AWS Leans on Prior Ingenuity to Face Future AI and Quantum Threats
AWS marks its 20‑year anniversary while confronting AI‑driven attacks and the looming quantum‑computing risk. The Nitro hardware platform gives AWS a “zero‑human” infrastructure, enabling isolated bare‑metal instances and protecting encryption keys. Early adoption of symmetric encryption means most data at rest is already quantum‑safe, avoiding costly re‑encryption. AWS also tightens S3 bucket defenses and deploys AI agents for automated penetration testing, aiming to secure both legacy workloads and emerging AI services.
Top AI-Powered Vendor Risk Management Platforms for SaaS Companies in 2026
Vendor risk breaches now account for roughly 30% of incidents, prompting regulators like Europe’s DORA and the SEC to tighten third‑party oversight. AI‑powered TPRM platforms promise continuous, machine‑speed visibility, turning multi‑page SOC 2 reports into concise insights and auto‑generating tickets in...
Infor in the AI Age - a Progress Report
Infor reported robust SaaS revenue growth and roughly 30% booking expansion among its larger customers, highlighting strong demand for its AI‑enhanced ERP suite. The company now offers a fully multi‑tenant, cloud‑native platform that embeds generative, agentic and algorithmic AI across...
A New Era for Finding Answers in iManage
iManage unveiled the latest version of Ask iManage, an agentic AI assistant that moves beyond simple search to deliver contextual, cited answers directly inside iManage Work. The tool reasons across the document library, iteratively refining queries and synthesizing information while...
AETC Implements Rootstock Cloud ERP to Strengthen Planning, Growth
Applied Energy Technology Corp. (AETC) has gone live with Rootstock Cloud ERP, modernizing its manufacturing of small explosive devices for aerospace and defense. The Salesforce‑native solution centralizes material planning, production, inventory, and finance, delivering real‑time visibility and tighter MRP controls....
TCS and ASX Go-Live with CHESS Release 1
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) have successfully gone live with Release 1 of the CHESS Replacement Project, a cornerstone of ASX’s digital transformation. The new clearing solution, built on TCS BaNCS and the Quartz Gateway, is...
Tech Data Achieves Microsoft Frontier Status
Tech Data, a TD Synnex subsidiary, has been awarded Microsoft’s new global Frontier Distributor designation. The badge affirms Tech Data’s end‑to‑end capabilities in cloud, security and AI for partners across Australia, New Zealand and the broader APJ region. The company leverages its...
Sage Expands AI Agents Across Finance, HR and Operations to Automate Workflows and Help Teams Act Faster with Control
Sage announced a broad rollout of AI agents across its finance, HR and operations suites, embedding intelligent automation into Sage Intacct, Sage X3 and its HCM platform. The new Finance Intelligence Agent lets users issue natural‑language commands to trigger tasks...
BlueAPACHE Partners with NinjaOne to Strengthen Services Delivery
blueAPACHE announced a strategic partnership with NinjaOne, embedding the latter’s unified IT operations platform into its managed‑services framework. The integration will enable remote monitoring, automated patching, secure access and proactive remediation across client environments. blueAPACHE will first run NinjaOne‑enabled services...
The Vendor Support Trap.
Enterprise middleware often runs for a decade or more on perpetual licences, but vendors label older versions as end‑of‑support (EOS), prompting costly upgrade cycles. Third‑party support providers can keep these systems secure and compliant beyond EOS, eliminating the need for...
Why Backing Up Your Microsoft 365 Data Is Only Half the Job
Microsoft 365 has transformed from a suite of web apps into the enterprise’s central control plane, intertwining identity, collaboration, security, and workflow. While Microsoft secures the underlying platform, customers now shoulder configuration, access delegation, and governance responsibilities. A breach at a...
CyberHeed Pushes Beyond Checkbox Compliance with SmartPrep
CyberHeed, a Melbourne startup, is expanding its SmartPrep platform to serve as a foundational "compliance brain" for organizations at any maturity level. The tool reuses up to 60% of work across different GRC frameworks, shifting focus from certificate‑driven compliance to...
Four AI Use Cases SAP Unveiled at Hannover Messe for Embedded Intelligence in Operations
At Hannover Messe 2026, SAP demonstrated four live AI use cases that embed intelligence directly into SAP S/4HANA‑driven workflows. The demos showed a supply‑chain orchestration hub that auto‑adjusts plans with external signals, a smart production line with AI‑powered dashboards, an...
