Even as a seasoned IT leader, Richard Mackey’s jaw drops in amazement over what AI and AI agents can help him do — especially when it comes to the tasks he dislikes the most. “It’s like my long-lost friend,” says Mackey, CTO of healthcare company CCS. For example, while Mackey has become adept at creating…
DetailsEvery acquisition is different, but the challenges facing physical security teams are often the same. As discussed in Aligning roadmaps for acquisitional growth, successful integration depends on aligning budget, technology, people and culture while ensuring security has a seat at the table throughout the acquisition process. The priorities, however, will vary depending on where your…
DetailsAccording to the latest KPMG AI Pulse Survey, the share of organizations in the driving-adoption phase rose significantly in Q2, increasing from 13% to 22% and representing the largest movement observed anywhere along the AI maturity curve. But while AI governance is evolving from principle to practice, only about a third say roles, responsibilities, and…
DetailsWorking with large financial institutions, I’ve watched enterprise data consumption change drastically. The old model might have had 1,000 people using the same carefully designed application. These 1,000 users could reliably and predictably work from this application, and data access would typically occur in the same way. That change was already underway as dashboards, APIs,…
DetailsLast month’s Claudeforce announcement by Salesforce and Anthropic may be a harbinger of agentic AI’s looming impact on business as usual in the enterprise, as industry watchers are keeping their eyes peeled for a dramatic shift in enterprise software in its wake. “What we are beginning to see is indicative of where the industry is…
DetailsAI is quickly replacing traditional online search as the front door to finding a business. I recently heard a story about a car shopper who drove miles out of her way to visit a specific dealership, bypassing many car lots much closer to home. Why? Because she searched car dealerships with ChatGPT and it told…
DetailsBroadcom is raising the stakes when it comes to preventing its VMware customers from moving to another platform. The company has stopped users from downloading its Virtual Disk Development Kit (VDDK). While this may not look like significant news VDDK is, in fact, a vital part of tools used to migrate away from VMware. For…
DetailsNvidia will use Palantir’s Foundry software to analyze its global network of suppliers and partners for supply chain risks — and Palantir will incorporate Nvida’s Nemotron open AI model into its existing AI software stack. The deal will enhance both companies’ offerings, they said: Nvidia will use Palantir’s AI stack to optimize its complex supply…
DetailsNearly every tech leader I talk to tells me that they need more cybersecurity talent, with one caveat: they want someone senior, with years of experience. Fortinet’s 2026 Cybersecurity Skills Gap Report makes it clear that this is becoming standard: slightly more than half of IT decision-makers said they need senior-level skills the most. One-third…
DetailsThe once stable era of IT service management (ITSM) has entered a period of disruption and uncertainty. At least if you’re an investor or enterprise customer with an interest in ITSM giant ServiceNow, the signals over recent months have been hard to ignore. Last year, the category leader delivered market-pleasing AI announcements, a record share…
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