed the evolution as a four‑stage AI capability arc, with stage‑four agents that can act within...
Moving Beyond the Spreadsheet with the ApprovalMax Approach to Year-End Governance
UK finance teams are shifting from spreadsheet‑centric year‑end audits to ApprovalMax’s automated approval workflow, which captures decision data at the point of origin. Dan Schonfeld, CFO/COO of ApprovalMax, argues that permanent audit‑ready states reduce reconstruction costs and compliance risk. Early...
Sektor Secures Semperis Distie Deal for A/NZ
Sektor has signed a distribution agreement with identity‑security specialist Semperis to bring its cyber‑resilience and crisis‑response solutions to Australia and New Zealand. The partnership lets Sektor sell Semperis’ tools for protecting Active Directory, identity providers and other critical identity systems through...
SAP to Acquire Data Lakehouse Vendor Dremio
SAP announced it will acquire data‑lakehouse vendor Dremio for an undisclosed price, aiming to embed an Apache Iceberg‑native lakehouse into its Business Data Cloud. Dremio’s technology lets enterprise data stay in‑place, providing federated access and AI‑ready semantics without costly data...
Singapore Boffins Get Diverse SIEMs Singing in Harmony with Agentic Rule Translation
Researchers from the National University of Singapore and Fudan University unveiled ARuleCon, an agentic retrieval‑augmented generation framework that translates security rules across five major SIEM platforms. The system pulls vendor documentation to resolve schema mismatches and runs Python‑based consistency checks...
Singapore Boffins Get Diverse SIEMs Singing in Harmony with Agentic Rule Translation
Researchers from the National University of Singapore and Fudan University unveiled ARuleCon, a technique that automatically translates security detection rules across major SIEM platforms. By leveraging an agentic Retrieval‑Augmented Generation pipeline and a Python‑based consistency checker, the system maps vendor‑specific...
The Dark Factory Pattern for Infrastructure: Running Pulumi Lights-Out
The article adapts the "dark factory" concept—fully autonomous code generation and deployment—to infrastructure as code, focusing on Pulumi. It outlines a five‑level autonomy ladder, emphasizing that level 5 (dark factory) requires a strict separation between code generators and validators. Pulumi’s Automation...
Stop the PCI DSS 4.0 Audit Toil: A Guide to Inherited Controls
PCI DSS 4.0, now mandatory for all payment‑data handlers, moves audits from point‑in‑time checks to continuous, automated evidence. Fintechs that build on raw cloud primitives spend months gathering OS‑hardening, patch‑management and network‑segmentation documentation, a burden known as audit toil. Upsun’s platform...
BASS Wins BW LNG Contract for BASSnet Neo Cloud-Native Solution
BASS Software has secured a contract with BW LNG to deploy its BASSnet Neo cloud‑native maritime ERP across the operator’s LNG carriers and FSRUs. After a global review of up to 30 solutions, BW LNG selected BASSnet Neo for its maintenance, inventory, procurement and...
SAP Buys Dremio, Prior Labs for AI Data Push
SAP announced two strategic acquisitions to strengthen its enterprise‑AI data infrastructure. It will buy Dremio, a data‑lakehouse platform, to augment the SAP Business Data Cloud and HANA Cloud with real‑time, non‑SAP data processing. SAP also secured Prior Labs, a startup...
Introducing HCP Terraform Powered by Infragraph - Now in Public Preview
HashiCorp announced that HCP Terraform powered by Infragraph is now in public preview for qualified U.S. customers. The Infragraph layer adds an event‑driven knowledge graph that continuously synchronizes infrastructure data from AWS, Azure, GCP and on‑prem environments, delivering a single...
Nerdio Expands Microsoft Cloud Tools for MSPs
Nerdio unveiled Nerdio Manager for MSP 7.0, introducing an assessment wizard, PSA integrations, compliance baselines, and a unified reporting engine for Microsoft 365, Azure Virtual Desktop, and Azure. The company reported its MSP user base more than doubled in 2025 and Microsoft 365...
Sycamore
Sycamore is developing a trusted agent operating system that enables enterprises to deploy AI agents securely across existing infrastructure. The platform embeds identity verification, governance controls, and observability tools to meet production‑grade requirements. Founded by Sri Viswanath, a veteran of...
