Most organizations do not fail at building modernization; they fail at standardization. A pilot succeeds because it is highly resourced, tightly controlled, and often customized for a specific site. But when that model is replicated across a portfolio, the underlying complexity becomes visible. Each site has different systems, vendors, protocols, and operating models. What worked…
When it comes to artificial intelligence projects — even amid challenges related to staffing, power, and cooling — enterprises still have aggressive plans for growth, according to a Deloitte survey of 515 IT and business executives conducted in Q4 2025. Respondents, all from companies with revenues of $500 million or more, expect to rapidly scale…
Beyond your human workforce, a vast and growing population of non-human identities—applications, service accounts, cloud instances, and now, autonomous AI agents—operates with significant access, often in the shadows. This explosion of “unseen” identities is creating a critical governance gap and a new, often unmanaged, vector for risk. As one of our customers aptly put it,…
In the world of EdTech, where I have had the fortune to design and scale numerous platforms for higher education and enterprise environments alike, one shift is occurring at an increasing rate in 2026 for corporate learning. It is shifting from being programmatic to becoming a continuous system built with AI to identify the needs…
Enterprises have been fixated on AI agents for front office workflows, but there’s still a lot of operational drag behind the scenes. Many back office tasks, such as returns processing, inventory reconciliation, and supply chain oversight, are still performed manually, leading to inefficiencies. Today, Salesforce is turning its attention to that problem with Agentforce Operations,…
A few years ago, enterprise cloud conversations followed a familiar pattern. Teams discussed migrating legacy applications, modernizing infrastructure and reducing data center costs. The goal was clear: Move workloads to scalable cloud platforms and gain operational flexibility. But in recent months, the tone of these conversations has shifted dramatically. In architecture reviews and infrastructure planning…
On paper, this project was a masterpiece. Every light on the dashboard was “green”: The budget was under, the timeline was hit perfectly, and adoption stats were sitting pretty at 92%. The CIO even walked away with a bonus for a job well done. But the celebration didn’t last. Six months later, the CFO walked…
Oracle NetSuite is adding AI capabilities to SuiteCloud to help developers customize its ERP platform faster using natural language prompts. In a statement, the company said its NetSuite SuiteCloud Agent Skills “will make it easier for developers to create customized vertical and industry-specific applications by giving AI coding assistants a better understanding of the conventions,…
IDC estimates there were over 28 million AI agents deployed by the end of last year, and predicts there’ll be over 1 billion actively deployed by 2029, executing 217 billion actions per day. It’s easy to build an AI agent POC, says Venkat Achanta, chief technology, data, and analytics officer at TransUnion, a global credit…
Last year, I did something that raised a few eyebrows on my leadership team: I made myself the de facto product manager for our AI strategy. Not because we don’t have talented product people — we do. But because I’m convinced that AI is one of those rare inflection points where the CEO needs to…