Macquarie Bank Saves 130,000 Hours in Seven Months of Gemini Enterprise Use
Macquarie Bank reports that nearly 80% of its 5,000 employees are using Google’s Gemini Enterprise daily, delivering 130,000 productivity hours in just seven months. The bank’s adoption model combined universal access, mandatory training, and a hackathon‑style innovation lab that enabled...
One Year After CVE-2025-31324: Lessons for ERP Security Leaders
One year after SAP disclosed CVE-2025-31324, the flaw continues to be exploited long after the vendor released a patch. Onapsis reports the vulnerability ranked among the three most frequently abused weaknesses of 2025, alongside Oracle E‑Business Suite and Microsoft SharePoint....
Federal CIO Cautious on Anthropic’s Mythos Despite Planned Rollout
Federal CIO Greg Barbaccia said the government will proceed with a measured rollout of Anthropic’s Mythos AI model, noting its promise for bolstering cyber defenses while emphasizing lingering uncertainties about real‑world performance. He has only seen lab‑based evaluations and no...
The Bloomberg Terminal Is Getting an AI Makeover
Bloomberg is piloting a chatbot‑style AI layer called ASKB for its Terminal, aiming to cut through the platform’s expanding data deluge. The beta, built on multiple large language models, lets users craft natural‑language queries and workflow templates that synthesize earnings,...
Kaseya Shifts From AI ‘Insights’ to Autonomous Action with New Agentic Platform
Kaseya unveiled an "agentic" IT management platform powered by its proprietary Kaseya Intelligence engine, moving beyond advisory AI to autonomous execution across IT operations, security, and backup. The platform integrates three new products—Agentic Digital Specialists for ticket triage, Unified Cyber...
ClickUp Data Leak Exposes Enterprise Emails for Over a Year
A hardcoded API key embedded in ClickUp’s public website allowed anyone to retrieve 959 corporate and government email addresses and 3,165 internal feature flags without authentication. The flaw, first reported in early 2025, remained active through April 2026, exposing sensitive...
Why Choose ONESOURCE for Your Direct Tax Software?
Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE Direct Tax consolidates federal, state, local and international tax compliance into a single cloud‑native platform. The solution claims a 148% return on investment, halving tax‑preparation time and averting roughly $275,000 in annual compliance penalties. Automatic regulatory updates, including...
DMDC Improves Access for Millions Via Okta Identity Management
The Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC) has replaced its two‑decade‑old DS Logon system with Okta’s cloud‑based Identity‑as‑a‑Service platform, branded MyAuth. The migration covers roughly 60 million active‑duty personnel, civilians, contractors, veterans and dependents, delivering faster, mobile‑friendly login and biometric options. Help‑desk contacts...
User Interfaces as We Know Them Are Dead - 4 Ways to Prep for 'Disposable' UIs
Salesforce unveiled "Headless 360," turning its core CRM, Agentforce and Slack services into pure APIs, MCP and CLI endpoints, eliminating the traditional browser UI. The announcement signals a broader industry move toward "disposable" user interfaces—ephemeral, AI‑generated screens that appear only...
Inside Acumatica’s AI Strategy: Jon Pollock Discusses the Future of ERP
Acumatica’s 2026 R1 release embeds AI across core ERP workflows, turning the system of record into a system of execution. AI Studio integrates predictive analytics into finance, manufacturing, distribution, retail and construction processes. Immediate benefits include real‑time shop‑floor visibility, inventory...
Turning Secret Detection Into Measurable Risk Reduction
HashiCorp’s Vault Radar extends secret detection beyond visibility by adding correlation, automated workflow integration, and reporting. The platform matches discovered secrets with Vault or AWS Secrets Manager, enabling teams to see which exposures are already managed and which represent governance...
Moderna Deploys Salesforce Agentforce Life Sciences to Unify Global Commercial Operations
Moderna has chosen Salesforce’s Agentforce Life Sciences platform to unify its global commercial operations. The solution will merge data from SAP, e‑commerce and regional systems into a single Customer 360 view, powered by IQVIA OneKey. AI‑driven agents will automate cycle planning,...
