Agentic artificial intelligence is the new belle of the software ball. C-level executives want their companies to use AI agents to move faster, therefore driving vendors to deliver AI agent-driven software, and every software delivery team is looking for ways to add agentic capabilities and automation to their development platforms. By parallel coding with co-pilots, ...

We’re on the cusp of a new software-enabled business model that will determine winners and losers in the coming decades. We call this service-as-software. Specifically, we believe enterprises will begin to organize knowledge work in new ways that harmonize islands of automation into a build-to-order assembly line for knowledge work. Firms that aggressively pursue this ...

These days, it’s hard to keep up with the whiplash-inducing hot takes on generative artificial intelligence. One minute, it’s the savior of enterprise productivity; the next, we’re beaten down by fearmongers and their tales of AI doom and gloom. But if we step back and look beyond the headlines, perhaps we’ll realize that both sides ...

In 2024 alone, botnets accounted for 29% of all observed malware, reclaiming their spot at the top of the cyberthreat landscape, according to ForeScout Technologies Inc.’s latest analysis of 900 million recorded attacks. As artificial intelligence makes its way into everything from search engines to smart fridges, cybercriminals are capitalizing on the same tech to ...

Leaders for infrastructure and information technology operations, or I&O for short, must cope with unpredictable demand for new services, as well as workforce skills deficiencies and spiraling technical debt. With this in mind, they are still responsible for creating an effective action plan that will deliver success for their organization as they head toward 2026. ...

The recent Semafor report on Anthropic PBC’s refusal to allow its artificial intelligence models to be used for certain law enforcement surveillance tasks is a pivotal moment in the ongoing debate around AI, privacy and state power. Though the political clash between a White House eager to showcase “patriotic AI” and a startup rooted in ...

In our view, the Intel–Nvidia pact further accentuates Nvidia Corp.’s dominant market position and represents a milestone in the transition to the next era of computing. Just as Intel Corp. had a lock on the market in the ’80s and ’90s, Nvidia has now extended its moat deep into the x86 ecosystem (in both PCs ...

Quantum technology is one of the most promising opportunities of the coming decade, with several billion dollars already invested, a wide variety of early products reaching the market, and a growing talent influx fueling hundreds of startups. Quantum computers are expected to solve problems currently intractable for even the world’s fastest supercomputers. Their core strengths ...

The front line of cybersecurity has always been uneven. Attackers innovate with speed, testing new exploits daily, while defenders struggle to keep up with outdated playbooks. What enterprises lack isn’t more tools — it’s foresight.  Digital twins, virtual replicas that learn and evolve in real time, are giving security teams a way to see threats ...

In April 2009, Oracle Corp. made what at the time looked like a bad deal. Or at least that was the conventional wisdom. It announced that it was buying Sun Microsystems Inc. for $7.4 billion, or $5.6 billion net of Sun’s cash and debt. TL/DR, the judgment of the community on the decision by Oracle ...