
Microsoft announced Azure Local Disconnected Operations as generally available, positioning it as the flagship of a new Microsoft Sovereign Private Cloud. In reality, the offering is a controlled‑access preview that requires a Microsoft‑approved business need and explicit purchase approval. Technical documentation reveals critical flaws, including Azure Kubernetes Service not functioning in air‑gapped mode and hard limits on workload clusters. The product’s scale ceiling and reliance on connectivity for multi‑rack deployments undermine its claim as a sovereign solution, especially as rivals have already secured major government contracts.

Cloudwerx has joined OpenAI’s Services Partner Program, calling it a strategic move in agentic AI. The partnership highlights the MSP’s ability to design, deploy, and govern production‑grade AI systems using OpenAI models and APIs. Cloudwerx cites recent projects for My...

Griffith University has rolled out Salesforce’s Agentforce Education cloud across its contact centre, marketing communications and advancement units to replace a fragmented martech stack. By insourcing the student‑recruitment contact centre and consolidating phone, email, web‑form and chat into a single...

Sales reps spend valuable time manually updating Salesforce, reducing selling capacity. Revenue.io’s platform automates the capture of calls, meetings, texts and calendar events, syncing them in real time to the correct CRM records. The system matches phone numbers, email addresses...

Nulogy introduced its Manufacturing Operating System (MOS), a unified cloud platform that consolidates production, quality, compliance and collaboration tools for manufacturers, contract packagers and 3PLs. The solution promises real‑time visibility and agility by linking disparate enterprise and point solutions on...
ServiceNow announced new AI‑powered government solutions at its March 5, 2026 Government Forum. The flagship offering, ServiceNow EmployeeWorks, combines Moveworks’ conversational AI with the ServiceNow Employee Center to let public‑sector employees submit requests and trigger workflows via natural language. The company also...

Deloitte Canada has introduced the Mining Evolution Platform, a subscription‑based ERP solution built on SAP Public Cloud, targeting mid‑tier and junior miners. The platform consolidates financial, operational and supply‑chain data into a single, real‑time view, aiming to replace fragmented legacy...

Kontron AIS unveiled new FabEagleMES capabilities aimed at high‑volume photovoltaic cell and module production. The suite adds configurable material‑flow routing, real‑time defect analytics, long‑term data‑lake storage, an enhanced web client with role‑based dashboards, and a REST API for seamless machine...

A survey of over 250 property‑and‑casualty insurers found legacy software can drain up to $5 million per year in hidden costs. Downtime and ticket delays consume roughly 900 hours, translating to $450,000 in lost productivity, while manual policy workflows add another $1 million...
Enterprises adopting AI and automation face heightened cybersecurity, governance, and model‑risk challenges. ServiceNow and consulting firm Crowe propose a three‑way partnership that aligns IT, security, and risk into an integrated operating model. The approach embeds governance into workflows, automates cross‑functional...
Enterprise desktops are giving way to a browser‑first model as SaaS and remote work dominate. Island, an enterprise browser, is joining IGEL’s Now & Next Miami 2026 event to discuss how browsers can become the security and policy enforcement layer...
M&A deals often overlook technology, turning integration into a hidden cost. Technical debt, undocumented dependencies, data model mismatches, and security gaps surface when due diligence is delayed. Involving CIOs early and using a structured tech diligence checklist reduces surprises and...

EXANTE replaced its manual Saturday‑only CRM deployments with a fully automated pipeline that now serves over 30 services across multiple jurisdictions. The new flow triggers on a Git tag, builds images, creates Jira tickets, posts to Slack, and uses Flux...

Veeam released a critical security patch (version 12.3.2.4465) on March 12, 2026, fixing seven vulnerabilities in its Backup & Replication platform, including the high‑severity CVE‑2026‑21666 and CVE‑2026‑21667 which both score 9.9 on the CVSS scale. The update also resolves additional...

Enterprise AI security startup Bold emerged from stealth after closing a $40 million Series A round led by Bessemer Venture Partners, Picture Capital and Red Dot Capital Partners. The company’s edge‑AI platform runs lightweight models on each endpoint to monitor user behavior,...

Lake Michigan Credit Union (LMCU) has leveraged robotic process automation (RPA) and generative AI to overhaul its mortgage processing, slashing cycle time from 55 hours to 10 hours while handling a 15% surge in applications. CIO Chris Ortega partnered with...

