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…
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…
Starbucks to establish first India GCC in Chennai
Starbucks has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Guidance Tamil Nadu, the state’s nodal investment promotion agency, to establish its first Global Capability Centre (GCC) in India. The centre…
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…
New Relic Introduces New Relic Ground Truth CLI, Bringing Headless Observability Directly to Developers and AI Workflows
New Relic, the intelligent observability platform, today announced New Relic Ground Truth CLI augmented with New Relic Autopilot API, bringing headless observability straight to developers and AI agents in their…
Xoriant Transforms into aHuman-centric AI Company; Adds 25 New Customers in AI Services
Xoriant, a global engineering and technology services firm that has spent nearly four decades building intelligent platforms for some of the world’s most recognized brands, has embraced a human-centric approach…
Voice AI to open new growth opportunity for India’s BPM sector as multilingual capabilities scale: Nasscom report in partnership with Krisp
Voice AI adoption in India is moving beyond early experimentation towards multilingual, integrated and outcome-oriented deployments. Nasscom at the BPM Confluence today has released the findings from its report India…
From Connecting Billions to Connecting Intelligence: Global Leaders at IMC 2026 Say AI-Native Networks and 6G Will Define What Comes Next
As the 10th edition of India Mobile Congress 2026 gathers pace at Yashobhoomi, the forum is setting the tone for the rest of days ahead, under the theme “Scale Without…
New Relic Introduces AI Evaluation to Close the Loop Across the Entire Developer-to-Production Lifecycle with Transaction-level Business Impact
New Relic, the intelligent observability platform, today announced a framework for advanced AI evaluation. New Relic AI Evaluation is a new capability within New Relic AI Observability. Unlike point solutions…
Atlassian Unveils The Agentic Multiplayer Protocol for Enhanced AI Collaboration at Team ’26 Europe
At Atlassian’s conference Team ’26 Europe in Amsterdam, the provider of AI collaboration and productivity software for teams has announced new innovations across its entire product portfolio, following more than…
EPAM Unveils New Frontier AI Service, Bridging the Enterprise Intelligence Gap for GenAI and Autonomous Agents
EPAM Systems, Inc. today announced the launch of a new strategic offering dedicated to powering the next generation of frontier AI models. Positioned as a foundational intelligence layer for the…
Applied Materials and Intel Collaborate to Accelerate Chipmaking Innovations for AI-Driven Computing
Applied Materials, Inc. the leader in materials engineering for the semiconductor industry, today announced it is working with Intel Corporation (Nasdaq: INTC) to accelerate development of chipmaking innovations for next-generation…
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…
Intel is putting CPU back at the centre of the AI stack
Intel used its Computex 2026 keynote in Taipei to make a case that the shift from AI model training to AI inference, and the rise of agentic workloads is putting…
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…