Gap Targets Improved Traceability Operations, Data Collection
Gap Inc. has teamed with AI‑driven supply‑chain platform Inspectorio to embed its Paramo layer across the retailer’s supplier network. Paramo’s agents and copilots analyze primary data, flag compliance trends, and automate quality‑inspection workflows. The partnership aims to tighten product traceability,...
Neoclouds: What They Are and How They Cut ERP Cloud Costs
AI is moving from pilot projects into core ERP processes, inflating cloud compute demand and turning cloud spend into a volatile operating cost. Global cloud infrastructure spending hit $110.9 billion in Q4 2025, while 88% of CFOs report rising cloud budgets. Specialized...
1H 2026 SAP SuccessFactors Onboarding: Enhanced I-9 and E-Verify Compliance Process
SAP SuccessFactors Onboarding’s first‑half‑2026 release adds six enhancements to the New Hire Details page, most notably a UI option to cancel in‑progress I‑9 and E‑Verify submissions. The new controls let HR teams remove duplicate or withdrawn candidate records without database...
Hyperproof Redefines Third-Party Risk Management with New AI-Native, Evidence-Based Solution
Hyperproof launched an AI‑native third‑party risk management (TPRM) platform that replaces manual questionnaires with evidence‑based risk intelligence. The solution ingests vendor artifacts such as SOC 2 reports, penetration tests and security policies, then continuously monitors legal, financial and security signals. Built...
Why AI Agents Are Triggering a Rethink of Enterprise Identity
Enterprises are rethinking identity management as AI agents become integral to automation. Traditional token‑based access, which assumes a one‑time authentication, no longer protects against evolving threats. Organizations are moving toward continuous, context‑aware verification that treats humans, workloads, and LLM‑driven agents...
Ortec Finance Launches OPAL Targeted Support BETA
Ortec Finance has released the beta version of OPAL Targeted Support, a platform designed to help wealth‑management firms operationalise the UK FCA’s new Targeted Support regime. The tool automates client identification, generates group‑based actionable recommendations, and tracks the effectiveness of...
AvePoint Doubles Down on Agentic AI and Multicloud Resilience Across the Confidence Platform
AvePoint unveiled major upgrades to its Confidence Platform, emphasizing agentic AI governance and multicloud resiliency. The new Rapid Recovery System shifts disaster recovery focus to restoring a Minimum Viable Company first, while expanding backup coverage to Azure PostgreSQL, Cosmos DB,...
Affinity Launches Model Context Protocol to Connect Relationship Intelligence to AI Tools for Private Capital
Affinity unveiled its hosted Model Context Protocol (MCP), linking its relationship‑intelligence CRM directly to AI assistants such as ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Copilot. The protocol translates natural‑language queries into secure API calls, enabling private‑capital teams to retrieve, update, and annotate...
Wrike Connects Governed AI To Enterprise Workflows, Now Available On OpenAI GPT Store
Wrike announced that its Managed Collaboration Platform (MCP) Server is now listed in the OpenAI GPT Store, enabling enterprise teams to connect ChatGPT directly to Wrike's Work Intelligence Graph. The integration offers OAuth‑secured, user‑scoped access with full audit trails, turning...
Syntax Launches AI-First Application Managed Services for SAP Solutions
Syntax introduced an AI‑First Application Managed Services (AMS) model to modernize support for SAP environments, covering ECC, S/4HANA, Cloud ERP and line‑of‑business apps. The platform embeds AI into ticket handling, delivering up to 40% reduction in support effort and about...
Eir Business Chooses ServiceNow to Strengthen Ireland’s Next-Generation Digital Infrastructure
eir business, Ireland’s managed‑connectivity provider, has entered a multi‑million‑euro (≈ $5.5 million) partnership with ServiceNow to revamp its managed services platform. The deal will migrate eir’s operations onto ServiceNow’s AI Platform, delivering a unified portal, AI‑driven automation, and real‑time analytics. The...
Why ERP and AI Initiatives Stall at the Execution Layer: A CIO Perspective
Higher education CIOs are grappling with a new bottleneck: turning ERP and AI‑generated insights into coordinated action. While modern systems can surface risk alerts, enrollment trends, and financial anomalies, decision ownership and cross‑functional execution often remain unclear. The resulting delays...
