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…
Great data is the real foundation of enterprise AI speed
At the ET Edge CIO&Leader Annual Conference, Rucha Nanavati argued that AI transformation moves only as fast as the data foundation beneath it, and laid out what trustworthy enterprise data…
Enterprise AI must go to the data, not the other way around
Cloudera is pitching its Anywhere Cloud platform to Indian banks and regulators as a way to run AI across clouds and data centres without moving sensitive data. Many companies can…
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…
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…
IBM and MeitY Startup Hub Sign MoU to Accelerate Deep-Tech Innovation and Startup Growth in India
IBM and MeitY Startup Hub an initiative of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with plans to accelerate India’s…
Persistent Opens Third Hyderabad Facility to Strengthen AI and Modernization Delivery
Persistent Systems Limited a global Digital Engineering and Enterprise Modernization leader, has inaugurated its third facility in Hyderabad at Phoenix Equinox in Gachibowli. The expansion strengthens Persistent’s ability to deliver…
New email attacks target both humans and AI in the same message
Recent phishing attacks analysed by Barracuda Research found attackers combining two sets of tactics in a single email: social engineering aimed at the human recipient and prompt injection attacks designed…
ITSEC Asia Threat Intelligence Research Identifies Early Signals of GodDamn Ransomware Activity
PT ITSEC Asia Tbk, a cybersecurity and AI company operating in Indonesia and across the Asia Pacific, today announced the release of a new research whitepaper, From Sample to Signal:…
Delinea Report Finds 84% of Indian Enterprises Saw an AI Tool Access Sensitive Data Beyond Its Scope, Despite Near-Universal AI Data Access Policy Adoption
Delinea, the identity security platform that continuously controls what AI agents, humans and machines can do and for how long, today published new research examining where AI governance breaks down in practice.…
Dell Technologies Turns Enterprise Data Into Trusted Context for AI Agents
Dell Technologies expands the Dell AI Data Platform so AI systems deliver better answers, cost less to run and reach production faster, giving applications and agents trusted, current context from…
Competing for India, Building for India: Virat Kohli Joins LinkedIn
Virat Kohli, one of the most accomplished cricketers of his generation, has joined LinkedIn. On the platform, Kohli will share his perspectives and work beyond the field as the co-founder…
SailPoint Announces Modernization Capabilities for both Cloud and On-Premises Identity Security
Today at its annual flagship conference, Navigate, SailPoint, Inc. a leader in enterprise identity security, announced a significant modernization across its entire identity platform. The company unveiled new enterprise-scale capabilities…
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…