Automation Won’t Save You If Nobody Uses It Correctly
Automation initiatives often falter because users revert to manual habits, not because the technology fails. At Ford, a Jira pipeline achieved 95% accuracy but saw data quality drop until biweekly enablement sessions and easier field configurations were introduced, boosting team...
TCS and Taskize Partner to Streamline Financial Ops
Taskize, the Euroclear‑owned investment operations platform, has partnered with Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) to embed its exception‑management capabilities directly into the TCS BaNCS core banking suite. The integration enables banks to raise, resolve and track trade‑lifecycle exceptions—such as corporate actions...
Leidos, Idemia PS Advance Checkpoint Modernization with Biometrics, CAT-2 Systems
Leidos and Idemia Public Security have teamed up to roll out biometric‑enabled eGates and CAT‑2 credential authentication systems across U.S. airports. The partnership blends Idemia’s AutoCAT eGate, which verifies identities in real time without storing biometric data, with Leidos’ large‑scale...
SAP’s New API Policy Restricts AI Access, Draws Customer Criticism
SAP has rolled out a new API policy that restricts access to only those interfaces listed in the SAP Business Accelerator Hub or product documentation, labeling all others as unpublished. The policy expressly forbids using APIs for generative AI, large‑scale...
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IFS Softeon has been positioned as a Visionary in Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for Warehouse Management Systems for the 15th straight year. The accolade underscores the company’s blend of Tier 1 WMS functionality with AI‑driven, end‑to‑end supply‑chain intelligence. IFS Softeon’s unified platform...
How OpenAI Scaled to 900 Million Weekly Users with Ory
OpenAI partnered with open‑source identity platform Ory to power its IAM layer as the company surged to 900 million weekly active users. The Ory integration replaced a legacy login system with zero downtime, delivering edge‑based token validation and full observability of...
UChicago Medicine Rolling Out Smart Hospital Platform System-Wide
UChicago Medicine is rolling out Artisight’s smart‑hospital platform across more than 1,800 rooms, marking a system‑wide deployment of computer‑vision, voice and RTLS technology. The first three use cases focus on a Smart OR, virtual nursing workflows, and AI‑driven fall‑risk assessment....
Creatio Sets a New Standard for Enterprise Software Pricing in the Age of AI
Creatio announced an Unlimited Enterprise pricing model that eliminates seat‑based limits for its AI‑driven CRM and workflow platform. The new plan offers unlimited users, custom agents, applications, workflows, objects and API calls, allowing organizations to scale automation without traditional licensing...
From Intelligence to Impact: How Agentic AI Is Reshaping Today’s Supply Chain
Agentic AI is being woven into supply‑chain management to automate detection and response to disruptions. Gartner forecasts that 60% of supply‑chain interruptions will be resolved without human intervention by 2031. Microsoft’s Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management, paired with Microsoft 365 Copilot and...
TradeCentric Introduces UPOP to Help Enterprises Prepare for Secure Agentic Commerce
TradeCentric announced the Universal PunchOut Platform (UPOP), a governed integration layer designed for AI‑enabled B2B purchasing. The platform aims to let autonomous agents interact with complex enterprise procurement systems without sacrificing compliance, auditability, or existing buyer‑supplier contracts. TradeCentric is opening...
EasyDMARC and KnowBe4 Partner to Advance Proactive Email Security as Phishing Fuels More Than One-Third of Cyberattacks
EasyDMARC and KnowBe4 announced a strategic partnership that blends domain protection with digital workforce security to curb phishing, spoofing and domain‑impersonation attacks. The deal makes EasyDMARC the exclusive DMARC service provider for KnowBe4’s customer base, embedding DMARC reporting, authentication gap...
The CIO Remit: Treat GenAI as a Mission-Critical Enterprise App
Generative AI has moved from pilot projects to a mission‑critical status, with 96% of enterprise IT leaders ranking it alongside ERP and CRM systems. A Foundry survey of 300 CIOs shows two‑thirds already embedding GenAI into SaaS applications and core...
BMC Amplifies AI-Powered Mainframe Solutions
BMC Software unveiled a suite of AI‑embedded mainframe tools, including the zAdviser Enterprise Application Analysis platform and the AMI Assistant knowledge chatbot. The new solutions combine source‑code analysis, telemetry and productivity data into AI‑generated reports that surface risk, complexity and...
End-to-End Platforms Unify Customer Experience, ISG Says
Information Services Group (ISG) released its 2026 Buyers Guides for Customer Experience Management, evaluating 42 CXM software providers across five categories. The research highlights a market shift toward unified platforms that integrate contact‑center, data, analytics and marketing automation, with AI...