Microsoft Partner Chief Nicole Dezen Details E7, Agent 365 Push
Microsoft unveiled a suite of AI‑focused incentives, including tiered discounts on Microsoft 365 E7 licenses (10% for 10‑plus seats, 15% for 100‑plus and 15% on three‑year terms for 300‑plus) and a 20% price cut on Windows 365 Business. The company also...
Q4 Launches AI-Native CRM, Transforming How Investor Relationships Are Managed
Q4 Inc. unveiled an AI‑native CRM built into its investor relations platform, leveraging its Q AI agent to automate meeting logging, generate briefing books, and answer natural‑language queries. The new features include Outlook calendar sync, bulk meeting uploads, and access...
Coupa Expands Trustpair Tie-Up to Fight Vendor Fraud
Coupa has deepened its partnership with Trustpair, adding the fraud‑prevention platform as a certified solution in the Coupa App Marketplace. The integration lets finance and procurement teams automate global bank‑account ownership checks directly within spend‑management workflows, targeting AI‑driven vendor impersonation...
Cequence Agent Personas Bring Granular Control and Governance to Enterprise AI Agents
Cequence Security has launched Agent Personas in its AI Gateway, giving enterprises fine‑grained, infrastructure‑level control over AI agents’ tool usage. The feature lets admins define a plain‑English job description that translates into a scoped virtual MCP endpoint, limiting each agent...
Microsoft to Deprecate Legacy TLS in Exchange Online Starting July
Microsoft will begin blocking TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1 for POP and IMAP connections to Exchange Online in July 2026, forcing all traffic to use TLS 1.2 or higher. The move follows a multi‑year industry effort to retire outdated cryptography. Most Exchange Online users...
Inside Semperis: Response and Recovery After Identity System Attacks
Semperis, founded in 2015, offers identity‑driven cyber resilience that focuses on rapid recovery of Active Directory and other identity platforms after breaches. Its patented Active Directory Forest Recovery can slash downtime by up to 90%, turning a multi‑day outage into...
From Shadow AI to Full Control: FireTail’s Q1 2026 Updates – FireTail Blog
FireTail’s Q1 2026 release adds comprehensive AI discovery across code, cloud and workforce, introducing a Software AI Agents view that links directly to source code. The platform now integrates Azure DevOps, Microsoft 365, OpenAI usage logs and expands LangChain detection to Java,...
How to Build a Successful Future-Ready E-Invoicing ERP
Vertex Inc. has assembled a suite of resources aimed at helping enterprises build future‑ready e‑invoicing ERP systems. The collection includes a CEO message, a blog on IT trends reshaping tax automation, an upcoming TUG Connects 2026 conference, an eBook on...
Sevii Launches Cyber Swarm Defense to Make Agentic AI Security Costs Predictable
Sevii introduced Cyber Swarm Defense (CSD), a new mode in its autonomous defense platform that bills customers per protected asset instead of by AI token usage. The fixed‑price model, exemplified by a $50 annual fee per laptop, identity or cloud...
The Cost of Standing Still: Why Core Banking Modernization Has Become a Competitive Imperative
Banks face mounting pressure to replace legacy core systems as technology becomes a strategic differentiator. Temenos and Bain’s report shows institutions with modern, cloud‑native cores outpace peers in agility, cost efficiency, and AI adoption, while nearly a third of legacy...
Workday Government Unveils Personnel Action Request (PAR) Agent to Modernize Federal HR and Strengthen Mission Readiness
Workday Government introduced a Personnel Action Request (PAR) Agent that automates federal HR transactions, cutting processing times by up to 60%. The AI‑driven tool integrates with Workday’s platform, validates data against OPM policies, and provides real‑time status updates for hires,...
OpenAI’s Symphony Spec Pushes Coding Agents From Prompts to Orchestration
OpenAI unveiled Symphony, an open‑source specification that turns issue‑tracker systems like Linear into control planes for Codex coding agents. The orchestration layer lets agents autonomously claim tickets, run in isolated workspaces, monitor CI pipelines, and prepare pull requests for human...
Jitterbit Honored as Silver Stevie® Award Winner in 2026 American Business Awards®
Jitterbit won the Silver Stevie® Award for Best Use of AI in Business Transformation, highlighting its Harmony platform’s layered AI architecture. The AI‑infused suite integrates generative and agentic AI across iPaaS, API Management, EDI, and low‑code development. Jitterbit claims Harmony...