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• August 27, 2026 27 Aug'26

  Rival buyout aids customers after DevSecOps firm shutters

  One DevSecOps company shut its doors. Just days later, the company was acquired, saving customers from a potentially difficult migration.

• August 26, 2026 26 Aug'26

  Nvidia price hike will raise IT costs for all, analysts say

  An upcoming Nvidia price hike will raise costs for enterprise IT buyers, regardless of whether they're investing in AI infrastructure, analysts said this week.

• August 25, 2026 25 Aug'26

  What repos are trending on GitHub?

  GitHub Stars are a proxy for developer interest. Weekly GitHub star growth highlights fast-rising repos, giving early insight into adoption trends, risks and strategic opportunities.

• August 20, 2026 20 Aug'26

  A look at HTTP's new QUERY method

  HTTP QUERY gives complex read operations a safe, idempotent alternative to GET and POST. Learn its benefits, use cases and enterprise adoption options.

• August 19, 2026 19 Aug'26

  GitHub outage had users weighing options, but finding few

  Degraded availability on GitHub's network prevented some customers from using Copilot and deploying with GitHub Actions. Frustrated users found there's no easy alternative.

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• August 18, 2026 18 Aug'26

  Does Claude's watermark solve the AI transparency problem?

  Anthropic now watermarks text generated or processed by Claude. Here's how the hidden pattern works, its limitations and why the approach has drawn criticism.

• July 31, 2026 31 Jul'26

  HPE storage exec dishes on AI, cyber, VMware migrations

  It’s no secret that enterprises are trying to figure out their AI strategy. But where does storage for AI fit in? How does security affect it? And where can companies save money?

• July 29, 2026 29 Jul'26

  Dynatrace execs dish details on Bluebox autonomous AI

  The new sub-venture, made available to early adopters this month, completely rethinks the software delivery lifecycle, taking humans out of the loop.

• July 28, 2026 28 Jul'26

  Stateless MCP seen as step forward for enterprise AI

  Experts say the project's update this week will make it more suitable for enterprise production use, but it comes with a breaking change for existing systems.

• July 24, 2026 24 Jul'26

  NetScout doubles AI DDoS defenses after infrastructure buy

  NetScout boosts its attack mitigation capacity to 33 Tbps and plans to strengthen integration between its on-premises and cloud-based tools.

• July 24, 2026 24 Jul'26

  IBM infrastructure revenue down; open source, quantum on rise

  IBM is looking to close what its CEO is calling "delayed sales" and eyeing a quantum future. While infrastructure and mainframe revenue is down, other units are up.

• July 24, 2026 24 Jul'26

  WEKA pushes full-stack approach to keep GPUs fed

  WEKA addresses AI inference bottlenecks with WEKApod 3, its first custom-designed hardware, paired with NeuralMesh 6 software to improve GPU efficiency.

• July 22, 2026 22 Jul'26

  Harness Agent DLC targets AI agent development gaps

  DevSecOps for AI agents requires more than code review -- Harness beefs up behavioral and security controls and hints at a possible observability expansion.

• July 21, 2026 21 Jul'26

  BellSoft takes on Dockerfile sprawl with Hardened Builder

  BellSoft's Hardened Builder lets Paketo Buildpacks users build zero-CVE container images on hardened base images, reducing security toil without changing application code.

• July 17, 2026 17 Jul'26

  NetApp-DataPelago deal ups AI data management ante

  The acquisition strengthens NetApp's support for distributed data management, a key challenge for enterprises seeking to adopt AI.

• July 15, 2026 15 Jul'26

  Atlassian Jira Planner joins spec-driven development AI coding trend

  As enterprises grapple with tokenomics, Atlassian emphasizes upfront planning to improve downstream efficiency. But optimizing AI coding costs and quality remains complex.

• July 14, 2026 14 Jul'26

  Cribl buys CardinalOps for detection engineering, edges into SecOps

  Erstwhile Splunk nemesis adds a "SIEM-like" experience, with IP and engineering from CardinalOps folded into its "Bring Your Own Agent" pitch to IT buyers.

