Shadow AI and the New Visibility Gap in Software Development
Generative AI is now a core part of software development, but shadow AI—unapproved AI tools used by developers—is already mainstream, with 50% of workers globally and over 70% of UK employees relying on them. This creates a "lethal trifecta" of risk: exposure of private data, unrestricted external communication, and susceptibility to prompt‑injection attacks. Traditional security tools such as CASBs and SaaS discovery miss AI agents that run on personal laptops or use personal API keys, leaving managed service providers blind to a fast‑growing attack surface. Centralized governance, maturity models, and process‑level controls can restore visibility while enabling safe AI‑driven development.
Dynatrace Eyes IT Observability Gains with Bindplane Acquisition
Dynatrace announced a definitive agreement to acquire telemetry pipeline specialist Bindplane. The deal adds an open‑standards pipeline for logs, metrics and traces, aiming to improve data quality, lower ingest costs and boost compliance. Dynatrace says the combined solution will give...
Enterprises Are ‘Paralyzed by a Lack of Understanding’ with AI Adoption – and There's One Key Factor that Decides Success
Enterprises are struggling to reap AI benefits, with Forrester finding that a lack of understanding and siloed adoption hampers progress. The survey shows firms that prioritize customer value over pure productivity achieve the most tangible results. CEOs who champion AI...
Everest Group Taps Ross Tisnovsky to Lead CIO Practice Expansion
Everest Group has appointed Ross Tisnovsky as a partner to head the expansion of its CIO Research and Advisory practice. Tisnovsky returns after a 12‑year tenure at McKinsey, where he co‑founded the technology‑focused Solution Ignite unit. The move aims to...
‘Fragmentation Is Poison’: How Microsoft Is Targeting Disparate Data to Boost AI Adoption
Microsoft unveiled Database Hub and Fabric IQ at FabCon and SQLCon 2026, extending its Fabric SaaS analytics platform to unify roughly 20 data services under a single management plane. The new Database Hub adds AI‑driven, natural‑language exploration across Azure SQL, Cosmos DB, PostgreSQL and...
Channel Partners Are Sleepwalking Into an AI Code Generation Trap
Managed Service Providers are being asked to deliver full AI‑enhanced development stacks, but rapid adoption of AI code generators introduces hidden security risks. Studies show nearly half of AI‑generated code snippets contain vulnerabilities and 67% of organizations fail to assess...
Qnap TS-H1077AFU Review: A Great All-Flash Performance for Small Spaces
QNAP’s new TS‑h1077AFU is a 1U all‑Flash NAS targeting budget‑conscious enterprises. It pairs an 8‑core AMD Ryzen 7 7700 processor with 32 GB DDR5 (expandable to 192 GB) and ten hot‑swap SATA SFF SSD bays, while dropping U.2 NVMe support for a lower price...
‘You Need Those Experts to Even Define What These Transformations Are’: COBOL Developers Will Always Be Needed, Even as AI...
Amazon Web Services' Transform platform leverages generative AI to accelerate mainframe modernization, translating legacy COBOL, JCL and related code into Java while preserving functionality. AWS executive Asa Kalavade emphasizes that human COBOL experts remain essential for validating AI‑generated code and...
MariaDB Snaps up GridGain in AI Push
MariaDB announced a definitive agreement to acquire in‑memory computing specialist GridGain. The deal will merge GridGain’s Apache Ignite‑based data grid with MariaDB’s AI‑ready relational platform, aiming to deliver sub‑millisecond data processing for AI and real‑time workloads. By combining ACID‑compliant transactions...
AND Digital Fuels US Expansion with New Leadership Appointment
AND Digital announced Catherine Rousseau as Technical Solutions Director to accelerate its U.S. expansion and strengthen AI‑enabled digital transformation services. Rousseau joins from Valsoft, where she led an AI business unit, and will define technical strategy, solution design, and architectural...
Ericsson Maps Out the Road to Fully Commercial 6G Networks at MWC 2026
Ericsson announced that commercial 6G networks are slated for rollout toward the end of this decade, positioning the technology as "intelligence" rather than merely a carrier for AI. Marie Hogan highlighted the surge in AI agents, autonomous devices, and data‑intensive...
Arctic Wolf Snaps up Sevco Security to Bolster Exposure Management
Arctic Wolf announced the acquisition of Texas‑based Sevco Security, a cloud‑native exposure assessment specialist, for an undisclosed amount. Sevco’s platform, recognized as a Gartner Visionary in 2025, will be folded into Arctic Wolf’s Aurora platform to unify asset intelligence, vulnerability...
Why ‘Buy vs Build’ Is the Wrong Question for AI Strategy
Artificial intelligence is now a strategic priority, yet many enterprises chase hype instead of defining clear use cases, driven by a 63% fear‑of‑missing‑out. The traditional buy‑vs‑build debate is less relevant than asking what problem AI should solve. A blended approach—combining...
Ransomware Gangs Are Using Employee Monitoring Software as a Springboard for Cyber Attacks
Threat actors have weaponized Net Monitor for Employees, a legitimate workforce‑tracking product, as a remote access trojan and paired it with SimpleHelp RMM software to stage ransomware attacks. Huntress identified two separate incidents where the dual‑tool chain was used to...
Deepfake Business Risks Are Growing – Here's What Leaders Need to Know
Deepfake attacks have moved from a niche concern to a mainstream cybersecurity priority, with 62% of organizations reporting at least one incident in the past year. Hackers are leveraging publicly available AI models, such as Google Gemini, to create convincing...