ERP programmes are traditionally fixed‑scope projects, but business realities shift mid‑stream, causing fatigue and stalled momentum. Embridge Consulting’s Daniel Chilton introduces Elastic Change, a delivery model that blends disciplined governance with adaptable, EQ‑focused leadership. The approach treats ERP as a...

Red Access unveiled a firewall‑native Security Service Edge (SSE) that sits atop any existing firewall without agents, instantly delivering GenAI‑driven security, data loss prevention, CASB, and browser isolation. The solution is vendor‑agnostic, supporting Palo Alto Networks, Fortinet, Cisco and Check...
OneReg’s CEO warns that hundreds of airports worldwide may need to replace their Safety Management Systems (SMS) by 2026 as legacy platforms reach end‑of‑life and fall short of modern operational and cybersecurity standards. The shift is driven by emerging cyber‑threats,...
IFS is positioning its cloud ERP as a control tower for end‑to‑end supply‑chain intelligence, merging planning, execution and Industrial AI on a single platform. The solution delivers real‑time visibility across demand, inventory, production, logistics and sustainability, and embeds predictive analytics...

Cloudflare and CDW have teamed up to simplify Zero Trust migrations for large enterprises, offering a structured, risk‑aware pathway from fragmented VPNs to the Cloudflare One SASE platform. Their tiered methodology categorizes applications by complexity, moving simple SaaS first and...
OpenText showcased AI‑driven records management at its Sydney summit, highlighting customers such as the City of Greater Geelong and the National Gallery of Australia. The vendor stressed that secure, AI‑ready content is the “new gold” of the digital economy and...
Unit4 has designated its Success4U framework as the default delivery model for the ERPx cloud platform and all existing Unit4 ERP installations. The model bundles implementation, advisory guidance, and outcome‑based services into a single subscription, leveraging a catalog of more...
Zone & Co introduced the Zone Control Center, a command‑interface that embeds finance workflow orchestration directly within ERP systems. The interface sits atop Zoe, the company’s agentic orchestration layer, and initially launches for ZoneCapture procure‑to‑pay customers. By consolidating visibility and...

Fairview Health Services announced the selection of Workday’s cloud suite to replace legacy systems across human resources, finance, and supply chain. The move consolidates three core functions onto a single AI‑powered platform, promising real‑time analytics and automated workflows. Workday will...

A webinar on March 25, 2026 will tackle planning and forecasting hurdles in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, highlighting the platform’s native demand‑forecasting limits and complex vendor‑driven purchasing workflows. Attendees will see how to interpret supply‑demand data, adjust forecasting parameters, and leverage popular...
Leidos has secured a $454.9 million contract to modernize the U.S. Air Force’s Cloud One platform, a core hub for mission‑critical cloud services. The effort will integrate Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure to boost security,...

U.S. Customs and Border Protection is issuing a single‑source blanket purchase agreement to contract a nationwide electronic fingerprinting service for all employees, contractors and applicants. The contract, targeted at under $9 million, will require the vendor to operate collection sites, provide...

Alation has launched outcome‑based governance, a system that replaces manual data‑governance processes with an agent‑driven operating model. The new Curation Automation feature, now generally available, automatically enriches and enforces metadata standards across the Alation platform. Organizations can declare business outcomes—such...

Blue Yonder unveiled an expanded suite of agentic AI tools and role‑specific mobile applications for its end‑to‑end planning and execution platform. The release adds AI agents for retail, manufacturing, transportation, warehouse and customer service functions, plus mobile allocation, operator and...
Darshayita Thakur evaluated over 20 tools and identified the seven best endpoint management platforms for 2026—NinjaOne, ManageEngine Endpoint Central, Datto RMM, Iru, Action 1, Atera and ThreatDown—plus three bonus options. The review highlights each solution’s pricing, core strengths such as automation,...

SAP introduced the first major features update, FPS01, for its hosted private S/4HANA instances. The update adds AI‑driven agents that analyze tasks across systems and suggest concrete actions, stopping short of autonomous execution. SAP positions this as the penultimate step...

Awery Aviation Software has become the first digital platform to embed IATA’s CO2 Connect for Cargo into its ERP system, giving users real‑time, flight‑specific emissions data within existing workflows. The calculator draws on operational inputs from over 100 airlines, delivering...