• July 09, 2026 09 Jul'26

  IBM seeks mainframe, data center integration

  IBM launched new models for its z17 mainframe series and LinuxOne servers to fit in a data center, at a time when space is at a premium. The vendor also made IBM Bob updates.

• June 26, 2026 26 Jun'26

  Komprise adds Iceberg for unstructured data management

  Data storage vendor Komprise integrates Apache Iceberg to help enterprises analyze unstructured data without incurring data movement costs, addressing AI readiness.

• June 26, 2026 26 Jun'26

  More VMware customers jumping ship as contracts wind down

  Enterprises have explored new virtualization options for years. With VMware contracts ending, now's the time for many to make the change, as some vendors offer migration incentives.

• June 26, 2026 26 Jun'26

  Qualcomm, OpenAI, IBM target AI infrastructure efficiency

  An acquisition, a planned chip and a new transistor design could mitigate AI's energy and cost issues, but the effects will take time to reach enterprise buyers.

• June 25, 2026 25 Jun'26

  Red Hat and IBM, Chainguard take on OSS security risk

  Industry players are using a clearinghouse model to triage the AI-fueled surge in OSS vulnerabilities -- and, in some cases, act as maintainers of last resort.

• June 25, 2026 25 Jun'26

  AgenticOps for infrastructure faces a deterministic dilemma

  Human-in-the-loop and static rules don't scale. LLM-as-judge might break the bank. Can AI agents become reliable and affordable enough to handle the explosion of AI infrastructure?

• June 24, 2026 24 Jun'26

  Networking takes center stage at HPE Discover 2026

  HPE unveils AI-focused networking strategy at Discover 2026, emphasizing Juniper integration, Agentic Mesh and new data center hardware platforms.

• June 24, 2026 24 Jun'26

  HPE Discover 2026: Lessons in optimizing AI economics

  HPE Discover 2026 highlighted four ways to improve AI ROI: modernize networks, control token costs, automate IT ops and reduce legacy infrastructure expenses.

• June 23, 2026 23 Jun'26

  Everpure Data Stream preps data pipeline for enterprise AI

  The new platform, released at Pure Accelerate 2026, is part of a broader feature set aimed at helping customers prepare data so it can be better used by AI.

• June 22, 2026 22 Jun'26

  Digesting Dell Technologies World AI automation news

  In this episode of IT Ops Query, Steven Dickens, CEO and principal analyst at HyperFrame Research, parses the AI news from Dell Tech World around agentic observability and AIOps.

• June 22, 2026 22 Jun'26

  SEI taps IBM for agentic AI growth

  In this episode of IT Ops Query, Zach Womack, CTO of SEI, discusses working with IBM to integrate agentic AI throughout SEI's operations for an 'AI-conscious' business strategy.

• June 22, 2026 22 Jun'26

  Everpure encourages partners to deliver higher value consulting plus sales

  The vendor formerly known as Pure Storage is banking on data moving beyond the back-office to fuel AI adoption.

• June 22, 2026 22 Jun'26

  7 highlights from Pure Accelerate 2026

  Fresh off a major rebranding, Everpure (formerly Pure Storage), rolled out a promising collection of new capabilities aimed at helping admins focus on adding business value.

• June 22, 2026 22 Jun'26

  HPE targets GPU utilization with new AI networking portfolio

  New Juniper-based switches, automation capabilities, and security integrations extend HPE’s networking strategy across AI training, inference, and enterprise environments.

• June 22, 2026 22 Jun'26

  Conference news from Pure Accelerate 2026

  Informa TechTarget's guide to Pure Accelerate 2026 has the news and expert analysis IT leaders need to know from the annual event hosted by Everpure, formerly Pure Storage.

• June 18, 2026 18 Jun'26

  Nvidia adopts OpenBao, open source fork of HashiCorp's Vault

  Nvidia's adoption is among the signs of growing interest in the OpenSSF-governed Vault alternative, amid mounting digital sovereignty worries globally.

