At Datadog, an observability and security platform for cloud applications, I work on research studies that analyze anonymized infrastructure telemetry from thousands of production environments across Kubernetes, managed container platforms and serverless services across cloud providers. The datasets span multiple cloud providers and billions of workload hours. Much of that work goes into our annual…
Hiring fake IT workers has been a growing problem in recent years — but it’s often a problem very few want to admit to. From Fortune 500 companies down to smaller organizations, remote hiring practices have been exploited to grant trusted access to individuals who are not who they claim to be creating an insider…
In early February 2026, nearly $285 billion in market value evaporated from software and related sectors in 48 hours. Atlassian dropped 36% for the month. The iShares Software ETF fell more than 30% from its September 2025 highs. Traders called it the “SaaSpocalypse.” The popular narrative goes like this. AI coding tools have gotten so…
Microsoft and Google are adding new controls for AI agents, as enterprise IT teams try to keep up with tools that can access corporate data and act across business applications. Microsoft’s Agent 365, made generally available for commercial customers on May 1, is designed to help organizations discover, govern, and secure AI agents, including those…
A robust cybersecurity program needs a range of skilled people, yet many CISOs continue to face an ongoing skills shortage — and the squeeze may only get worse as AI gains traction. Some 95% of cybersecurity practitioners and decision-makers noted at least one security skills gap at their organization, with almost 60% citing critical or significant…
The question nobody is asking loudly enough I keep hearing the same AI conversation everywhere I go. Better models, faster inference, more capable agents. The race is on and everyone wants in. But something is missing. Most organizations I work with have already moved past experimentation. AI is embedded in workflows, shaping customer interactions, processing…
El escenario no es hipotético: algunas de las empresas que más lejos llegaron en sustituir personas por IA han tenido que revertir parte del camino. Para el CIO, ese desajuste es especialmente relevante, porque los agentes están rediseñando cómo TI detecta problemas, decide y responde. Y porque esa perspectiva completa es justo la que la…
At its Think conference on Monday night, IBM announced what it calls a new operating model for the agentic enterprise. It encompasses coordinated AI agents that execute across the business, real-time connected data, end-to-end automated workflows, and hybrid, including IBM Sovereign Core. “Your AI is only as good as your data, which informs everything that…
SAP on Monday announced plans to acquire Dremio, which bills itself as an agentic lakehouse company, for an unspecified price. The move is complicated by similar offerings from existing SAP partners Snowflake and Databricks, but analysts point to key differences with Dremio, especially in its ability to work with data while it sits in the…
The Trump administration is in early discussions about whether advanced AI models should be vetted before public release, according to reporting from the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and Axios. The conversations center on systems capable of facilitating cyberattacks, particularly models that could help users identify and exploit software vulnerabilities. Officials are considering…