Adecco Group signed a multi‑year agreement with Salesforce for unlimited access to Agentforce 360 through 2027, enabling the company to scale agentic AI across its global operations. The partnership builds on a UK pilot that delivered 15 percent recruiter time savings and...

Campaigners, including Medact and Amnesty International, warn that the NHS's £330 million Palantir Federated Data Platform (FDP) could allow police and immigration officials to access confidential patient records. Palantir denies any legal ability to share data with government departments, stating the...

Zscaler announced a global expansion of its data‑sovereignty controls, adding dedicated control and logging planes in six regions and preparing a deployment in Canada. The Zero Trust Exchange now performs in‑region SSL inspection, malware analysis and offers Private Service Edge...

SOC Prime unveiled DetectFlow Enterprise, a platform that embeds real‑time threat detection directly into the data ingestion layer. By running tens of thousands of Sigma detections on live Kafka streams with Apache Flink, the solution achieves millisecond mean‑time‑to‑detect (MTTD). It...

Security vendors Splunk and Zoom released emergency patches this week to remediate multiple critical and high‑severity vulnerabilities across their product lines. Zoom fixed a critical privilege‑escalation flaw in Workplace for Windows and three high‑severity defects in its Windows client software....

Kingfisher has upgraded its ServiceNow virtual agent, Vita, from a structured call‑tree to a generative‑AI powered assistant (Now Assist) called Vita version two. Within 18 months, the original bot logged 200,000 interactions, and the new AI interface now offers natural‑language ticketing,...
Dallas Cowboys CIO Matt Messick is finalizing a multi‑year IT overhaul that includes a Lenovo device refresh, a migration to Microsoft Dynamics 365, and a new data strategy aimed at breaking silos. The team is preparing an AI‑driven dashboard to...

Samsung Electronics Europe has signed a three‑year contract with Dentsu’s Merkle to revamp its customer‑relationship‑management (CRM) across 16 European markets. The initiative will deploy AI‑driven automation and advanced tools to streamline activation, improve scalability and future‑proof Samsung’s marketing operations. A...

SoftBank Corp unveiled a multi‑AI agent platform that automates telecom operations, from policy formulation to base‑station integration. The system passes analysis results between specialized agents, enabling end‑to‑end decision‑making and execution without human intervention. SoftBank plans to extend the automation to...
Invoice processing maturity is moving beyond simple automation rates toward managing exceptions. While early AP automation focused on touchless processing of standard invoices, organizations now face a plateau as complex, high‑risk invoices dominate. Modern platforms use probabilistic confidence scoring and...
CMiC’s Nexus 1 embeds more than 25 AI agents directly into its unified ERP, turning daily project data into a conversational interface. Contractors can ask plain‑language questions about costs, schedules, or subcontractor performance and receive instant, data‑driven answers. The platform also...

Tech Electronics’ CEO Manish Chandak led a bold, company‑wide ERP overhaul, replacing legacy systems with Acumatica’s cloud platform through a one‑year, big‑bang rollout called Project Twister. The initiative aimed to break a $100 million revenue ceiling, improve operational efficiency, and lay a...

Gradial unveiled Gradial GEO, a new capability that spots visibility gaps in AI‑driven search results and automatically implements fixes directly in a brand’s CMS. The tool continuously monitors generative engines such as ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity, updating pages in real...

Manufacturers relying on legacy ERP platforms such as QAD Standard or SAP R/3 face costly, manual procure‑to‑pay (P2P) processes that waste millions annually. By deploying ETL pipelines to extract, validate, and load supplier, PO, receipt, invoice, and payment data, firms can...
Enterprises migrating to SAP S/4HANA or cloud platforms often discover that legacy ERP instances remain active, driving unexpected operating expenses and expanding security exposure. These "zombie" systems are kept for audit or legal retrieval, but their maintenance adds technical debt...
At its AppWorld conference, F5 unveiled a suite of AI‑enhanced updates to its Application Delivery and Security Platform, including the new observability product F5 Insight, AI‑powered risk scoring for its Distributed Cloud WAF, and post‑quantum TLS support in Big‑IP v21.1....
SAP’s March 2026 Security Patch Day released 15 security notes, including two critical CVSS 9+ vulnerabilities and one high‑priority denial‑of‑service issue. The critical flaws affect SAP Quotation Management Insurance (FS‑QUO) via an outdated Log4j library, SAP NetWeaver Enterprise Portal Administration through insecure...