Technology

Hammond tells MSPs to pick a vertical and one problem

N-able's Stefanie Hammond gives MSPs a 10-step playbook: one niche, one problem, a 100-account list, and a sales process checked before buying more leads.

Microsoft frames its Ignite security week around AI agents with real access

A Security Pre-Day and four security themes: at Ignite, Microsoft treats every decision to adopt an AI agent as a trust decision.

Adobe's AI-first recurring revenue grew more than 150% in a year

Adobe's AI-first ARR grew more than 150% year over year. Adobe now reports as one segment built for unified selling.

Ping’s Gouard says mDL and NFC checks can narrow false positives

One bank’s blanket ID re-checks stopped fraud but wore on tellers and customers. Ping’s Diana Gouard argues for verifying once, then carrying trust forward.

Fifth Third, Priority and CSI deals put a premium on payments built into software

Three summer deals point to fintech buyers paying for payments already wired into property, government and banking software, not raw processing volume.

System integrators shape whether factory tech pays off, Smart Industry argues

Smart Industry's Sept. 9 piece says plant technology creates no value until it's wired into existing systems, and its summer coverage keeps landing on the same

ChatGPT test ads can invite users to chat with brands like Wayfair

Wayfair is among the first brands running ChatGPT ads that open a chat with the advertiser. What the format asks of retailers, and what data flows back.

Only 6% of companies get value from AI, Forbes reports

Forbes' Sept. 16 enterprise AI coverage puts AI value at 6% of companies and points buyers toward model mixes, governance and security spend.

75% of CISOs secure AI workflows with controls built for other risks

Security Magazine maps the doors unsanctioned AI walks through, and the surveys it cites show most IT shops are guarding them with borrowed tools.

AeroVironment Wins $464.8M Army Laser Deal, First LOCUST Export Order

AeroVironment announced a $464.8M Army contract for its LOCUST laser program and its first international order, over $50M, within a week in Sept. 2026.

Sanity Adds Agent Context to Its Content Platform

Sanity announced Agent Context and related AI features on March 4, 2026, letting AI agents query structured content via schema, per PR Newswire.

ChatGPT, Claude, Grok Outage Renews AI Continuity Focus

ChatGPT, Claude, and Grok all went down Sept. 3, and OpenAI is cutting Cursor's model access Nov. 12. Here is what happened.

DoD Awards Multi-Vendor AI Contracts Worth Up to $200M Each

DoD awarded up to $200M each to four AI vendors, while marketplace Glass added AI tools. Two separate stories that both show AI entering government purchasing.

ADI's $1.35B Alif Deal Adds AI Chips to Sensor Lineup

Analog Devices agreed to buy edge-AI chipmaker Alif Semiconductor for $1.35 billion cash, plus up to $200 million contingent, per Reuters and EE Times.

Vantage’s 1.4GW Texas campus makes grid contracts the real data center schedule

Vantage’s $25B “Frontier” plan in Texas lands as PwC sizes AI data center spend at $31.6T through 2050 and Frontier buyers add $915M more carbon removal demand.

Dreamforce 2026 goes all-in on AI agents, but ROI numbers are still missing

Dreamforce 2026 is being framed around the “Agentic Enterprise,” but the pre-event materials cited here include no customer ROI figures or cost-to-run numbers f

AI could raise enterprise IT costs by as much as 75% in less than a decade

Bain sees AI lifting IT costs up to 75% in under a decade. Deloitte, KPMG, DOT and Dell show where spend is shifting: models, control, and infrastructure lead t

Dell’s $95B AI backlog is turning AI rollouts into a delivery-date problem

Dell’s reported $95B AI backlog and new AI pricing models are forcing CIOs to plan lead times, capacity, and contracts like supply chain programs.

AI is now a DAM governance requirement, not a demo feature

Analyst and peer-rating signals are converging: enterprise DAM decisions in 2026 are being judged by AI fit, governance, and partner access.

Cloud is set to take 26% of IT budgets, and hiring is shifting toward platforms

Foundry’s 2026 cloud survey and Robert Half’s 2026 salary data point to the same reality: cloud and AI delivery is now a platform-and-governance staffing proble

AI agents are pushing access controls and testing into the data layer

New guidance from Snowflake, InformationWeek and TechTarget puts governance in the data layer, not the dashboard.

Proptech money is clustering around ops automation, not new listing sites

Funding and product signals in mid-2026 point to AI agents and benchmarking tools that touch leasing, collections, and portfolio KPIs.

Better AI software is driving up spending on power, partners, and delivery

Enterprise AI is turning into a procurement problem, more than a features race, across software, channel partners, and data center supply chains.

Top AI users are pulling 8.3x ahead, and GPU budgets are spreading everywhere

New data points show a widening performance gap between top AI adopters and the rest, while enterprise GPU fleets get repurposed for analytics and media work.

Sivers’ $1.2B pipeline has photonics and RF programs slated for 2027 production

Sivers is shifting from NRE work to product ramps. The signal for operators: lock in packaging, test, and supply now.

AI projects now start with hiring and fiber, not models

SSA’s agentic AI RFI, New York’s IBM enterprise deal, Kyndryl’s VMware training push, and Zayo’s Corning fiber pact point to the same constraint: execution capa

Salesforce’s Claudeforce plug-in makes AI agent rollouts look like a CRM upgrade

Salesforce expanded its Anthropic partnership with a Claude plug-in while posting Q2 growth. The operational question now is where AI agents belong: CRM, data p

Dreamforce 2026 turns agentic AI into an IT and CX integration job

Dreamforce Sept. 15–17 is shaping up as a governance-and-integration test, not a demo fest, with Headless 360, Agentforce and data readiness now on the critical

Anthropic's Claudeforce puts Claude in Salesforce, and CIOs will have to track token use

Salesforce’s Dreamforce 2026 agenda is landing as Claudeforce heads to open beta in September, forcing new decisions on identity, permissions, and token spend.

FPT is turning Vietnam’s privacy enforcement into an integration project, not a legal one

FPT IS rolled out a four-layer consent platform as Vietnam's Personal Data Protection Law moves into active enforcement, while FPT was named an OpenAI Select Partner.