• June 18, 2026 18 Jun'26

  AWS launches FinOps agent, expands Bedrock cost tracking

  At FinOps X 2026, AWS announced updates across FinOps tools, including an AI agent for cost analysis and new Bedrock attribution features for tracking AI spending.

• June 18, 2026 18 Jun'26

  HPE customers say the key to integration success is communication

  Several customers at HPE Discover praised the vendor for its smooth acquisition integrations and shared their tips for navigating systems updates.

• June 17, 2026 17 Jun'26

  GitHub Copilot desktop released amid reliability and pricing concerns

  GitHub unveiled their "agent-native" tool one day after token-based billing went into effect. Devs are weighing the costs.

• June 17, 2026 17 Jun'26

  AWS AI Agents hone DevSecOps chops amid GitHub troubles

  The market's largest cloud infrastructure player added muscle to its agentic AI tools at an event in New York, while a coding-agent rival faced headwinds.

• June 17, 2026 17 Jun'26

  HPE, Vultr go all in on AI inference data center growth

  Vultr selects HPE and Nvidia AI infrastructure as enterprise demand shifts from model training to production inference and large-scale deployments.

• June 17, 2026 17 Jun'26

  HPE puts networking at the center of AI at Discover 2026

  CEO Antonio Neri outlined the company’s “agentic enterprise” vision as HPE deepens Juniper integration and expands AI infrastructure portfolio.

• June 16, 2026 16 Jun'26

  HPE interview: Why data center efficiency is now core to IT decisions

  As AI infrastructure scales, HPE’s Andrew DesRochers explains how power availability, cooling, utility timelines, and water use are becoming core IT planning priorities.

• June 16, 2026 16 Jun'26

  Discover 2026: HPE bets on hybrid quantum-supercomputing architectures

  HPE expands quantum partnerships as it works to connect supercomputers, AI systems, and quantum processors in future hybrid environments.

• June 16, 2026 16 Jun'26

  HPE drives forward with AI networking push

  HPE brings networking into focus for enterprises at Discover 2026, rolling out switching advancements, AI-powered remediation and AI assistant support.

• June 16, 2026 16 Jun'26

  Datadog shops: AI incident management needs platform engineers

  AI-driven incident management will only be as good as the human-designed platforms they run on, according to conference presenters at Datadog DASH.

• June 11, 2026 11 Jun'26

  Datadog observability breaks away from SaaS with BYOC

  Datadog supports BYOC, federated logs search and third-party SIEMs, but one analyst warns vendor lock-in can take multiple forms.

• June 10, 2026 10 Jun'26

  DASH 2026: Datadog goes from watching code to writing it

  Bits Code turns Datadog's telemetry into pull requests, which raises an important question: Who owns the code your monitoring vendor writes?

• June 09, 2026 09 Jun'26

  HPE Discover 2026 news and conference guide

  Use this guide to stay up to date on the latest from HPE. Read news updates from the HPE Discover 2026 conference, which took place in Las Vegas from June 15 to 18.

• June 09, 2026 09 Jun'26

  Cisco advances AI infrastructure services at Cisco Live

  Cisco Live 2026 showcased advancements in AI infrastructure, emphasizing AI-ready data centers, digital resilience and the new Cisco Cloud Control for better management.

• June 04, 2026 04 Jun'26

  Cisco agentic AI security push faces enterprise trust gap

  Cisco officials urged customers to "meet the Mythos moment" with new agentic defenses, but businesses' mistrust of AI cuts both ways.

• June 04, 2026 04 Jun'26

  Cisco: AI driving a 'network supercycle'

  Data and latency demands for AI paired with AI agents and strict security requirements are fueling a 'network supercycle,' says Cisco's Jeetu Patel.

• June 03, 2026 03 Jun'26

  Cisco updates Webex AI portfolio

  Cisco plans new Webex AI agent rollouts, along with an AI Concierge. And with AI Agent 360, enterprises have a framework for governing their AI agents.

