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'Software is not dead', says Elastic CPO Ken Exner
Digital Transformation

'Software is not dead', says Elastic CPO Ken Exner

Elastic's Ken Exner insists “software is not dead” as the firm touts AI-powered search, context engineering and new agent-building tools.

By Adam Zuchetti • 5 min read • Fri, 6th Mar 2026
Elastic unveils tools to boost reliability of AI agents
Data Analytics

Elastic unveils tools to boost reliability of AI agents

Elastic launches Agent Builder and Workflows to help enterprises build more reliable AI agents that span fragmented internal data systems.

By Shannon Williams • 4 min read • Fri, 23rd Jan 2026

Global Stories

Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) stories

Boomi adds governance tools for enterprise AI agents
Data Protection

Boomi adds governance tools for enterprise AI agents

Businesses using multiple AI systems will get tighter controls as Boomi adds policy enforcement, monitoring and workflow orchestration tools.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 5 min read • 3 days ago
Cloudera hackathon highlights enterprise AI data challenges
Data Protection

Cloudera hackathon highlights enterprise AI data challenges

Only seven per cent of organisations are data ready, raising doubts over whether enterprise AI can move from prototypes to production.

By David Shilovsky • 5 min read • 5 days ago
CollectivIQ adds model choice & image tools for teams
Generative AI

CollectivIQ adds model choice & image tools for teams

Teams can now switch between ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Grok in one workspace as the Boston-based platform adds image and file tools.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Last month
Testlio launches AI chatbot testing service amid scrutiny
Data Protection

Testlio launches AI chatbot testing service amid scrutiny

Brands using customer-facing chatbots face fresh pressure to prove safety and accuracy as Testlio rolls out human-led checks for live-use failures.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 3 min read • Last month
Progress adds AI search & personalisation to Sitefinity
Customer Experience

Progress adds AI search & personalisation to Sitefinity

Customers can now get tailored content and AI search in Sitefinity, as Progress adds governed personalisation and conversational tools.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Last month
MariaDB completes GridGain deal to boost AI platform
Private Cloud

MariaDB completes GridGain deal to boost AI platform

The acquisition gives customers a single platform for live transactions, analytics and vector search as database vendors chase AI workloads.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 5 min read • Thu, 26th Mar 2026
KX unveils agentic AI blueprints for capital markets
Fintech

KX unveils agentic AI blueprints for capital markets

KX launches Nvidia-powered agentic AI blueprints to speed capital markets research and trading while tightening audit and governance controls.

By Catherine Knowles • 4 min read • Thu, 12th Mar 2026
Netskope launches NewEdge AI Fast Path to cut latency
Firewalls

Netskope launches NewEdge AI Fast Path to cut latency

Netskope unveils NewEdge AI Fast Path to speed secure enterprise traffic to major AI clouds, cutting latency for chatbots and agents.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Mon, 2nd Mar 2026
VAST & Nvidia unveil integrated GPU-first AI data stack
Data Analytics

VAST & Nvidia unveil integrated GPU-first AI data stack

VAST and Nvidia launch an integrated GPU-first AI data stack, unifying storage, compute and analytics to simplify production AI workloads.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Thu, 26th Feb 2026
Elastic unveils multilingual embeddings for search
Small Language Models

Elastic unveils multilingual embeddings for search

Elastic launches compact multilingual embedding models for Elasticsearch, promising faster, cheaper semantic search and stronger RAG performance.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 3 min read • Wed, 25th Feb 2026
Teradata unveils Enterprise AgentStack for AI at scale
Virtualisation

Teradata unveils Enterprise AgentStack for AI at scale

Teradata launches Enterprise AgentStack, a unified toolkit to help large organisations scale governed AI agents across hybrid estates.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Wed, 28th Jan 2026
Check Point targets securing AI factories at runtime
Firewalls

Check Point targets securing AI factories at runtime

Check Point sets out a runtime security blueprint for AI factories as enterprises scale GPU-heavy data centres and face mounting GenAI attacks.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Wed, 21st Jan 2026

Stories from Other Regions

Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) stories

VDURA adds RDMA & AI-focused context-aware tiering
Storage

VDURA adds RDMA & AI-focused context-aware tiering

VDURA adds RDMA and unveils context-aware tiering to cut CPU bottlenecks and speed AI training and inference across its data platform.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Thu, 19th Mar 2026
SFU & Caseway use AI to make court decisions searchable
Large Language Models

SFU & Caseway use AI to make court decisions searchable

Simon Fraser University and Caseway are building AI-ready court decision indexes to test if better legal search helps self-represented people.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Thu, 29th Jan 2026
Simwood debuts on-net AI agents for carriers, MSPs
Software-as-a-Service

Simwood debuts on-net AI agents for carriers, MSPs

Simwood launches on-net conversational AI agents for carriers and MSPs, embedding voice and WhatsApp bots directly into UCaaS networks.

By Kaleah Salmon • 3 min read • Thu, 22nd Jan 2026