India’s sovereign cloud debate is shifting from location to control
For years, the cloud sovereignty conversation has centred on one question: where is the data stored? A new Deloitte report, “Sovereign cloud for India: Building trusted digital infrastructure for the…
India leads in sovereign procurement intent, but has no plan to back it up
Everpure’s Global Data Sovereignty Report 2026, based on 2,100 enterprise organisations across eight markets, reveals a defining disconnect between strategic priority and operational readiness. “We talk about data sovereignty a…
AI agents touched sensitive data in 87% of firms, while only 19% caught it in real time
Enterprise AI adoption has moved faster than the governance designed to contain it. That much is understood. What Delinea’s 2026 Identity Security Report makes uncomfortably concrete is how wide that…
AI is forcing SRE and platform teams to grow up fast, new report finds
A new global survey suggests artificial intelligence is pushing the engineers who keep systems running to rewrite their playbooks as it moves from pilot projects into everyday business operations. Dynatrace’s…
The security gaps CIOs keep leaving open
Enterprise security conversations in 2026 tend to gravitate towards nation-state actors, zero-day exploits, and AI-powered attack chains. While the reality of how most web applications get compromised is far less…
Harness acquires Augment Code assets to connect AI coding with software delivery
Harness has acquired select assets from Augment Code to expand automation across the software development life cycle (SDLC). The acquisition includes Cosmos, the Auggie CLI products, the Code Context Engine,…
Airtel Business brings SMS, WhatsApp, RCS and voice under one enterprise messaging platform
Airtel Business has launched Airtel IQ Gateway, a platform aimed at helping enterprises manage customer communications across SMS, WhatsApp, Rich Communication Services (RCS), business voice, and number verification from one…
IBM-Yotta platform brings sovereign control to enterprise agentic AI in India
As Indian enterprises move from AI pilots towards production-scale deployments, the question of where data is stored is increasingly being joined by questions around where AI inference runs, who controls…
CtrlS expands metro optical networks for hyperscaler connectivity
CtrlS Datacenters is working with Ciena to upgrade its metro optical network infrastructure across Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, New Delhi, and Noida. The project covers five metro networks connecting nine data…
Datadog brings AI into user journey monitoring and testing
Datadog has introduced two new capabilities, Journey Monitoring and Bits Testing, aimed at helping organisations track and test critical user journeys as applications change. The features are part of the…
What Happens When Security Leads Transformation? NEC Shares Insights
As organizations race to digitize, the convergence of technology leadership and cybersecurity has become more than strategic- it’s essential. In this exclusive conversation with CIO&Leader, Ashish Gupta, CIO and CISO…
Quest Global partners with NPTI to launch an Integrated Asset Performance Engineering course for Oil & Gas Engineers
Quest Global Engineering Services Limited and National Power Training Institute (NPTI), a training and skill development institution serving the energy sector, announced a Memorandum of Understanding under which the alliance…
ISACA Study Reveals Almost Half of Women in Tech Have Experienced Gender Discrimination in the Workplace
ISACA’s new 2026 Tech Workplace and Culture survey revealed that almost half (47 percent) of women in tech have experienced gender discrimination in the workplace, an increase of five percentage…
Augury Opens Bengaluru Engineering Hub to Accelerate Industrial AI Capabilities for Manufacturers Worldwide
Augury, an Industrial AI unicorn and leader in AI solutions for manufacturing, today announced the expansion of its presence in India with a new engineering hub in Bengaluru, strengthening the…
The Agentic AI Era Is Here—Enterprise Readiness Is Not, New OutSystems Research Finds
OutSystems, a leading Agentic Systems Platform, today released new research in collaboration with CIO Dive and KPMG highlighting a disconnect between enterprise confidence in AI agent governance and actual operational…
LG ELECTRONICS ANNOUNCES NEW SMART HOME ACCESSORIES, DESIGNED IN COLLABORATION WITH APPLE FOR THE APPLE HOME COLLECTION
LG Electronics today announced a range of smart home accessories co-developed with Apple for the Apple Home Collection, including indoor and outdoor cameras, and a video doorbell, smart lock, smart…
Colt DCS and RMZ Begin Construction of Third Data Centre in Mumbai to Support Growing AI Deman
Colt Data Centre Services a global provider of AI-ready, hyperscale and large enterprise data centres, and RMZ, India’s largest privately owned real assets platform, today announced the commencement of construction…
Axis Max Life partners with Tata Digital Group Company to make life insurance more accessible
Axis Max Life Insurance Limited, formerly known as Max Life Insurance Company Limited has partnered with Tata Fintech, a subsidiary of Tata Digital, to expand the portfolio of life insurance solutions…
Broadcom Introduces VMware HyperArmor, Expanding Hypervisor Security and Protections for VMware Cloud Foundation
Broadcom Inc. a global technology leader that designs, develops, and supplies semiconductor and infrastructure software solutions, today introduced VMware HyperArmor, a new software solution to help further protect the VMware…
Agentic AI’s hardest part is the last mile, not the demo
SAS’s Jared Peterson says enterprise AI’s real challenge is production: integration, human oversight, quality data and open architecture, with Pune owning core Viya R&D. Two years ago, enterprise AI meant…
From Sports Physics to Smart Irrigation: How a Student Is Taking STEM Beyond the Classroom
Jain initially began working directly with students through More Than Play, tutoring 150 children in science and mathematics. For Aarav A. Jain, STEM education is not simply about learning how…
A Better Model Doesn’t Fix a Broken Operating Model
Enterprises have no shortage of AI pilots; what they lack, argues Niraj Nagrani, Chief Data and AI Officer at Altimetrik, is an operating system to run them on. In this…
Oracle’s AI agents can now execute enterprise work — here’s what CIOs should know
Oracle has launched a builder experience that lets enterprises run AI agent teams directly inside Fusion Cloud Applications, without a separate runtime or external orchestration layer. The company calls the…
COMPUTEX 2026: From Personal Devices to AI Infrastructure
For years, COMPUTEX Taipei was an exhibition where tech enthusiasts came to see flashy gaming rigs, watch overclocking contests, and explore the latest laptops and PC hardware. It was, above…
India’s AI Inflection Point: How National Technology Day 2026 Signals A New Era Of Responsible Innovation
From drug discovery to cybersecurity, India’s technology leaders are charting a path where AI is not just powerful—but purposeful. Every year on May 11, India pauses to mark National Technology…
Ten Years Strong: Vertex Group Appoints Tanya Singh as Global Vice President, Marketing & Communications to Power Its Next Decade
Vertex Group, the Times Square-headquartered multinational tech giant, today announced the appointment of Tanya Singh as Vice President, Marketing & Communications, as it completes 10 years of operations and targets…