• June 03, 2026 03 Jun'26

  Cisco's Jeetu Patel on overcoming the 'AI trust deficit'

  At Cisco Live this week, Cisco's CEO and top executives explained how security teams and enterprise IT infrastructure must evolve to address the mounting cybersecurity threat from AI agents.

• June 02, 2026 02 Jun'26

  Cisco Cloud Control unites AgenticOps for IT infrastructure

  Cisco's control plane for AI agent-based infrastructure management marks a significant convergence of previously disparate tools, according to analysts.

• June 02, 2026 02 Jun'26

  Cisco Live 2026 conference coverage and analysis

  Informa TechTarget's updating guide to Cisco Live 2026 covers the latest trends, emerging technologies and product announcements from the tech giant's annual conference.

• May 27, 2026 27 May'26

  IT orgs cautiously try AI agents for infrastructure as code

  Enterprise IT leaders at regulated companies keep a tight leash on AI agents for infrastructure as code, but some envision a new agentic front door for developer access.

• May 26, 2026 26 May'26

  Red Hat distinguished engineer unpacks 'The Agentic Paradox'

  In this episode of IT Ops Query, Red Hat's Steve Watt explains the 'agentic paradox' and how agentic AI will change the value businesses bring and the way people think about work.

• May 21, 2026 21 May'26

  The AI war IBM isn't fighting -- and the one it thinks it can win

  IBM wants to differentiate itself in the market by targeting enterprises with the most complex environments, such as those that are hybrid and in regulated industries.

• May 19, 2026 19 May'26

  Dell rewards systems integrators amid AI partner program revamp

  The shift ties larger incentives to customer outcomes and rewards consultants regardless of where final sales are logged.

• May 18, 2026 18 May'26

  Dell AI Factory gets rack-scale infrastructure refresh

  Dell claims its new PowerRack systems can be up and running in less than a day and begins connecting its AI stack with existing enterprise workloads.

• May 18, 2026 18 May'26

  Soma Energy launches to optimize AI data center energy use

  Soma Energy, led by CEO Ath Caramanolis, launches an AI-driven platform to optimize energy use for data centers, addressing growing demands and enhancing grid efficiency.

• May 15, 2026 15 May'26

  Enterprises fleeing Broadcom move to OpenShift Virtualization

  One company moved 100 VMs after its VMware bill shot up ninefold; converts also cited compliance, growing feature parity and expanding partner support.

• May 14, 2026 14 May'26

  IT orgs face tricky cost calculus for self-hosted AI inference

  Red Hat's twofold strategy to lower AI inference costs -- self-managed hybrid infrastructure and open-weight models -- has potential, experts say, but must be proven in practice.

• May 13, 2026 13 May'26

  IBM Think: AI transformation aims to shrink process, lift people

  Executives at IBM Think want to use AI to remove friction for their people in the mid-to-long term, but understand significant change is necessary to get there.

• May 12, 2026 12 May'26

  Dell Technologies World 2026 news and conference coverage

  This guide to Dell Technologies World 2026 is your window to vendor announcements and news from the conference floor. Check it out to see the highlights from this year's event.

• May 12, 2026 12 May'26

  From perceptron to Concert: The operations data model at IBM Think '26

  IBM positions Concert as a graph-driven operations platform that combines observability, policy, risk and AI agents into a shared enterprise context layer.

• May 12, 2026 12 May'26

  Red Hat AI updates target mounting cost, sovereignty worries

  Red Hat furthers its hybrid cloud AI push with Model-as-a-Service and sovereignty features amid growing enterprise concerns about ROI and geopolitical risk.

• May 11, 2026 11 May'26

  Red Hat Summit 2026 news and conference guide

  Informa TechTarget's guide to Red Hat Summit 2026 covers the latest trends, emerging technologies and information from the annual open source conference.

• May 08, 2026 08 May'26

  Quantum moves from promise to practice at IBM Think 2026

  Quantum computing is becoming a reality at major companies, from Boeing to Allstate. Quantum -- especially when paired with AI -- promises better business outcomes.

