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Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Big 5 AI Vendor Roundup: Week of September 28, 2026
It has become almost a full-time job to stay current with the glut of news in the AI space. This weekly roundup will get you up to speed on the news and happenings with the Big 5 AI vendors in the last week.
Big 5 AI Vendor Roundup: Week of September 21, 2026
It has become almost a full-time job to stay current with the glut of news in the AI space. This weekly roundup will get you up to speed on the news and happenings with the Big 5 AI vendors in the last week.
AWS Transform Says It’s Processed 10 Billion Lines of Legacy Code
Legacy modernization keeps landing back on the CIO’s desk. Older platforms cost more to maintain, block access to modern development practices, and depend on specialists who are getting harder to find. AWS Transform is AWS’ answer: a set of AI-assisted tools for assessing, migrating, and modernizing those systems.
Big 5 AI Vendor Roundup: Week of September 14, 2026
It has become almost a full-time job to stay current with the glut of news in the AI space. This weekly roundup will get you up to speed on the news and happenings with the Big 5 AI vendors in the last week.
Big 5 AI Vendor Roundup: Week of September 7, 2026
It has become almost a full-time job to stay current with the glut of news in the AI space. This weekly roundup will get you up to speed on the news and happenings with the big 5 AI vendors in the last week.
Big 5 AI Vendor Roundup: Week of August 31, 2026
It has become almost a full-time job to stay current with the glut of news in the AI space. This weekly roundup will get you up to speed on the news and happenings with the Big 5 AI vendors in the last week.
Overlapping AI Outages Expose an Enterprise Resilience Gap
Four leading AI services had problems within the same few hours on September 3, 2026. OpenAI, Anthropic, and xAI confirmed service interruptions affecting ChatGPT, Claude, and Grok, while Gemini saw a surge in reported interruptions without confirmation.
Big 5 AI Vendor Roundup: Week of August 24, 2026
It has become almost a full-time job to stay current with the glut of news in the AI space. This weekly roundup will get you up to speed on the news and happenings with the Big 5 AI vendors in the last week.
Big 5 AI Vendor Roundup: Week of August 17, 2026
It has become almost a full-time job to stay current with the glut of news in the AI space. This weekly roundup will get you up to speed on the news and happenings with the big 5 AI vendors in the last week.
Black Hat 2026 Trends – Security Buyers Want Proof, Not More Tools
The following trends reflect themes that emerged from conversations, vendor briefings, and conference sessions at Black Hat 2026, with an emphasis on what they mean for CIOs and security leaders.
Big 5 AI Vendor Roundup: Week of August 10, 2026
It has become almost a full-time job to stay current with the glut of news in the AI space. This weekly roundup will get you up to speed on the news and happenings with the Big 5 AI vendors in the last week.
Big 5 AI Vendor Roundup: Week of August 3, 2026
It has become almost a full-time job to stay current with the glut of news in the AI space. This weekly roundup will get you up to speed on the news and happenings with the Big 5 AI vendors in the last week.
Big 5 AI Vendor Roundup: Week of July 27, 2026
It has become almost a full-time job to stay current with the glut of news in the AI space. This weekly roundup will get you up to speed on the news and happenings with the Big 5 AI vendors in the last week.
Big 5 AI Vendor Roundup: Week of July 20, 2026
It has become almost a full-time job to stay current with the glut of news in the AI space. This weekly roundup will get you up to speed on the news and happenings with the Big 5 AI vendors in the last week.
Big 5 AI Vendor Roundup: Week of July 13, 2026
It has become almost a full-time job to stay current with the glut of news in the AI space. This weekly roundup will get you up to speed on the news and happenings with the Big 5 AI vendors in the last week.
A Closer Look at Google's Agentic Data Cloud Enhancements in H1-2026
Info-Tech has already provided a brief summary of updates to Agentic Data Cloud announced by Google in April 2026. Here’s a closer look at some of the updates important from the perspective of Data and Analytics.
AWS Seeks to Remove the Friction Around Government AI Adoption
At AWS Summit DC 2026, Amazon Web Services unveiled new AI modernization and security automation tools built for federal agencies with classified cloud infrastructure and billions of dollars in credits, with thousands of engineers embedded on top. The pitch is speed.
Varonis Atlas AI Security Platform – End-to-End AI Security and Governance Platform
Varonis Atlas is an end-to-end AI security and governance platform spanning discovery, posture, adversarial testing, runtime controls, and compliance.
Big 5 AI Vendor Roundup: Week of July 6, 2026
It has become almost a full-time job to stay current with the glut of news in the AI space. This weekly roundup will get you up to speed on the news and happenings with the Big 5 AI vendors in the last week.
Big 5 AI Vendor Roundup: Week of June 29, 2026
It has become almost a full-time job to stay current with the glut of news in the AI space. This weekly roundup will get you up to speed on the news and happenings with the Big 5 AI vendors in the last week.
SAP Acquires Dremio, Reltio, and Prior Labs to Create an Agentic AI Platform and Research Center for Structured Data
SAP’s recent acquisition activity should be viewed as building a three-part stack: Dremio for open lakehouse and business context, Reltio for trusted master data, and Prior Labs for AI models purpose-built for structured business data.