Data centers are costing local governments billions

Tax benefits for hyperscalers and other data center operators are costing local administrations billions of dollars. In the US, three states are already giving away more than $1 billion in potential tax revenue, while 14 are failing to declare how much data center subsidies are costing taxpayers, according to Good Jobs First. The campaign group…

Oracle delivers semantic search without LLMs

Oracle says its new Trusted Answer Search can deliver reliable results at scale in the enterprise by scouring a governed set of approved documents using vector search instead of large language models (LLMs) and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG). Available for download or accessible through APIs, it works by having enterprises define a curated “search space” of…

Secure-by-design: 3 principles to safely scale agentic AI

AI is moving from experimentation to execution. What started as copilots is quickly evolving into autonomous AI agents that can make decisions, execute tasks, and operate across enterprise environments. As organizations accelerate adoption of agentic AI, they’re expanding their attack surface in ways traditional security models weren’t built to handle. AI agents interact with identities,…

The 10 skills every modern integration architect must master

Enterprise integration has changed fundamentally. What was once a backend technical function is now a strategic capability that determines how quickly an enterprise can adapt, scale and innovate. With SaaS-first architectures, continuous ERP updates, event-driven systems and AI-enabled platforms, integration architects are no longer just connecting systems — they are designing the digital nervous system…

Jessica Ferreira Vicente (SEAT): “La gobernanza es un pilar que nos permite ganar el derecho a innovar rápido”

La inteligencia artificial (IA) juega un papel destacado en el proceso de transformación digital que están acometiendo las empresas españolas. Pero no se trata de digitalizar por digitalizar, tal y como explicó Jessica Ferreira Vicente, responsable de la Oficina Técnica de Transformación Digital de SEAT, sino de ser consecuentes con el proceso de desarrollo. Más…

AI, market whiplash and the case for a force multiplier

In early February 2026, markets delivered a powerful reminder of how sensitive industries have become to new developments in artificial intelligence. Software stocks slid after investors reacted to new AI capabilities, and days later, insurance intermediary stocks dropped sharply following news that OpenAI approved a self-service insurance broker application. In less than a week, the…