SaaS ERP Market Accelerates as AI and Cloud Reshape Enterprise Operations
The global SaaS ERP market is set to reach $281.58 billion by 2034, driven by a 13% CAGR and a surge in cloud‑native solutions. Cloud ERP alone is projected to hit $138.56 billion by 2031, expanding at nearly 20% CAGR as AI...
Cisco Nerds Out: May the Fourth Be with Your AI Assistant
Cisco unveiled "Galaxy Mode" for its AI Assistant, a limited‑time Star Wars‑themed interface for Meraki and Thousand Eyes customers that runs through June 4. The release introduces Deep Reasoning, an AI‑driven analysis engine that interprets network events and offers security compliance...
FourKites Launches Agentic Ocean Booking Platform
FourKites unveiled Booking Connect for Ocean, the first fully agentic ocean freight booking platform integrated into its Intelligent Control Tower. The solution automates contract ingestion, carrier selection, documentation, and exception handling, eliminating the manual labor traditionally outsourced to brokers. By...
Progress Warns of Critical MOVEit Automation Auth Bypass Flaw
Progress Software issued an urgent advisory about a critical authentication‑bypass flaw (CVE‑2026‑4670) in MOVEit Automation, affecting versions prior to 2025.1.5, 2025.0.9 and 2024.1.8. The vulnerability can be exploited remotely without credentials or user interaction, and a separate high‑severity privilege‑escalation bug...
KNEX Launches AI Agent Pack for PeopleSoft to Simplify HR Processes and Enhance Employee Experience
KNEX Technology, an Oracle partner, unveiled its AI Agent Pack for PeopleSoft, delivering three domain‑specific agents that translate benefits, payslips and leave balances into conversational, plain‑language explanations. The agents embed directly into existing PeopleSoft HR modules, eliminating the need for...
What A Marketing Surveillance Solution Has To Offer
Regulators worldwide are intensifying scrutiny of market abuse, imposing larger fines and more enforcement actions on firms that fail to meet compliance standards. To address this pressure, financial institutions are turning to automated market surveillance platforms that provide real‑time monitoring...
Agentic Browsers Rewrite the Rules of Enterprise Security
Enterprise browsers are evolving from passive tools to autonomous agents, driven by rapid AI adoption. Deloitte reports 74% of organizations will deploy agentic AI within two years, while 84% of knowledge workers are eager to use it. These agentic browsers...
How CISOs Should Utilize Data Security Posture Management to Inform Risk
Chief information security officers face a persistent dilemma: they know their data security posture must improve, yet budgets and headcount are limited. Data security posture management (DSPM) platforms can deliver visibility into where sensitive data resides, but full‑featured solutions often...
RevOps Roundup: Week 18, 2026
Week 18 of the RevOps Roundup bundles a suite of new resources aimed at sharpening revenue operations in an AI‑centric market. A new guide from Atak Interactive shows how AI can automatically cleanse CRM data before migration, while Flowla rolls...
Vocus and Fortinet Fighting Shadow AI with Secure Shield Launch
Australian telecom Vocus and cybersecurity firm Fortinet have launched Vocus Secure Shield, a managed SASE platform designed to expose and control shadow AI usage within enterprises. The service leverages Fortinet’s AI‑driven security and deep application awareness to detect AI tools,...
Atlassian Will Train on Your Data: Opt Out with GitLab
Atlassian will automatically collect metadata and in‑app content from its cloud suite—including Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket and related products—starting August 17 2026 to train AI models like Rovo. The collection is mandatory for Free, Standard and Premium tiers, with only Enterprise customers able...
Regtech Entrust Partners With IBM to Help Firms Make Transition Toward Quantum Safe Security
Entrust and IBM have partnered to deliver a quantum‑safe cryptographic security platform for enterprises. The joint solution blends IBM Consulting’s quantum‑safe transformation services with Entrust’s Cryptographic Security Platform, offering centralized monitoring, automated lifecycle management, and a migration orchestrator. Targeted at...
“Like Taking Your Ferrari to Buy Milk”: IBM’s Neel Sundaresan on the Case for Bob
IBM introduced its AI‑driven coding assistant, Bob, this week, and it is already being used by roughly 80,000 developers inside the company. Bob builds on two decades of research by Neel Sundaresan, who pioneered early API‑recommendation tools before the rise...