• May 07, 2026 07 May'26

  Google's Agentic Data Cloud extends AI data management

  In this episode of IT Ops Query, Andi Gutmans, VP and GM of Data Cloud at Google, explores announcements from Google Cloud Next '26 and what they mean for AI data management.

• May 06, 2026 06 May'26

  Atlassian MCP updates take aim at AI token usage

  Atlassian's Teamwork Graph adds MCP and CLI tools to refine data exchange with third-party AI agents, an emerging factor in enterprise AI ROI.

• May 05, 2026 05 May'26

  ServiceNow reintroduces itself as an AI 'security company'

  ServiceNow pulls ahead of other agent orchestrators with expanded AI security features, experts say, as enterprises proceed cautiously toward agent autonomy.

• May 05, 2026 05 May'26

  IBM Bob AI coding agent ships, HashiCorp AIOps previewed

  IBM Bob adds a new kind of interface for IBM systems as the vendor begins integrating AI automation components from multiple acquisitions.

• May 04, 2026 04 May'26

  Bridging the gap: Legacy tools gain enterprise AI support

  Getting AI to work reliably in production requires not just new tools, but integration with the legacy tools that still run critical systems of record at many large companies.

• April 23, 2026 23 Apr'26

  Merck, Home Depot tap Gemini Enterprise for AI agent development

  Blue chips will expand use of Gemini Enterprise AI agents on a revamped platform, but how far its appeal will extend beyond the Google Cloud user base remains to be seen.

• April 23, 2026 23 Apr'26

  Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform adds 'connective tissue' to Vertex AI

  Gemini Enterprise expands multi-agent orchestration, data management and security features, flexing Google Cloud's infrastructure muscle.

• April 23, 2026 23 Apr'26

  Cisco unveils quantum network advancements

  Cisco's quantum switch prototype operates like a data center switch and supports four encoding modalities. It marks a step forward in making quantum computing 'broadly viable.'

• April 22, 2026 22 Apr'26

  SUSECON 2026: The push to operationalize AI

  At SUSECON 2026, SUSE outlined a sovereignty-driven strategy for AI and infrastructure, pairing agentic operations with partnerships spanning NVIDIA, Switch and Cloudbase.

• April 22, 2026 22 Apr'26

  New Google TPUs multiply AI infrastructure efficiency

  Google's new TPUs assault AI's 'memory wall,' slash AI inference latency and lower costs, setting up its enterprise cloud services to compete on price and power efficiency.

• April 16, 2026 16 Apr'26

  Multi-cloud networking gains momentum with AWS and Oracle

  With this partnership, customers can establish private and high-speed connectivity between Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and AWS.

• April 15, 2026 15 Apr'26

  Edge and physical AI poised to upend enterprise networks

  Just as the enterprise is wrapping its mind around scaling AI in data centers, another seismic shift is emerging on the outskirts of corporate networks.

• April 13, 2026 13 Apr'26

  Cisco Galileo buy reflects blurring lines in AI observability

  Cisco’s Splunk folds Galileo in with its IT ops products, but AI apps and observability introduce a new layer of management that's up for grabs in enterprises. 

• April 10, 2026 10 Apr'26

  ServiceNow AI pricing change takes on enterprise ROI struggles

  ServiceNow's AI features are now embedded throughout its software platform in a bid to ease enterprise adoption.

• April 09, 2026 09 Apr'26

  Oracle's Sudha Raghavan on AI's infrastructure renaissance

  In this episode of IT Ops Query, Sudha Raghavan, senior vice president at OCI, talks AI infrastructure and the innovation opportunities it creates across cloud and data center.

• April 02, 2026 02 Apr'26

  KubeCon EU 2026: Infrastructure catches up to AI

  AI is reshaping infrastructure demands. At KubeCon EU 2026, vendors focused on Kubernetes abstraction, GPU management and automation to move AI from pilot to production.

• March 31, 2026 31 Mar'26

  KubeCon EU 2026: AI tightens the dev-prod loop

  AI is reshaping platform engineering. At KubeCon EU 2026, vendors showcased autonomous troubleshooting, observability-driven agents and tools to manage shadow AI.

