As with the rest of the technology landscape, artificial intelligence – and in particular, agentic AI – came to dominate the conversations at the Cloud Native Computing Foundation’s recent flagship event, KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2026. In fact, AI is so pervasive that cloud-native computing is giving way to AI-native computing: the application of cloud ...

We know that the RSAC 2026 cybersecurity conference this week in San Francisco is going to be an artificial intelligence-heavy show. And though we’re going to hear the “AI will change everything” narrative, our premise is that security leaders are being asked to put AI into operation in an environment where complexity is rising faster ...

Network as a service is emerging as a critical enabler for enterprises navigating distributed architectures, hybrid cloud environments and the growing demands of AI-driven workloads. As organizations move applications, data and analytics across cloud platforms, edge locations and data centers, the role of the network shifts from static infrastructure to a dynamic platform that can ...

Once again, artificial intelligence dominated the buzz at this year’s MWC Barcelona, formerly called Mobile World Congress. From smartphones to satellites, networks to applications, no vendor or service provider could resist the lure of AI. My challenge: Sort through the thousands of exhibitors to uncover stories of innovation that might otherwise get lost amidst the ...

Our main thesis coming out of MWC 2026 is that the telecommunications industry is staring at a once-in-a-generation infrastructure reset. Carriers poured billions into 5G spectrum, fiber expansion and network modernization on the promise that faster networks would unlock new enterprise revenue. Bandwidth rose, margins didn’t. Connectivity got more reliable, but at the same time, ...

Last year, Microsoft Corp. Chief Executive Satya Nadella made the claim that “SaaS will dissolve into a bunch of agents” sitting on top of CRUD databases. In describing how software-as-a-service applications will become artificial intelligence agents atop standard “create, read, update and delete” databases, he was actually trolling Salesforce Inc. CEO Marc Benioff, who had called Microsoft’s ...

Joining colleagues of all specialties at my fifth ZohoDay analyst event over the years, I knew what to expect: Direct interaction with customers and executives, evidence of continued growth and innovation, and another strategy to unify everything. I wasn’t wrong, but as Zoho Corp. celebrated its 30th anniversary as a bootstrapped, privately held company that has ...

Observers commonly say that artificial intelligence is still in the “early innings.” The reality is AI is much further along than many acknowledge. In 2012, AlexNet was a watershed deep learning moment when massive and freely available internet datasets met Nvidia Corp.’s graphics processing units. This is what truly kicked off the modern AI era, leading to ...

Ask a room full of chief information officers how far along they are with artificial intelligence and you will hear the same story repeatedly: Many proofs of concept, a handful of production deployments, and a few impressive wins. Most enterprises treat AI as a series of projects rather than fundamental shift in how work gets ...

Despite the hype, the enormous potential business value of artificial intelligence is not going to materialize spontaneously. Digital workplace leaders must guide their organization toward an era in which AI is not only creating tangible business value, but becomes a critical competitive differentiator and industry disruptor. Here is how digital workplace leaders can build the ...