• March 26, 2026 26 Mar'26

  Komprise storage tiering service pledges flash savings

  Komprise releases the Flash Stretch tool with an aim to reduce costs and optimize primary storage through analyzing storage tiering opportunities.

• March 26, 2026 26 Mar'26

  Infrastructure highlights from Nvidia GTC 2026

  Nvidia GTC 2026 underscored surging AI infrastructure demand and ecosystem growth. Tokenomics and inferencing are emerging as key drivers of future value.

• March 25, 2026 25 Mar'26

  CNCF Ingress Nginx retirement could leave some users at risk

  Some industry observers are concerned that users of the Ingress Nginx Kubernetes sub-project might not realize it's vulnerable until their environments are compromised.

• March 20, 2026 20 Mar'26

  The 'observability tax,' AI and the SaaSpocalypse

  In this episode of IT Ops Query, Ari Zilka, CEO of the observability startup MyDecisive.ai, discusses the observability tax, the SaaSpocalypse and taking humans out of the loop.

• March 19, 2026 19 Mar'26

  Dell Data Orchestration Engine joins AI data pipeline fray

  Dell jumps into the ring with NetApp and Vast Data, unveiling a new AI data orchestration product built on its Dataloop acquisition as Nvidia STX shakes up the storage industry.

• March 18, 2026 18 Mar'26

  Vibe coding is killing open source, increasing software risk

  AI-driven coding is adding maintenance debt to OSS projects, adding a new dimension of risk to software supply chains. Learn how the OSS ecosystem and the orgs that rely on it should adapt.

• March 17, 2026 17 Mar'26

  Nvidia NemoClaw, JFrog shore up OpenClaw security

  OpenClaw's viral popularity shows AI agents have arrived, according to Jensen Huang, but it's also highlighted the new application security risks they pose.

• March 16, 2026 16 Mar'26

  IT leaders share enterprise AI change management tips

  An Insight Enterprises CTO, an ex-Google AI lead, and SRE leaders from Telus offer tips to enterprise IT leaders struggling to cut through AI noise and realize business value.

• March 13, 2026 13 Mar'26

  NanoClaw AI agents find a home in Docker Sandboxes

  The minimal, containerized alternative to the viral OpenClaw gets an added dose of isolation from Docker microVMs, as 'AI claws' proliferate.

• March 11, 2026 11 Mar'26

  After rebrand, Everpure extends high availability to files

  The company formerly known as Pure Storage is opening new competitive fronts with ActiveCluster for files and plans to add data intelligence from its 1touch acquisition.

• March 10, 2026 10 Mar'26

  Microsoft 365 E7 adds AI governance; prices draw critiques

  Microsoft's Agent 365 is the vendor's answer to enterprise AI agent qualms, but a pricey tie-in for the "work-in-progress" platform with Microsoft 365 raised eyebrows this week.

• March 09, 2026 09 Mar'26

  Last year in AWS with Corey Quinn

  In this episode of IT Ops Query, Duckbill's Corey Quinn discusses the highs and lows of last year in AWS, advice for enterprise IT buyers dealing with the cloud giant and more.

• March 05, 2026 05 Mar'26

  AppDev leaders eye Postman AI tools for API development

  Postman's agentic automation could add efficiency and ease of use, plus specialized context and governance guardrails, as AI apps reshape API development.

• March 05, 2026 05 Mar'26

  SaaSpocalypse? Maybe not, but SaaS applications are changing

  It's unlikely that SaaS is undergoing an extinction-level event, IT leaders say, but AI is disrupting software in ways that enterprises must learn to navigate effectively.

• February 27, 2026 27 Feb'26

  Harness Artifact Registry strengthens supply chain governance

  Harness makes its artifact registry generally available beyond early preview customers, with a security twist that could challenge established players such as JFrog.

• February 26, 2026 26 Feb'26

  ServiceNow touts AI governance for its Autonomous Workforce

  As an enterprise trust gap persists for autonomous AI agents, ServiceNow pledges strong platform controls for a new set of specialist agents, beginning with the L1 service desk.